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Originally Posted by Rico
However, it's no different than anything else that goes into your body while being pregnant. The baby gets it too.
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The baby gets
very, very, very little of it and it is not significant enough to cause any problems.
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After being there for the birth of four of my children, and being told the same thing by all four doctors, two of whom were women, I think I will take their word. They all said the epidural would make the baby sluggish and could actually make the delivery a longer process because of it, rather than not taking the shot. My wife asked for the epidural and was told no by all the doctors for the same reason. Now, it may be possible that both these hospitals had a policy of only using epidurals on an absolute must have basis,
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Rico, when I was practicing anesthesia, I ran into OB/GYNs who didn't have a
CLUE about epidural/spinal anesthesia! Even the ones who did know about them in detail (and they
SHOULD!) had preferences and likes/dislikes. The OB MD has the final say so in most cases. The anesthesiologist or CRNA has to respect his/her wishes and can most certainly convince the patient
they know what's best.
I even did some clinical work in school at a hospital where the nurse midwives
FOUGHT against the use of epidurals. They were of the school that epidurals prolonged or stopped labor. Of course, their job was not nearly as necessary when an epidural was placed.
They are correct that epidurals
can prolong or even stop labor, but the evidence is not 100% conclusive.
But, whoever told you that a "shot" was better is just plain crazy!! IV medication gets to the baby
much faster and in
much higher concentrations. Anybody who denies this is a quack!
If I had to guess, I'd say all 4 of those MDs were in the same group, and birds of a feather
DO flock together; so it's not surprising they all 4 told you the same thing.