2007-01-07 21:09:32 · 18 answers · asked by catrina 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Its a very common side effect of epidurals...i choose not to have one with my kids because shortly before I had my first child, a good friend of mine whose baby was already 1 year old was constantly complaining about chronic back-ache...she was only 19 so unlikely to be general wear and tear at that age. She asked her Doctor what he thought was wrong and when he realised she had had an epidural he said it was probably that that had caused it. I did however have one, without my consent after a major surgery (unrelated to childbirth) and I have suffered with back-ache ever since.
2007-01-09 23:43:16 · answer #1 · answered by doodlebip 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The anesthesiologist tried to give me an epidural, she poked around in my back with 3 needles but wasn't able to get it in the correct spot so I had to have a natural labor. Anyways, to answer your question, about a year after the birth, I started having really bad backpains and went to the dr. After a bunch of MRI's and bloodtests, they determined that the epidural needle gave me an infection and damaged some cartilage between the discs, so yes, it can happen!!!
2007-01-08 10:53:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes was advised to have one to keep my blood pressure down. To which came out slightly and was only draining down one side resulting in horrific pain targeting one spot, to top things off as it was ineffective & due to other complications I had to have an emergency caesarean under general anesetic so I new nothing and my husband couldn't be there. And to top it off i still get bad back pain only on one side which i'm sure is result of epidural cause of where it is over 2 1/2yrs later how ever it hasn't put me off i'm pregnant again advised to have a planned section this time and will be with another epidural so my husband can be there and I can have some imput, also the fear that this epidural won't work, but apparently it's a different kind!! Fingers crossed:o)
2007-01-08 05:35:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
this is very common after an epidural alot of my friends have had it and complained after of alot of backpain. i have back problems so when i was pregnant with my daughter i was told i couldn't have the epidural because it would make the pain 10 times worse.
2007-01-08 05:32:07 · answer #4 · answered by simplelady 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ihave had two epidural s
the first i had no pain afterwards that i can remeber (i was realy outta my tree on med ) but when i came down i had small niggles and a little back ack
the second hurt like fury i now have constat back ake cold wether makes it worse
BUT i wouldnt have done it any diffrent i didnt realy have any chose is i wanted my baby to live do what you have to do but after wards try doing yoga and streches they will help with the back ack
2007-01-08 05:28:07 · answer #5 · answered by warmup001 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my sister inlaw had a baby in nov and she had got the epidural at like 7 am and had her baby that night at 10:40 pm and when it was all over she had some back pain well a lot of back pain but the doctor said that was normal cause she was on her back the whole time and plus they blew her vain in her back by her spinal cord hope u start feeling better
2007-01-08 05:39:05 · answer #6 · answered by sarita a 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes,i was told a week before my baby was born that i would have to have an epidural because my daughter was double breech the midwife told me if i had dilated to far they would let me deliver natural so i put up with the pain of contractions for ten hours and when i got to hospital i was 6cm but they still made me have one.
2007-01-08 07:29:36 · answer #7 · answered by LYNNSGARETHS 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cannot speak from experiance (as I am a bloke) but from when my wife had our children, the ladies in her ward that had epidurals had pain for longer afterwards than those who did not. Short term gain for long term loss? of course, sometimes there is no choice....
2007-01-08 05:13:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, i had an epidural with my last baby and it hurt for the longest. i could not even bend to pick her up due to the pain. it will take some time for it to go away but it is normal to get that pain.
2007-01-08 05:29:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. After I had my daughter I had a pain in my lower back on the right side for about a week. Since I haven't had any pain from it. I'm pregnant w/ #2 and definately going to have another one as I am a wuss.
2007-01-08 05:19:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