Pregnancy is a dream come true for all couples. The first time mothers are filled with apprehension and innumerable questions. They get their queries solved by consulting their elders and now newsgroups. They develop misconceptions and fears regarding pregnancy and Labour.
The perception of pain during Labour and delivery varies between individuals. Specially, the first-time mothers need a proper antenatal counselling regarding good nutritious diet, antenatal exercises and physiology of Labour pains. Here we shall only be dealing with Labour & delivery.
Epidural anesthesia is an advance in pain management during Labour, which ensures that a pregnant woman has a comfortable Labour. It is a regional anesthesia in which an anaesthetic drug is injected near the spinal cord in the spinal canal.
Areas affected
It numbs the body below the waist, but the movements are not impaired.
Time of anesthesia
It is administered when the patient is in active Labour. It can be given as a single injection or in multiple doses through a special epidural catheter by a skilled anesthetist.
Advantages
- Almost complete relief from pain with the patient being mobile
- No postpartum headache as in spinal anesthesia
- Mother is conscious and alert throughout the Labour
- An instrumental delivery can be performed under the same anesthesia, if need arises
- If the patient has to be taken for cesarean section, the effect can be topped up through the epidural catheter.
Disadvantages
- Sudden drop in the blood pressure
- Because of pelvic floor relaxation, baby’s head may not rotate and forceps application may be required.
- Slight increased rate of instrumental and cesarean deliveries.
Vaidehi Women's & Children Hospital in Ahmedabad is fully equipped with modern medical machines and exclusive services for Gynecology-Maternity, Fertility & IVF, Vaccination Clinic, NICU, Pathology, Sonography, 24 Hours Pharmacy, Exclusive Health Checkup, Round The Clock Emergency Service. Our doctors and staff are always committed to listen to your complaints and answering your each and every question to your utmost satisfaction. We give all kind of preventive as well as curative treatment. Our services for women and children are set in with trained and seasoned nurse who ensure that you and your baby are well taken care of. Vaidehi Women's & Children Hospital is staffed with experienced consultants to offer professional care in Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Neonatology, Pediatrics and other specialities and subspecialties for you and your baby.
- 24-hr consultant-led emergency and specialty services including perinatal services
- All pediatric and allied services for children
- Sophisticated maternal care
- State-of-the-art labour rooms
- Committed team of professionals 24x7
Dr. Nirav Patel (M.S. Gynec)
Dr. Manisha Patel (M.B.B.S., D.C.H.)
Dr. Chintan Patel (M.D., DNB Medicine)
105 to 112, 1st Floor, Shashwat Mahadev-1 Complex, RTO Road,
Opp. Suryam Greens, Vastral, Ahmedabad - 382418.
Call for Appointment: +91 76230 40999
Source : by VAIDEHI WOMEN'S & CHILDREN HOSPITAL, Vastral, Ahmedabad.
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