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epidurals???

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Has anyone with children had an epedural during childbirth. Ab
nd do you now suffer from chronic back pain. Several of my friends including myself, did and now have the constant pain. Would like to know if it is the backlash of epidural that causes the pain, doc sais NO way. HA HA what would HE know? XXX
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you could ask the back pain group too, i belong there and they could help too:)
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oooh scary! Check with the pregnancy group too. Makes me not want to get one cuz I have enough chronic pain as it is!
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I was told that in extreme cases it can actually cause permanant paralysis! This scared me so much I never used it. If it can do that, I'm sure it can cause back pain too x
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I had an epidural and TTT things are fine. Even if my back hurts often just from stress.
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I did not have an epidural... my uterus was tilted so my child tried to exit via my back, which did not work. After 16 hours of "back labor" they finally took her by C-section.

I've had pain in my back on and off ever since, yrs later diagnosed with 3 buldging discs in my lower spine, degenerative disk desease.

Maybe just coincidence.
starfish
starfish
If I recall correctly, there is a small chance that air can get in the spinal fluid (because the injection was not prepared right) and that can cause permanent problems...but it is not caused from the epidural itself.

One thing I do know for sure is, you should not sit up for at least 24 hrs afterwards, or you can get a severe headache.

Try googling it or looking it up on www.WebMD.com for some info -- I'm curious now.
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My personal experience was that I had paralysis that was an indirect result of the epidural, not caused by the epidural itself. No chronic back pain now.

With my limited knowledge of kinesiology I will take a stab at it and say that pregnancy changes your center of gravity, causing lumbar hyperextension and stress on the lower back. It also stretches out the abs, the support for the back. My suggestion would be to strengthen the abdominals and obliques... now I will duck while people throw things at me ;)
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