Re: epidurals

Sheena L Carter (scart01@emory.edu)
Fri, 29 Mar 1996 17:23:25 -0500 (EST)

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Cynthia:

	I couldn't let that one go by!  While I was being given the epidural 
for an emergency C-section because of fetal distress, the baby's 
heart-rate dropped to 0.  The doctor didn't hesitate and did the section 
under a local.  There was just no time to wait.  The epidural began to 
kick in after it was over.  I got a glimpse of the baby before 
they whisked him off to the NICU, and then they must have given me 
something to make me sleep.

	I know it sounds impossible, but seriously it 
hurt no more than what was already happening.  (I had gone straight into 
hard labor, no warm-up contractions, with a placental abruption.)  At 
some point, pain becomes irrelevant.  And they got that baby FAST!

Sheena

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