FDA drug safety communication: updated recommendations to reduce risk of spinal column bleeding and paralysis in patients on low molecular weight heparins. Healthy birth practice #4: avoid interventions unless they are medically necessary. Epidural versus non-epidural or no analgesia for pain management in labour. Perceptions and practice of epidural analgesia among women attending antenatal clinic in FETHA. Dealing with pain during childbirth.Įzeonu PO, Anozie OB, Onu FA, et al. People who get an epidural block are somewhat more likely to be induced. If necessary, a medication like Pitocin ( oxytocin) can be used to induce labor-that is, speed up your contractions. Need for induction: Getting an epidural may slow your contractions down or speed them up.Your anesthesiologist can lower your dose of medication if needed. This can sometimes make it more difficult to walk around or to push during contractions. However, some people lose feeling in their lower extremities very quickly. Difficulty walking or pushing: Overall, epidurals typically don’t prolong the process of labor.However, a 2018 review of studies didn’t found a link between epidurals and assisted delivery. Need for assisted delivery: There is some evidence that getting an epidural slightly increases the chance of needing an assisted delivery (delivering the baby using an additional device, such as suction cups or forceps).Intravenous (IV) medications can be used to increase your blood pressure if necessary. This is unlikely to affect your baby unless it is not controlled. Low blood pressure: Epidural medications can sometimes lower your blood pressure.
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