Epidural?

[nancy]

Originally Posted by littlemoomoo All of you mummies out there are so brave! I alreadi cannot tahan the nurse checking my dilation! So rough and painful! The uncontrollable shivering during contractions and vomitting really scares me but if really no choice and labour is long, i think i will ask for Epi.

I agreed with you that the checking of the dilation was indeed very painful.. like gana violated by the nurse! ha ha!

But after taking epidural, the checking is no longer painful!! Initially I thought of saving $$ so I didn't want to take epidural. However, when I started having my 2nd contractions (for 2 days somemore!! win already!) and the nurse finally checked me into the delivery ward, I was given epi quite early.. hence I could only feel the tightening of my tummy during the contractions and I could read my mag, watch HBO, sms and talk on the phone throughout the process! Epidural is indeed a GOD sent invention!! But one negative pt is that I could not eat anything after given epi and I was famished!! Imagine I didn't eat from 5 plus a.m. till 6 plus p.m.!!! I couldn't even drink lots of water.. can only sip a bit at a time. Faint!! During the process of my waiting for the baby to come out, I was asking nurse when I could eat!! But by the time the baby came, I had no appetite cos I puked a "fountain' all over my hospital gown! Reason was that I gulped down a bottle of water str after delivery cos too thirsty! Sigh!

The real pain came after the epi wore off... my wound hurt and I could not move. Plus the bleeding from the vagina made pee-ing hurt! I even had to purchase a float to sit on it!

So dont save the money... Take epidural.. you will not regret it!!

[shiyi]

haha when i was awarded to the labour ward i ask hubb buy mac for me cos i was so hungry.. but the nurse say canot! cant even drink the coke.. i was damn sad that i teared hahahha

[annie]

Originally Posted by Ting for me horr, its my water bag leaking water then i admit into hospital. but i stay in the labour room for total of 13 hours.. sleeping mostly.. n end up contractions was for 1 hr plus nia.

i think you same as me.. my waterbag burst n i went to hospital but lie down there under drip 8hrs no pain though contraction is regular. i just felt a bit backache but very very mild only.then after 8hrs contraction becomes irregular so doc induce me then the pain comes n total last about 20mins i guess..

[CanCanMum]

Originally Posted by shiyi haha when i was awarded to the labour ward i ask hubb buy mac for me cos i was so hungry.. but the nurse say canot! cant even drink the coke.. i was damn sad that i teared hahahha

i also asked hubby buy Mcnuggets lOlsssssss!!!! same same~~~

[CanCanMum]

i still remembered that time my contractions were during the night, and middle of the night many mummies delivered and can hear the babies cry~~~lOlsss

that time i was so super duper envious and keep thinking when will be my turn??? lOlzzzzzzzzzzzz

baber was born early morning hahahahah~~~~~ i spent 20mins pushing him out lOlssssss

[ping26]

Originally Posted by shiyi haha when i was awarded to the labour ward i ask hubb buy mac for me cos i was so hungry.. but the nurse say canot! cant even drink the coke.. i was damn sad that i teared hahahha

hahaha... I think I must break all records.

My labour lasted 33 hours. My hubby only remembered I ate & ate... let me think, I had 1.5 bowl of wanton mee (before checking into Mt A), 2 bowls of porridge, 1 sandwich in labour ward...

YUMMY

All the nurses were in disbelief at the amt of food.

My gynae okayed food cos he said a starving mummy is too weak to push. he also asked me to take epi right fr the start cos it was very difficult to check cervix dilation. think he knew it would be a long long labour. he was fairly confident of vaginal delivery.

The vomitting was due to that sip of water that I drank post-delivery!!!

I think after the 5th vial, the epi started to lose effect. I could feel my legs slowly. But I didn't feel anything during delivery.

I took the DBS package, so 1st vial was free. Subsequent vials cost about $200/300 per vial.

[pepperphibs]

I took epidural once i got admitted coz my contractions started 6 hours before. Wanted to experience what being in labour was like but by the time i reached the hospital...cannot tahan .

I did throw up and have uncontrollable shivering but its not so bad. Just prepare a plastic bag for hubby to pass to you when you feel like throwing up...that's what i did. Coz my friend said that the hospital charged her for the container that she threw up in. haha!

It will be good to adjust the 'dosage' of the epi as you go along so that when it's time to push, you can feel it.

I'm not so brave like all the mummies here. I'm all for epi even for no. 2 although its likely to be a caesarean...coz i ended up with one after a 12 hr labour for no.1

[iwan2noe]

Originally Posted by Ting agree, if you have low threshhold, then take epi. laughing gas is useless imo. i didnt take epi though, but they nurse reco laughing gas to me n i took one puff n threw the mask back at her. damn smelly!!!!!!!!!!!!

I dont renb it yo be smelly buti do remb that the laughing gas mask which I inhaled fr is not very clean & sticky?? Mayb I was then in great pain that I've forgotten what is smelly... Hahaha!!!

My hubby's tried smelling fr it and said it was smelly n told me I was like, I was so in pain to tell ... Haha!!

