Back pain after taking the epidural

In order to prevent severe pain during childbirth, some women may choose painless delivery injections, which are very effective in relieving labor pain. However, because the painless delivery injection needs to be injected into the waist, it is easy to cause symptoms of low back pain, although it will not have an adverse effect on the health of the fetus. However, the mother has to endure certain pain and risks. After delivery, you must emphasize nourishment to gradually alleviate this symptom.

What are the side effects of taking an epidural?

Painless childbirth will not have any adverse effects on the fetus, but it does involve certain risks for the mother. Common complications of painless childbirth include low blood pressure and mild headaches, but serious life-threatening complications are rare. Common adverse reactions mainly affect the labor process and placental blood supply. Therefore, the entire delivery process requires obstetricians and gynecologists and anesthesiologists to jointly monitor the condition of the mother. Painless childbirth does cause some discomfort such as temporary shivering, low blood pressure, vomiting, etc., but these discomforts are not serious and will disappear naturally in a short time. They will not cause too much impact on the mother's body and will not have any adverse consequences. Headaches, back pain, infections, cramps, drug allergies or incomplete anesthesia are less common. In actual childbirth, epidural anesthesia is generally used for painless delivery. A very small number of people may feel back pain, headache or abnormal sensation in the lower limbs, but the incidence is very low. These discomforts will not be serious and will disappear naturally in a short time without causing any adverse effects on the body. Theoretically, the possibility of more serious complications exists, such as hypotension, but the probability of occurrence is very low, and the doctor will definitely take effective measures to prevent it when the expectant mother chooses painless childbirth.

The benefits of painless childbirth

1. Relatively safe: Epidural anesthesia is often used for painless delivery. The doctor places a drug tube in the epidural space of the mother's waist. The concentration of the anesthetic in the drug tube is approximately one-tenth or less of that in cesarean section, that is, a light anesthetic, to protect the safety of the mother. 2. More convenient: When the cervix is ​​dilated to three fingers, medication is given through the already placed medicine tube. Generally, the mother can move around with the medicine tube. 3. Long-lasting drug effect: About ten minutes after the drug is administered, the mother in labor will no longer feel the severe pain of uterine contraction. The only pain she can feel is like slight back pain during menstruation until the end of labor.