Re: active labor/epidural
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 30 Dec 2001 19:29:29 -0600 (CST)
Any book that makes you feel doomed should be thrown out.
Take an epidural if you need one. Recent study showed staying vertical
in no way reduces the C/S rate.
Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.
Dr. M
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...
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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