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they use a small needle and make the area numb,then they insert a larger hollow needle into the back,they then thread a catherder into your back,gently remove the larger needle,the cathader stays in place and gives you numbing medicine as you need it-then after the baby is born they gently remove the cath..
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Can you get epidural with every birth?
Yes, you can get an epidural with each birth.
Is an epidural for labor and an epidural for back pain the same?
They are the same
What area is the anesthesia is administered to numb the nerves from the uterus and birth passage without stopping labor?
epidural
If you are endued can you still get an epidural?
yes you can have and epidural if you are induced - Christina ballesteros
Should you get epidural?
Heck yeah, get the epidural! Especially if you are a woman in labor!
Epidural steroid injection dosage for cervical arthritis?
That is up to the doctor at the time of the procedure.
What is the unscrambled word for pedirula?
The anagram is the medical term "epidural."
Does epidural anesthesia cause swelling in feet after giving birth?
when you get the epidural could you get swelling?
Where in the spine do the insert the needle for an epidural?
I think the needle will be inserted in lumbar 3 and 4 for epidural.
Under what circumstances is epidural therapy performed?
Epidural anesthesia can block most of the pain of labor and birth for vaginal and surgical deliveries. Epidural analgesia is also used after cesarean sections
Blood vessels servicing the spinal cord are found in the?
Epidural Space
Can you have an epidural if you smoke?
I received an epidural steroid injection a couple years ago and my doctors knew I smoke.
