Epidural

Can mothers who have taken the epidural share the experience of administering the epidural? Is it painful? My pain threshold is very low :( At how many cm dilation do you administer it? Any side effects?

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had epi at 3cm dilated. initially I was scared it'll be painful bc the needle was scary but it just felt like a normal injection the only thing is the anticipation that makes it scary bc u cant see what they doing. n abit discomfort when they put in the tube or smth in ur back thru the needle. i had the chills, I was basically chattering my teeth and one side of my leg went dead numb wouldn't even lift it up BUT now I'm 3mths pp im having back aches thats the bad side effect of epi.

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5y ago

Yes very true. It’s a myth to say epidural will cause backache.