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My wife had an epidural for both babies... My wife is a very tought woman. She can deal with pain, but after 26 hours in labour (not hard labour but labour nonetheless) she was exhausted and opted for the epidural... It was great for her, she could relax and nod off between contractions. The cool thing was the epidural, which was on an auto drip, ran out just in time for the baby to come. She was able to walk from the labour room to the delivery room and when it came time to push was able to feel enough to push well.
The second baby was a little different. My wife had gotten to the point where she wanted the epidural and asked for it. Unfortunatley it was in the middle of the night and the anethesiologist that was on duty was in the OR and couldn't come right away. A couple hours later when he did get there, they got the needle in and gave her an inital small shot and said they would return in 20o minutes to hook up the pump... At this point it looked like it was going to be another 4 hours or so of labour (according to the doctor)... By the time they returned to start the pump, 20 minutes later, she was just getting ready to push... I'm convinced that with the little shot she recieved, she relaxed and the baby was ready to come...
Both babies, absolutely healthy and cute.
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