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Re: fear of epidural -- TAPE
From: Marcia (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:37:40 -0600 (CST)
Add me as one who absolutely *hated* to have any sort of tape removed at
the hospital! I even wore some of those sticky pads that go under the
heart monitors for a couple of days because I didn't want to have to
take them off! (Plus, no one told me that they *were* supposed to
eventually be removed. I was about to be discharged from the hospital
and happened to mention them to a nurse. She was embarrassed that they
hadn't been taken off right away.)
They can put a man on the moon, but they can't get hospitals to use tape
that can be removed without pain!At Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Rachael wrote:
>
>How quickly we forget the pain of labor when it's all done, and whine
>about the tape being pulled off!!! I did the same thing!! :o)
>
>I was also a little freaked out about having something in my spine, and
>told the anes. that it gave me the willies, but I didn't feel a thing
>except the "pumping" sensation as it went into the spine. And you'll
>most likely get it during a contraction (they can't get it in fast
>enough to avoid that) and you'll forget all about what's going on in
>back as you cope with the contractions.
>
>And you don't necessarily have to have an epidural... Lots of women
>give birth without one.
>
>At Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Tracy wrote:
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>>At Mon, 22 Mar 1999, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>>
>>>i can't seem to focus on anything but how awful the epidural
>>>is going to be??!! i am only 14 weeks along and this is what keeps me up
>>>at night.
>>>i have heard they leave in a catheter, i can't imagine laying there with
>>>a needle in my back!!!
>>>help!!!!
>>>
>>>--
>>>willow
>>>
>>Actually, you will not be lying there with it in your back. Its just
>>like an IV, they use the needle to insert the very small flexible
>>plastic tube, then the needle is removed, the tubing left in place and
>>taped in place. You will first be given a smaller shot to numb the area
>>before the actual epidural is inserted.
>>
>>This is definitely not as bad as it sounds! I am a total chicken when it
>>comes to any type of shot/needle, but while in labor I was yelling for
>>it!! A few seconds is all it takes to have it put in, nothing compared
>>to the hours of labor you could be in.
>>
>>Laugh if you will, but.....
>>Sometimes I wish I knew which was worse, the epidural, or them peeling
>>the tape off my back that held it there! When your already in pain, you
>>dont really notice as much, cause you want something for it, but after
>>its all over....that tape hurts!
>>
>>Dont worry, I am sure youll be fine!
>>
>>Good Luck,
>>
>>Tracy
>>
>>--
>>Tracy L. Trull MA, NA, PCT
>>Editorial Assistant, International Coordinator, OBGYN.net
>>http://www.obgyn.net/women/bios/trull.htm
>>tracy.trull@obgyn.net
>>
>>This information is provided for education purposes and is not a medical consultation.
>>
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