[littlemoomoo]

Originally Posted by iwan2noe I dont renb it yo be smelly buti do remb that the laughing gas mask which I inhaled fr is not very clean & sticky?? Mayb I was then in great pain that I've forgotten what is smelly... Hahaha!!! My hubby's tried smelling fr it and said it was smelly n told me I was like, I was so in pain to tell ... Haha!!

I will never forget the laughing gas smell..it smells like insecticide and i felt like a cockroach when the nurse pushed me the mask!

[shiyi]

lol before delivery i heard bout the stench of the laughin gas from mummies here tats y i did not even thought of taking it

[CanCanMum]

Originally Posted by littlemoomoo I will never forget the laughing gas smell..it smells like insecticide and i felt like a cockroach when the nurse pushed me the mask!

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Verona's]

Was induced , contractions came in around 1 hour after gynae burst my waterbag , took epi because i can't stand the shiverings & backaches somemore cervix open 2 cm only after lying there for 2 hours never thought of other pain relief other than epi haha ! :P I think its damn painful when needle was insert , i think 2-3 times at different place .. but lie there 6 more hours still no progress still 2 cm , tummy also not enough fluid so no choice c-sect .. Was half awake during c-sect but after that shivers till cannot take it very cold also for 3 hours plus then i can control . After that my jaw also sore like this , cannot forget that feeling . Still cannot believe i cannot stand the pain at 2 cm Does epi affects cervix progression ?

[sugarcookie]

I'm pro-epidural.

I opted for epi and never regretted it. Yes, there are side effects like trembling (lasted for about 10mins for me) and nausea (but nothing compared to morning sickness).

But I guess whether you have a good experience with epi also depends on the anaesthetist who administers it. If he/she is good and able to adjust the dosage appropriately, you should have a relatively easy and smooth delivery with few long-lasting side effects.

[shiyi]

epi made my delivery a painless n enjoyable one..hehe

[mrsmorgan]

Originally Posted by shiyi epi made my delivery a painless n enjoyable one..hehe

omg you're tempting me to go for epi.. hahaha

[Ting]

IMHO, i feel that labour pain is something you can only go thru a couple of times in your life..
perhaps only once if you intend to have only one child..
so why not experience it?? i mean, its part of life too.
not like our grandparent times (or older) that they give birth up to ten kids..

[annie]

yea exactly what i thought too!

[shiyi]

Originally Posted by mrsmorgan omg you're tempting me to go for epi.. hahaha

yup i agree labour pain is sthg we should exp once in a lifetime.. told myself to endure not to use pain relief but my contractiions are really so intense and dilation was so slow =\

[NursMama]

i almost did it without epi the first time round... got fully dilated and the laughing gas works for me!!! but then still kena emergency csect lehh

[Ting]

Originally Posted by shiyi yup i agree labour pain is sthg we should exp once in a lifetime.. told myself to endure not to use pain relief but my contractiions are really so intense and dilation was so slow =\

actually my dilation was very slow too.. when i admit in, already dilated i think 1-2 cm.. n it took 13 hours ro be fully dilated enuf to deliver.. but lucky for me perhaps is no pain til the 12th hr.. n doc had to give me meds to induce the contraction.

[stupidyeye]

Originally Posted by Ting actually my dilation was very slow too.. when i admit in, already dilated i think 1-2 cm.. n it took 13 hours ro be fully dilated enuf to deliver.. but lucky for me perhaps is no pain til the 12th hr.. n doc had to give me meds to induce the contraction.

wahhhhhhhhhh..then i must say i consider lucky ..hahas...my contraction starts to be unbearable is wre after doc burst my waterbag..n dat is at 4+am..n my boi 9+am pop

[ikastaatsmann]

I took EPI after 13 hours labour, i actly survived 9 hours and tried the stupid laughing gas, ewww, that thing did nothing to me, useless.!! i didnt ask for pethidine after that, coz i thought it will b wasted too, so i straight away asked for EPI coz i cant tahan sia!!! I first thought of going without EPI, but ladiesssss, this EPI is a big help! things got so much easier n dilated faster, i didnt regret at all!! I only shivering a bit, and after birth i vomit and let all out, haha..that was all the side effects...but a bit drowsy for 2 , 3 days after, but i think that was from e pain killer.

[annie]

Ting, our delivery story sounds so super similar lol. mine also waterbag burst then admit to hospital.. but then i wasnt even dialted at all! n its painless.. i just lie there n wait.. till 8hrs later only 2cm dialted and doc also give me some medicine to inject into my drip to induce my contraction after 8hrs.. then after that everything went so fast n so pain! think he started to induce me around 11am.. then stupidly he clear my bowels AFTER that! then i stuck in the toilet lol. cannot move cos the poo keep coming out n i so painful.. i thought jumpy will come out in the toilet bowl lol. finally after i leave toilet, they wheel me to the delivery room and jumpy is out after 3 pushes.. so no time for epi.. she came out at 12noon lol. i wish my 2nd one also like this. faster come out. pain once n for all in the 1 hr lol

[mrsmorgan]

my sis-in-law's story even more interesting.. waterbag broke but no contractions.. once admitted, was put on epi.. no contractions yet use epi!

[annie]

she too rich?? lol