May I know For Elective C-Sect and Emergency C- Sect, what kind of anesthesia they give ?

Do hospitals let you choose general anaesthesia, regional or spinal anaesthesia? What's epidural then? Very confused.#advicepls #FTM

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will I feel any pain at all for spinal anaesthesia? teeny weeny pain when they do the surgery? will I be looking at how they do the incision? so scared to see the surgery wide awake