L.E.
I had my baby 11 months ago and I had a epidural with my delivery. My baby had no problems and was very awake and alert when he was born. I see nothing wrong with getting a epidural. I think people just write things like what you read to scare the mothers. Like I said my baby had no problems eating after he was born and was awake and alert from the time he was born. Also, I had no problems with the epidural at all I think that it was the most wonderful experience because it dulled the pain but I could still feel the pressure of delivering him. I was not so strong that I could not feel anything and plus I had a good anestisologist. But it is always up to you what you want to do, it is you having this child not anyone else. So if you opt not to have it and then get in there and the pain is to bad you can always say you want one and none is going to look at you in a different way. So like I said it is YOU making this decision not the doctor, nurses, your family or even you husband you are the one that is going through the pain so you have to make the decision yourself.