>>Interesting that they let you stay for the epidural. They threw me right out for that part. While waiting I was talking to a nurse and asked why they thought I couldn't handle that particular part of it. She said that's not it, it's legal. Anesthesiologists are such frequent malpractice targets, they don't like to work with possibly emotional witnesses peering over their shoulders.
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>While they were prepping me for the epidural, my then-husband was watching and he said to me "Wow, you should see the size of the needle they're about to stick in your back!!". I don't wanna know!! <g>
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>~~Bonnie

I watched wile the doc did the epidural on my wife. Big f-ing needle and he didn't get it right the first time, and not the 2nd time. That is when I stopped watching. I didn't tell my wife about it until everything was done and overwith.
Kudos to all women who have given birth with or without epidural. All that pain because of eating an apple :)