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What is a spinal?

10 March 2009 392 views No Comment

spineSpinals: Spinals are an injection of local anesthetic into your spine. They can be used to numb the pain of pushing or assisted deliveries and also numb the pain of contractions.

Pros: Quick, simple, effective pain relief

Cons: Only lasts a couple of hours, you can’t feel your legs, you may get a headache, feel itchy or shivery or have difficulty passing urine, you can only have one so when it wears off will need to have a different style of pain relief

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