When is it TOO LATE for an Epidural? | Sarah Lavonne
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
- Worried you won't have enough time to get your epidural? Scared you won't make it in time?
I explain when is the last moment you can get an epidural, what questions to ask your provider/hospital as you prepare, and other considerations for timing your epidural!
Chapters:
00:00 Let’s get started!
00:35 When is it too late for an epidural?
03:05 Things to consider about timing your epidural
05:40 How long does the epidural take?
7:54 Bloopers
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I had prodromal labor for two weeks, active labor for 10 hours and nothing. I was 1.5 cm dialated and this was with my FOURTH BABY! At this point I begged for an epidural and they gave me one. 5 min after the meds kicked in my water broke and 30min later I was 10 cm and pushing. Ladies, sometimes your body just needs a break from pain and exhaustion to relax and open up. Get an epidural if you need one and don’t feel bad for even a minute.
My nurse told me not to wait for the epidural. I tried to tough it out but I got to a 6 and was screaming for one. I was also induced though. Contractions were so bad I kept moving and had to get poked 3 times in the back. My advice, if you are having even a thought about getting one, don't wait! I also had second degree tearing and I was GLAD for that epidural, I held a full convo with my ob as I watched her stitch me up with zero feeling, lol.
This is literally what happened with #4 for me! Precipitous labor (total labor was only 75 minutes long). My husband dropped me off and then took the kids to school thinking we'd have at least a couple hours. I was at 6 cm I think? As I was getting situated, IV placed, etc my water broke spontaneously. 3 nurses in the room all looked at each quietly for like 10 seconds then it seemed like everyone jumped into panicked get this done, call the Dr, call the anesthesiologist, etc NOW. I think at one point I had 5 nurses in the room running everything and 1 more (which I found out later was the head nurse) that I ended up grabbing her hand and she passed everything she was doing off to someone else and was basically my birth coach until after my epidural. Best nursing staff EVER! Thankfully my OB was right next door in his office, and the anesthesiologist was really close too. My OB got there and said I was at a 10 but if I didn't feel like pushing and wanted to wait for my husband to get there I could. So we ended up deciding to get the epidural so that we could stall a few more minutes. (In fact the anesthesiologist came in and said "you want an epidural? Confirm name etc. OK here ya go," then came back for actual paperwork after she was born.) Then we had OB, and a few nurses just hanging out in my room relaxing (because my epidural kicked in fast so I was basically just like any other day for me). They wrote on the board for goals "get Dad here before baby." My OB sees my car pull up, we get everything situated to start pushing, my husband walks in with my 2 year old who he hadn't dropped off yet, 2 minutes later I'm holding an 8 lb chunky lady 😅 It was crazy how fast everything happened, but you could really see how well prepared wveryone was for something like this to happen.
My anesthesiologist with my second was on call but sleeping in a room down the hall, they had to go wake him up to come give me my epidural and he looked half asleep walking into my room. I joked about how tired he looked but he did great! :)
Omg I wish I seen your videos before ! I'm getting induced tomorrow and it's my first birth. Watching your videos has definitely not only put me at ease but helped me get educated on the process ! Saving your content to share with other new mommies !
Thank you!!!
Walked in at 5 cm. Asked for an epidural right away. Waited an hour and a half. Anesthesiologist came and cracked his kit open and put iodine on my back but I couldn't sit still. My nurse was like oh there's the baby's head just push. 1 min later my son was born. Never got the epidural but got charged for one because the Anesthesiologist cracked the kit open. I was not happy.
Oh that’s the biggest bunch of crap I’ve ever heard, I hope you fought the hospital for charging you!!
@@Brea890 oh yeah. It was ridiculous.
I got charged for two because the first one didn’t work and he came back but then I decided not to get it again so he walked out of the room. Didn’t open anything - just walked in and out haha
I was 8 cm when I got there. The anesthesiologist let me sit through a contraction to test if I could sit still. I did it and got one.
My second baby came in just 5 hours of labor. We got to the hospital too late to get the epidural even though I kept begging for it. I had the baby as soon as the on-call doc got there.
I had the same nurse for my third baby and she made sure to call for the anesthesiologist as soon as I got checked in. Because of that, I got the epidural and our baby was born less than an hour after I got it. I was SOO thankful!!!
My nurse lied for me and said I was at 5 but really I was at. 9 when I got my epidural.
