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Re: active labor/epidural

From: Lynn (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 30 Dec 2001 19:06:29 -0600 (CST)

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At Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Traci wrote: >
>This is my 1st pregnancy. I wish to be as active as I can as long as I
>can during my labor. I wish to use walking/squatting/lunging so that
>gravity is my "friend"...I also have a huge fear of my pelvis being too
>narrow, and I think these positions will help me to enlarge/widen my
>pelvis. However, I also wish to have an epidural if I feel I need it!
>So, my question is, if I have the epidural, is there any way I can at
>least be vertical? Leaning on the bed, squatting on a chair, etc? I want
>the epidural, but the books I've read by Dr. Sears make me feel doomed
>if I succumb to being horizontal for even one second! Thank you for the
>advice...

Hi Tracy, I just know that in my own experience, I did have to choose. I was able to walk around prior to the epidural...but when the pain became too severe the epi was put into place and I had ZERO feeling in my legs - I wasn't going anywhere! I know that at other hospitals they offer different types (there is one called a Walking Epidural, but as my hospital did not offer it) of options. I'd check with your Doc to see what will be available to you. Good luck!

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