My epidural failed, too! I was trying for natural, then had to get pitocin, then it was so intense and sudden that I begged for an epidural. I'm still curious how epidurals end up going somewhere else in the body.
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My epidural did not work either. I think it may be related to the fact that the anesthesiologist was TALKING ON THE GODDAMN CELL PHONE while he was giving me the epidural. Really, Doc?!? You could not ignore your phone while you are putting a 10-inch needle into my spinal column? And then I had a NINE POUND baby!
"He also made the mistake of saying "But it was only 40 minutes!" I offered to stab him in the crotch for only 40 minutes. "
yeah, with the first one mine failed, the picotin increased the contractions and but did not dilate my cervix and he was sunny side up. every contraction felt like my back was going to snap in two. I just wanted someone to shoot me. had a c-section, which i was not prepared for. and my pooping was fucked for…
Holy SHIT.
I vomit when I'm in pain, so, yeah, you can see where this is going. I had to be induced with my first so I was hooked up to all kinds of IVs and monitors and I puked. Everywhere. Freaking mess. So I asked for an epidural. Guess who puked while getting an epidural? This girl. THEN the epidural only worked on half of…
yup. Mine failed too. Right before shit got real. And I was induced. I felt like a bad ass when it was over.
The other day I was in a line at the market and the customer in front of me was chatting it up like crazy and then, gingerly pulled her checkbook out of her purse and then took another few minutes writing out the check.
It was so aggravating I started recording it.
It went on and on forever and when I looked back at the…
Both of my epidurals failed. I was ready to kill the entire anesthesiology department. I actually yelled at one point, "Do any of those fuckers know what they're doing?" And I'm not the east bit sorry for it.
My poor friend, who initially planned for a 'natural' childbirth (I've realized reading these stories how much I dislike that term now), changed her mind after exhaustive labor. The anesthesiologist comes, sets it up and leaves, but hours or so go on, and nothing happens. Her husband goes around, looks at the IV, and…
And now I have to go find Cosby episodes on the internet. They should really syndicate them again. I'd watch, and if I had kids I'd watch it with them.
The same thing happened to me! I had no idea epidural could just fail like that. I ended up pushing for 6 hours though. It was... not fun...
I'm so sorry that happened to you. I wanted to mention that my mom says the same thing you did. She gave birth to my sister without drugs, and she says that to this day she remembers exactly what the pain felt like. I was on board with an epidural from the moment I found out I was pregnant, but regardless of that she…
[Husband] also made the mistake of saying "But it was only 40 minutes!" I offered to stab him in the crotch for only 40 minutes.
Don't leave us in suspense! Whose penis was it?
As a childless lady I appreciate the horror stories more than the 'it was a special, magical fairy tale' ones. Because those are LIES!
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