I got an epidural when I was about to push . I kept moving finally got the epidural. Once I finished I felt like I had to push 🤦🏾♀️. I felt every thing and then mid push my body went numb. So I’m assuming it started working rather quickly . Couldn’t tell if I was pushing or not lol
It's funny, I was thinking the exact same thing; that is such a great colour on you!!! It has a very autumnal vibe.
My epidural actually failed with my first however I did get it at 9cm and many people say that could be why but I'm grateful it did because I ended up get the natural birth I wanted and did the same with my 2nd and will be doing the same with my 3rd💙 love your videos!
My anesthesiologist was great. My only issue getting an epidural was being ticklish haha. Every time he went to touch where he was going to place the epidural, my spine would snap straight! It took a lot of concentration to fight that instinctual reaction but once I was able to stay still enough, it was placed super fast!
I'm 3 days from my due date. Thank you! ☺️
I got mine at 10cm & took a nap before waking up to push again. I some how sat still during all the chaos.
I had my son 6 weeks ago. My hospital's policy (Ireland) is that an epidural can only be given once a patient is transferred to the delivery suite and she needs to be at least 3cm dilated.
I have a history of a precipitous labour so i was induced again. Last time they said I went too fast so it was too late but this time I got the epidural and I'm so glad I did.
i was only at 4cm, i was on Pitocin so the contractions were so much more intense. I decided to get the epidural, took 10 mins to get it in the right place. 30 mins later i felt pressure and pushing, baby was coming, pushed for 4 mins and tada baby was here😂 IT WAS THE MOST FLEX AND FLOW THING EVER😂
Thoughts on getting an epidural placed but not getting any medications? I’m going for TOLAC and my doctors would prefer I get an epidural but I would like to try to go unmedicated.
I just had my baby at 8pm tonight! I got the epidural and didn’t feel a thing!☺️✨ and I went from 4 car to 10 in minutes! I told the nurses I didn’t need too much pitocin they kept insisting, I only needed 4 ml of 40
No pain while getting the epidural as well
The epidural didn’t delay my labor or pushing. My baby came quick
God bless you, congratulations mama!😍☀️
I got to the hospital crowning having tried desperately to not deliver in the car and I refused to push before epidural. I also told my dr to if she wanted him out so damn bad she could pull him out her damn self. She'd been my dr for over a decade, the dr for my other 3 kids, and we've had a great relationship. Things went from 0-10000000 in less than 10mins and my other 3 were inductions. Also my last delivery was without pain relief and I went into shock during deliver and I dont remember the first several minutes after (I dont think it was because the pain but it still ended up associated in my brain) and the pregnancy was incredibly dramatic; A very large subchorionic hemorrhage they expected to end in miscarriage, a chorioangioma, it was just a mess.
I got one at 9.5cm because the dr said I needed 4 hrs more of antibiotics and not allowed to push. Then she flipped and was breached so it took them an hr to flip her and finally 1hr of pushing.
My baby was sunny side up when I got into labor. Funny enough: my cervix was posterior, hard, long and I was 0 cm dilated. It felt like my body couldn’t handle the pain to increase over the next hours so I asked for an epidural.
The nurse told me I wasn’t in labor yet so I couldn’t have one.
I asked if I could start pushing, which she refused for the reasons mentioned higher. I waited for her to turn around and started pushing anyway. She heard me and came back in panic asking why I had started pushing and she checked me: I was 10 cm dilated, no more cervix and baby was about to come! We ran into the labor room. 15 minutes after baby boy was there : they flipped him manually and asked me to be quick as they couldn’t feel any heartbeat and didn’t know how long his heart hadn’t been beating.
Scary. Hope you and baby are ok
My hospital required 2 bags of fluid!! I went from 4cm to baby in 40 minutes. They pumped me full of fluids and I didn’t even have time for the epidural. I was swollen for weeks after delivering.
Thankfully my nurse was amazing at keeping me calm and still during my epidural. They had a harder time getting the catheter of the epidural in. Felt great after and it was worth it for me.
My first was hilarious. I have incredible posture. Always have. Idk if its cos i was a dancer or what. But during my first epidural I was on day 4 of my induction, and 42wks pregnant and just exhausted. I also speak very literally. they were telling me to slouch. And I was trying and I just started to silently cry because I didn't know how. My husband was there thankfully and had to talk me through it step by step. The anesthesiologist felt bad afterwards. He never thought about the fact that he was just assuming everyone did. He Also said he took note of how my husband explained that and will use similar wording in the future with patients who don't slouch.
