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Understand you do not wish to take epidural from the below post.. me too did not want to take that was why i really endured till i couldnt take it which was 7cm. My back was literally felt like its tearing apart! And yes i do feel the after effect of epidural now n then.. sometimes i tink back and feel lucky i took coz i may have fainted at the stitching hahaha.. my gynae is funny coz he purposely show me the tools somemore 😅😅 and i tink coz i took late, i didnt feel anyting when i try to push either 🤭

take epidural if you are very afraid of the pain. trust me, it will help you have more energy to push and it will be safer for baby. if you are in too much pain might not have strength to push, and it’s dangerous if bb is in birth canal for too long - then might end up in emergency c-sect.

i’d say it’s an old wives tale. the back pain comes from repetitive and prolonged bad back posture and strain of taking care of a baby! the epi effect only happens very very rarely and most mummies (even my older mummy friends) have gone through it without any major side effects. i also tried to endure without epi and couldn’t do it in the end. end of the day it’s your personal preference.

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