Female: Are you ready to breathe through your delivery? Or is there an epidural with your name on it?
Female: While every pregnant woman will feel some pain when in labor, managing it is a personal decision. Almost 50% of C-sections are unplanned. When time is of the essence, a doctor may provide an anesthetic known as general anesthesia. A mother falls asleep and wakes up after her baby is born. Another anesthetic, the epidural is injected directly into the epidural space in the spine and therefore bypasses the baby and numbs the lower half of the body only.
A spinal block provides this complete numbing of the lower half and is used in caesarian deliveries. For women delivering vaginally, a combined spinal epidural which provides numbing but stills allows the use of the legs may be an option.
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