Epidural side effects

Hello, can I just check mummies that took epidural, what are the possible short and long term side effects? Was told by the anesthetist there would be symptoms like tremors, vomiting. But just wondering any other possible long term effects that anyone experienced. TIA!

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Immediate was shivering. V v v slight nausea for me. Then I had numbness in my left hind sole for about 1-1.5 months and then it went away. Long term maybe lower back pain but tbh, I don’t know whether to attribute that to pregnancy (carrying that weight for so long), epidural or caregiving for baby (bending over to change diapers, bathe bb, pick up baby, and carrying baby etc)

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