Posts by Poogles0213

Quote: Originally Posted by philomom  I don't trust that figure. I ran that group 7 years, helped about 500 moms and had way more than a handful tell me about the debilitating headaches they endured after...

Quote: Originally Posted by Storm Bride    Yes - that's okay. If they know. I clearly remember my sister smiling her way through labour and telling me how much she loved the epidural. I have equally clear...

Quote: Originally Posted by philomom  Yep, I ran a new mother's group for many years and we all talked about our births. The epi often gives terrible post partum headaches and backaches. Not okay for the new mom when...

Quote: Originally Posted by Adaline'sMama  I have to disagree that epidurals dont slow labor down. That may be the case in studies that are comparing bed laboring women with and without an epidural, but most people who...

Quote: Originally Posted by trimommy2009    Because she wasn't dilated at all and the babies station was relatively high they were concerned an epidural would slow down her...

Quote: Originally Posted by Adaline'sMama  OB's often like their patients to have an epi because they are then prepped for a section. The issue may be that the doctor has seen things go wrong because of the need for...

Quote: Originally Posted by SmtmsAlwys  For what it's worth, I had essentially an elective cesarean with my oldest. [...] I had a lot of incontinence afterward, yet I had been under the impression that it wasn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by GoBecGo  If you had to choose for your baby, either a brain bleed which has no long-term measurable impact or a permanent scar on their face from the surgeon's scalpel, which would you pick?...

Quote: Originally Posted by GoBecGo  So HB is the necessary option for me.  Either i consent to have my baby forced to be born on a day it didn't pick itself (and add all of the risks associated with that the...

Quote: Originally Posted by mama24-7    You said you would not choose an option that you thought was riskier to your baby.  Are you saying you think vaginally delivery, the way we've been...