tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186597747141068105.post1416784754920199827..comments2023-08-11T07:30:30.923-04:00Comments on Public Health Doula: Don't count on your epiduralRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589949170980959443noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186597747141068105.post-72936650756660992752009-07-29T20:13:46.695-04:002009-07-29T20:13:46.695-04:00Doula-la-la - like the post! Nice that this is pro...Doula-la-la - like the post! Nice that this is provoking a chain of them :-)<br /><br />Sheridan - that mindset is strange to me too. I have seen women told that they are 9 centimeters and they still ask to get an epidural. To me, why get an epidural at the moment where it might hinder the most (pushing)? On the other hand, going through transition can be a very scary time and I can see emotion beating logic at that moment ("just make it stop!"). I'd be curious to hear from women who did get a very late epidural on why they did and how they felt about it in retrospect.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589949170980959443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186597747141068105.post-70396665087496432102009-07-28T23:49:41.680-04:002009-07-28T23:49:41.680-04:00I had a friend who I offered her my Hypnobabies Cl...I had a friend who I offered her my Hypnobabies Classes. She wasn't interested. I could just sense she was going to have a fast birth. She DID and didn't have time for an epidural. She freaked out for about 15 minutes, refusing to push because she couldn't get the epidural. She finally pushed, the baby came out and she felt that awesome NCB high! She said had she not freaked out the baby would have been born 15 minutes earlier.<br /><br />I said, Maybe you can take Hypnobabies next time. Her response? I am just going to get to the hospital faster. <br /><br />Hmmmm, where is the logic in that?Enjoy Birthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227246774801636777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186597747141068105.post-84271306262948899712009-07-28T14:19:44.871-04:002009-07-28T14:19:44.871-04:00And I, in turn, continued this variation upon your...And I, in turn, continued this variation upon your theme like so:<br /><br />http://dou-la-la.blogspot.com/2009/07/childbirth-ed-why-bother-im-getting.html<br /><br />Great post!Dou-la-lahttp://dou-la-la.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186597747141068105.post-28039291346421401112009-07-23T07:34:54.360-04:002009-07-23T07:34:54.360-04:00Thanks for the hat tip! I agree with the point ab...Thanks for the hat tip! I agree with the point about when the epidural only works partially. That has to be torture.Reality Roundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489382111809964841noreply@blogger.com