no epidural!!!!!

Hillary Israeli wrote:
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Nikki wrote:

*I think interthecal is very misleading as a name then. The child
birth

Well, it's *intra*thecal, not interthecal. It's not misleading - it's
descriptive. The medication used is injected into the intrathecal (as
opposed to the epidural) space in the spinal column.

Your class nurse was either an ignorant git, or a poor educator, or
both. She obviously failed to explain what she was talking about.

I'm pretty sure both and I thought that even before this thread ;-) She was
so biased. I was planning a natural birth, and one at a hospital that would
give me an epidural anyway, so I didn't really ask any questions or maybe
wasn't listening. Any thoughts as to why a hospital without an
anesthesiologist could give an intrathecal but not an epidural?


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Nikki
Mama to Hunter (5) and Luke (3)