[Buckeye McFrog]

I try to talk women out of epidurals because every woman I know who ever had one during delivery was complaining about back pain ten, twenty and thirty years later.

[exDemMom]

I try to talk women out of epidurals because every woman I know who ever had one during delivery was complaining about back pain ten, twenty and thirty years later.

Back pain happens for a number of reasons. I had an epidural once, but I'm pretty certain the back pain is from osteoarthritis exacerbated by scoliosis. The only way to control the pain is to exercise.

[pops88]

“I try to talk women out of epidurals because every woman I know who ever had one during delivery was complaining about back pain ten, twenty and thirty years later.”

Have you ever been through labor and delivery personally? My first child was an emergency C-section after 33 hours of labor. My second was an attempted, failed V-Back. For my third, my doctor offered the option of a V-Back and my response was unequivocally, “no!” The minimal back pain I’ve experienced over the years was nothing compared to what I went through during labor and delivery. I’d take the back pain any day, because I could take an aspirin or an ibuprofen and get relief.
Beats the heck out of hours in labor so painful you think you’re in a Nazi prison camp being treated by Dr. Mengele. My 2 cents as an RN who’s worked closely with L&D.