Re: Epidural--Too Numb to Push??

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--- Claudia Twisdale RN <frostymom98@hotmail.com> wrote: > Sometimes if epidural medicine is given too close to
> time to push, it
> can make it a bit more difficult to push. Most of
> the time, the urge to
> push is there when it is time epidural or not.
> There are lots of
> options for pain meds during labor, and most at
> least will do a local to
> numb up bottom a bit if epsiotomy needed. Talk to
> you r OB about
> options for pain control, and also I highly suggest
> a chilbirth class
> (Lamaze, Bradley, etc)
>
> At Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Mari wrote:
> >
> >A friend of mind recently had a baby and opted to
> have Demerol in her IV
> >rather than an epidural in her spine. Her labor
> lasted for a full day
> >as she slept in between contractions. She said
> that she'd felt all the
> >pain but was very sleepy. She also said that she
> didn't choose the
> >Epidural because she feared that the numbness would
> prevent her from
> >pushing.
> >
> >Is that true or common?
> >
> >I know that when I go to the dentist, after being
> given Novacaine, my
> >mouth gets so numb that I start to drool.
> >
> >Is the feeling after an epidural similar to the
> novacaine mouth?
> >
> >I'd never thought until my friend had her baby that
> an epidural might
> >work against pushing.
> >
> >If the expectant mother is too numb to push, can
> the epidural be removed
> >and then replaced by some other pain reducer?
> >
> >Are there any other options besides the epidural
> shot in the spine and
> >Demerol in the IV? Maybe something that takes away
> the pain but doesn't
> >leave the mother too numb to push?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >--
> >Mari
> >
>

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