If you decide you want an epidural, tell the doctor if Novocaine does not work on you. If you've ever had a cavity filled at the dentist you will know pretty quickly if it works, or if you're like me and it does nothing for pain. Before an epidural, they are supposed to give you a local anesthetic to numb the area before they put in a catheter to drip the medicine in your back. However, I felt the shot as well as the entire catheter going down m spine. They said they heard me scream from the waiting room. My son was under a lot of prenatal stress because of this, and a little bit after the epidural his heartbeat dropped down to 30 (120 is normal), three times. On the fourth they decided to take me in for a C-Section. This was the only truly painful part of my labor.
It's very rare that you're like me and intolerant to Novocaine, but since the thing they use to numb you is made of it, you should know going into it if it will work on you or not.
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