Afraid of Labor Pain? You Can Request an Epidural Injection

Dream - For expectant mothers who are pregnant with their first child, one of the things that needs to be prepared is the mental state when facing childbirth. Many say that the process of childbirth is very painful.

Contraction indeed triggers an extraordinary pain, but it is an important 'code' from the body indicating that the baby is ready to be born. Actually, there is a way to reduce the level of pain during childbirth that many mothers are not aware of, namely an epidural injection. What is an epidural injection? Here are the facts.

1. Epidural is Anesthesia.

Epidural, quoted by Hellosehat, is a form of anesthesia or local anesthesia used to numb certain parts of the body so that they do not feel pain. Epidural will not make the patient completely unconscious because it only functions as a pain reliever (analgesia) in specific areas of the body.

When this anesthesia is administered, the impulses or sensory nerve stimulation in the lower part of the spine are stopped. Normally, sensory nerves are responsible for sending various signals to the brain, such as pain or heat. As a result, the sensation or pain that the mother should feel in the lower torso, specifically in the uterus, cervix, and upper vagina, will be reduced. There is no need to worry because the motor nerves will still function properly. This is evidenced by the brain's ability to send commands to the pelvis and other parts of the body to work as needed.

2. Epidural Type

There are two types of epidural usually offered to mothers giving birth in hospitals or healthcare centers, namely regular epidural and spinal epidural combination. For regular epidural, it is a type of anesthesia that is injected into the mother's back.

More precisely, it is given inside a small space on the outside of the spinal cord below the back. It takes about 1-15 minutes for the anesthesia or epidural anesthesia to start working.

Then spinal epidural combination is a combined anesthesia of epidural anesthesia and spinal anesthesia. Administration of drugs in this spinal epidural anesthesia combination is usually injected into the membrane that lines the spine until it reaches the epidural cavity.

3. When is epidural given?

When is epidural given? Epidural is actually not a mandatory procedure to be done during childbirth. There are pregnant women who choose not to use this anesthesia during labor at all and go through the childbirth process naturally.

If the mother has a low tolerance for pain, it is not wrong to plan for childbirth with this anesthesia. This should be discussed with the obstetrician and gynecologist who handle the delivery. In the normal childbirth process, epidural is usually given after the mother has reached a cervical dilation of about 4 or 5 centimeters (cm). To get this injection, pregnant mothers should inform the doctor well in advance of the delivery. Source: Hellosehat

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