Epidurals

I delivered in a major hospital and had an epidural. I highly recommend epidurals. The medicine they used in them a long time ago drugged the baby. This is why a baby was "spanked" when they came out - to wake them up. With modern medicine, epidurals no longer drug the baby. They now use numbing agents that do NOT affect the baby. If you are worried about epidurals, talk to your doctor. The more information you know, the better decision you can make for yourself.