Ever had an epidural go wrong?
@jessiesuniverse (16)
United States
November 18, 2008 12:50pm CST
I don't mean to scare anyone but I was wondering how many other women have had this happen. I was delivering (trying to deliver) my last baby a year ago. I needed an epidural. When I finally got it, it was done wrong! I ended up having convulsions, drooling,loosing consciousness,and going numb from my toes to my throat. I was told they has to breath for me...and of course emergency C-section due to the mistake they had make.
After wards, I had to go back to the hospital and have a blood patch (they took blood from my arm and put it into my back) because I was leaking spinal fluid which was causing a spinal migraine.
I was told that the whole experience was very rare..so I was just wondering if and how many other women have had this experience.
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@Lavender_Breeze (373)
• United States
22 Nov 08
Yes, but not in the same manner as you. When they did my epidural with my first child, I had what they call a 'window.' I could feel everything on my right side between my upper ribs and my thigh. They kept pushing more meds in, and I ended up numb from my neck to my toes except in that one spot. I had a c-section in the end, and could feel it on the right side. I can remember wishing they'd knocked me out it hurt so bad. I survived it though, and I'm glad I was awake and aware enough to greet my daughter as she entered the world. :)
With my second, it was easy-peasy. Had an epidural and delivered VBAC style. Actually could move my legs after he was born.
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@jessiesuniverse (16)
• United States
22 Nov 08
OMG!!! That sounds like a nightmare! WOW! It's good to hear that things were better with last one though!
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@Lavender_Breeze (373)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Yeah, I was a little afraid the second time around, but it went just fine. I was told that even having a window like that is rare.
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@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
19 Nov 08
I never had that experience. Everything went well with me. My fiance's mom did have something wrong with hers, but I know nothing about it. That is scary though. That was one thing I was afraid of.
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@jessiesuniverse (16)
• United States
19 Nov 08
Yeah..it was scarier for my husband as this was his first baby experience...He had to watch everything happen and it happend QUICK...like under 5 minutes and I lost consciousness. I just remember fragments of what happend , everyone else had to fill me in on details. We have decided that we want another baby as I am 34 and NOT getting any younger! ..I am a bit nervous!
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@kaka135 (14931)
• Malaysia
27 Nov 08
It sounds really scary!! 
I heard that the risk of applying the epidural is really very low. I am pregnant now, and I decided not to have the epidural, as it still has some kind of risks. My cousin told me I should be able to bear with the pain as they will still inject some pain killer meds.
Everything is fine to you now, right? Any side-effect after that?
I heard that the risk of applying the epidural is really very low. I am pregnant now, and I decided not to have the epidural, as it still has some kind of risks. My cousin told me I should be able to bear with the pain as they will still inject some pain killer meds.
Everything is fine to you now, right? Any side-effect after that? 
@desteny114 (886)
• United States
25 Sep 09
I am sorry that you had al that happen I hope that you are better now and that nothing is bad is happening. Nothing like that happen to me I have two kids and my youngest is 1 and 4 months but with the last epidural something went wrong I don’t know what the lady poked that made one of my legs shake and now I have really bad back pains. I don’t have the pain all the time but when I do have it will make me stay in bed for a day or two and when I don’t have the pain I feel like a internal bruise around the area were I got the epidural. I hope that is not a serious thing and better yet that it would go away soon. 
