Advise needed on taking Epidurial

Hello mommy it is better to take epidural in the beginning. However pls discuss with your hospital and gynae about how quickly they will get the anaesthetist to give you the epidural in case you ask for it in the middle of labor. Because I didn't take epidural in the beginning as I wanted to experience the labor pain, I first took the laughing gas (nitrous oxide) but didn't work. Mine was induced labour so I couldn't move about also. My whole labor was 6 hrs and I managed 2 hrs without epidural. Then I requested for it and the anaesthetist came within 15 mins and administered the epidural. Hope you can make the decision based on this.