1) Mine was pain-free. if you ever felt pain, can ask to up the dosage.
2) what do you mean by how many epidural can a patient ask for? only one inject connected to a very tiny tube linked to a small machine.
3) it lasted quite long for me. but I'm e-sect mummy, so idk how long it lasted for natural birth mummy.
4) it's like ants bite to me. they will numb the area with some wipes first thn inject in.
5) I slept thru the whole dilation progress after having epidural. as for vaginal tear, I'm not so sure.
hope it helps!
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