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Topic: can you have a...
Posted By: mrsturtle
Subject: can you have a...
Date Posted: 12 January 2009 at 4:54pm
| waterbirth and an epidural? has anyone done this? im soo getting an epidural there is no 2 ways about it....however im starting to lean towards a waterbirth been reading abit about how it can be better for people with bad hips and also can reduce the chances for tearing....not sure how true this is but just wondered if anyone else had tried. |
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 12 January 2009 at 5:05pm
Nope. I asked my MW that. When you have an epi you need quite a bit more monitoring that you can't have in a pool, also it would be v difficult to get out of the pool in a hurry. Can you start in the water, and then get out and have an epi if/when you need it? Water can (apparently) be good as a pain killer in the early stages (I say apparently cos I had an epi the whole way  ) ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 12 January 2009 at 5:41pm
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I started in the water last time and then got out for my epi. Once you have the epi you are happy enough out of the water anyway. I dont think I would have torn if I hadnt needed a ventouse delivery at the last minute (only had 1st degree vaginal wall tear so nothing major).
Are they still thinking of you going early? |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 12 January 2009 at 8:36pm
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My midwife has told me they while only let you birth in the pool if everything is perfect with you and bubs. Any complications, no matter how minor and you wont be allowed to birth in there. Definately no epi!
I want a water birth, but will just see how we go on the day  -------------   
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Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 12 January 2009 at 9:33pm
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Shannon, have you seen the pools at Queen Mary yet? They don't look huge (more like baths), and they only have two; I think they are first come, first serve so you may not get one anyway if they're busy.
I'm hoping to be able to use one of the pools for pain relief, but probably won't birth in it. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 12 January 2009 at 9:48pm
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You can't ahve the epi and the waterbirth together. But you can have peth and be in the water (well I was but I was on number 2). I wasn't able to birth in the water as I had complications but laboured in the bath. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 13 January 2009 at 7:48am
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Nope you cant, because when you have an epi you need to strapped to the CTG machine to moniter bubs and you will be monitered aswell. You are flat on your back with one so you cant be in the water.
oh and you need a catheter when you have an epidural. you can go in the water, then get out and finish ur labour with an epi in place but you cant go back in the water. ------------- |
Posted By: mrsturtle
Date Posted: 13 January 2009 at 5:34pm
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Hmmm maybe pethadine and water will work.....
Whitewave - no i havent seen the pools at qm was thinking next time we are down i should pop in and have a look as ive only seen the prep room we take people in straight from the ambulance. If its first come first served you had better not be early! on the 3rd im in there! 
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Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 13 January 2009 at 8:50pm
Not planning on being early Shannon, but if I am, you can have one and I'll have the other! 
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