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In reply to the discussion: Forced C-Section [View all]CTyankee
(63,903 posts)36. With her second baby, my daughter very much wanted an epidural (which she had wanted with her
first but the doc said "too late!!) She made her (new) OB agree that she would get one. She arrived at the hospital in really active labor and the doc said "But you'll deliver in 45 minutes!. She said "You PROMISED!" and he gave her the epidural. She was simply not going to go through another labor like her first one. She was at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston...
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With her second baby, my daughter very much wanted an epidural (which she had wanted with her
CTyankee
May 2014
#36
WARNING for Americans: it's in the Daily Mail, so very likely to be untrue or distorted.
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2014
#31