It allows more in some high-risk pregnancies or pregnancies classic
-The epidural has replaced general anesthesia was performed before in some cases, especially for cesarean section, and where forceps delivery.
Aftermath of an epidural are much less severe than the consequences of general anesthesia. Additionally, moms are aware and strongly present at the birth of their babies.
What is deeply important ...
-The major advantage of an epidural is that it keeps constant the vital functions, blood pressure, hormonal influence, therefore, it maintains a calm and supportive environment for childbirth.
It therefore allows to give birth naturally some women with a high risk pregnancy, including:
- Women with high blood pressure or having to cope with heart disease, an epidural to avoid the voltage variations.
- Women with diabetes, an epidural to avoid sudden changes in terms of hormonal and avoid excessive glucose production in response to stress of pain.
- Women who deal with epilepsy, for the same reasons as those mentioned before.
- Women with severe myopia, delivery may influence visual acuity.
- During a pre-eclampsia, it allows vasodilater the placental vessels and therefore improve uteroplacental perfusion.
- During a Caesarean section under epidural, the baby is not reached by the anesthetic! and maternal comfort is significantly improved (compared to the cumbersome experience of general anesthesia).
Apart from indications of an epidural for pregnancies so-called "risk", the epidural brings big benefits to more conventional deliveries:
- When delivery is long and painful, epidural allows the mother to rest, and not be exhausted at the time of expulsion.
- When the expansion is not done easily, the epidural has an antispasmodic effect on the neck, to make it more flexible and thus accelerate the expansion.