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Hi- could someone explain to me the difference between the two and personal experiances? I have a scheduled c coming up and my doctor said she would use a spinal. thanks!
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 | djh - February 11 |
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The spinal uses more medicine and it is injected in enough amount to numb you up to under you b___sts (or beyond) because they will be doing quite a bit of pushing on your upper abdomen to help get the baby out through the incision. If you are only numb in your perineum and lower abdomen that can be very painful. Be careful about sitting upright for too long or too soon after a spinal. Sometimes the puncture hole doesn't seal up after the surgery and your cerebrospinal fluid leaks a bit...giving you a ma__sive "spinal headache". Let the nurses know if you start getting a headache after the surgery, the sooner the better and they can get a handle on it for you. Best wishes.
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 | JL - February 11 |
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From what I understand, they go into different parts of the spinal ca___l. One is deeper than the other. The epidural is slower to kick in, and also a catheter is left in your back so more medicine can be administered. With a spinal, it is a fast-acting single injection, with no cathether left in your back. I had a spinal for both of my c-sections. I went numb almost immediately, and it wore off in recovery. But by then I was on IV morphine for pain, so I was OK. I have not heard of anyone having an epidural for a planned c-section.
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