@@mrspokitstheriot477 awe that would be hard after days of induction. Mine was an induction as well. When the 2nd dose of IV pain meds didn't touch the pain, and I couldn't even open my eyes because it hurt so bad I sent my husband to tell the nurse to call the anesthesiologist. Took 3 tries but we'll worth it for me. I could open my eyes and wasn't just saying bad words
@@cassieleefryeklund5623 with my first I got it at my drs recommendation. I was dealing I thought rather well but I hadn't slept much since being there and she was worried my body was gonna give up (I was still only at 1.5cm so had a long way to go) no regrets. I had two with epidural and two without, 3 inductions and 1 spontaneous early delivery. I got to the hospital crowning with that one and tried refusing to push to I got to epidural. I was a real peach that delivery.
@@mrspokitstheriot477 god bless you for no meds. My Mom had both of us without, and after my delivery 3 wks ago I told her she was a beast
@@cassieleefryeklund5623 my MIL has 10 kids without pain relief. The last 5 at home. I called her psychotic
I didn't tell them i was feeling the urge to push while having the epidural placed. I'd been waiting about an hour for one. I was scared and tried to "hold it in" 🙄. Needless to say it didn't work. I wish i just went with my body and pushed with the urge. Baby would have come out much sooner and the pain stops when baby comes out. We were ok in the end but it was more traumatic than it needed to be if i had just listened to my body in the first place. Baby #2 due soon and i probably won't bother with an epidural since I've done it basically without already.
Asked for an epidural with my first as soon as I was admitted… anesthesiologist walked in as my water broke and I was ready to push. 15 mins later babe was born.
I’m glad it worked out the way it did. Pushing was pretty painless for me… I just couldn’t imagine labouring for hours at the level of pain I was experiencing when I was admitted. Luckily babe arrived within 2 hrs of getting to the hospital. Nitrous oxide did the trick for me! I will 100% go without for the next one 😊
Second VBAC, was at a 7 and said no epi I begged for one at an 8, had my baby ten mins later. Guess who didn’t get one ? Lol.
Hey. Can u please talk about cholestasis of pregnancy and when should we get induced because of it ?
37 weeks!
I wanted every pain relief possible but when I got to the hospital the nurse was like "Well, you're so dilated that epidural is too late now!" Definitely not what I wanted to hear... 😅 They barely had time to give me spinal anesthesia to slow the contractions and 3 hours later baby was out.
30 weeks and baby is transverse. Any tips for getting him head down again?
My baby#2 was still transverse at 34 weeks. I had tried every technics people recommend on RUclips (turning upside down to use gravity, birth ball, etc). I knew she had plenty of room to move and the doctor had recommended we flip her manually at week 36 and if it didn’t resulted, we would induce me for cesarian birth.
I decided to stop panicking and thinking about that non stop and accept the situation. I let myself 3 days to chill, and one night I told my baby that she certainly wouldn’t flip for a reason which I respected. I explained what the doctor had planned and told her she had 2 more weeks to enjoy the space she had. But then she should, if she could, flip. Otherwise we would have to go get her earlier then she’d be ready to come out. And in an uncomfortable manner which we both would rather avoid.
I then went to sleep.
At 3 am I woke up in panic. Baby was moving so extremely I thought something was wrong. I observed and let her do and after noticed : she had turned upside down. She didn’t switch back to transverse since and I’m 40 weeks on Monday.
Trust the process you still have plenty of time ! 💪🏻🍀❤️
Sarah?! Is this a man in your life you are slowly introducing us to via bloopers?!?!?
Hahahahaha no no no that's my editor! He's a very married man with adult children!
Lol I wanted an unmedicated birth and then got to where I had started pushing and then said “I can’t push this baby out without an epidural! Give me one!” They were like “ummm too late….”
In Germany they turn the epidural completely off once its time to push wich I did not knew…. 2021 I had my first Baby, I got the epidural at 8cm and 40 mins later they shut it completely off because it was time to push and I was like WTF
Note to self: don’t have a baby in Germany 🫠
My hospital requires at least half a bag of fluids before you can get the epidural
Same! I had to have fluid before epidural! Once the fluids were in I was begging for that EPI!