Epidoral Flashcards
labors and delivery pain and time duration varies woman to woman
No value from child birth with or without pain meds
keep an open mind and keep your options open.
This is best to prepare with information.
epidural / spinal / both
Questions will be asked before doing it.
When can you do it?
Obstatiion and provider will make that first
case by case, but you want to be in labor first.
Is it too late to get it?
the procedure takes 2 mins and if the baby starts coming they won’t be able to.
Pain
takes 30 mins for it to work
can feel contractions
might not feel them at all, but will still need to push when called to from nurse
1/100 can sometimes get headache. could last 1 - 7 days, need to lay flat, drink lots of water and some pain meds.
when can they get an epidural
Whenever they want one is the correct time.
used to be based on the
effect on the baby
no effect on baby
it’s delivered to the nerves, which is much less than the amount of drugs (100x less) needed to be given intravenously.
effect on the mom
some numbness
does it increase the chances of a c section
Not at all
epidural vs spinal
epidural can deliver meds as long as we need it
Spinal doesn’t have tubing, which means they can give you a shot for a shot. they use it for a c section because they know it will take 1-1.5hours.
since labor is unpredictable they may need more meds than a spinal can provide.
If they are doing an induction (inducing), the contractions come on pretty strong so they say it’s best to get the epidural along with the induction meds
If they are doing an induction (inducing), the contractions come on pretty strong so they say it’s best to get the epidural along with the induction meds
can you start with a walking epidural to a full epidural?
yes
would the age of the person have any issue?
any reason why an induction would be done without starting with an epidural.
His recommendation if it was his relative would be to do it before she’s too uncomfortable to sit still for the procedure.
