ya...i heard abt the side effect of epidural is backache. but for me, mayb i am weird, coz if i hv injection on my arms wen i can see, i dun feel tat pain and tense. but if it is at other part of my body tat i cant see eg my butt, i will feel beri tense and pain....tat is y i worry tat for wen inserting the needle for epidural, i will move or wat due to tense and pain and result in poking onto the nerve of my spine or wat lor...
also, epidural can make u numb and u cant even feel if u r pushing or nt then might result in emergency c section lor...which i wan to avoid lor...
ya i hv frenz who gif birth wifout epidural also, and i also feel they are great. but for me beside wanting to feel great and to noe my own threshold of pain, i wan to avoid running into the above situation i mention lor....heeheehee