Hi Sharon An Osteopath told me that without prior knowledge she could tell if and where someone had been given an epidural and in the long term time frame you are talking of. I find that amazing and alarming. After my 4mth old had a lumbar puncture I had him treated by an Osteopath and she said she could feel the difference clearly in the areas below and above the sight. Hopefully for him treating it early will be enough. It might be worth contacting the Osteopathic association to see if they have any information that you can use. They have a website or try the phonebook.
Cheers Megan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shaz42 Sent: Monday, 14 February 2005 8:16 AM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] epidurals and long term effects the reason im so interested is that 20 years ago I had one during my sons birth. I now suffer from backpain when I get overtired especially in the area where I had the epidural. my sister also has the same problem after her epidural which she had 4 years ago.this pain is deep muscle pain which takes your breath away and all you can do to alleviate it is go to sleep for a few hours. in my practice as a midwife I feel we should be warning women of the long term effects of epidurals say 10 to 20 years from when they have them administered but I needed the evidence to back up my claim. regards sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elissa and David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] epidurals and long term effects > You may also find the leaflets at > http://www.infochoice.org/ic/ic.nsf/icx/6?OpenDocument > helpful the professionals version is fully referenced . > Cheers, > David > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Miriam Hannay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au> > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 11:07 PM > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] epidurals and long term effects > > >> Hi Sharon, >> >> there is a great article with references titled >> 'Epidurals: real risks for mother and baby' by NZ trained GP Sarah >> Buckley on the birth international website available at >> www.acegraphics.com.au/articles/sarah02.html. Really compelling stuff >> on longer term morbidity for women and systemic effects on neonates. >> Very interesting stuff. regards, miriam >> >> --- Mary Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I can't help you with any references Sharon, but I have a question. >> > what happens to the data when things DO go wrong with an epidural? >> > I have two homebirth clients in the past couple of years who needed >> > to be in hospital for their births, (one for PE & one for APH) who >> > had long term sequelae and who seemed not to be taken seriously by >> > the anaesthetic dept of our major teaching hospital. The one who >> > was induced for PE had an "epidural headache" for 11 days, despite >> > narcotic pain relief and 3 attempts at a blood patch. She was >> > unable to breastfeed, pick up her baby, do any mothering at all. >> > It finally resolved after Bowen therapy to her back and neck. >> > This was necessary for more than 6 months after the baby was born. >> > Of course post-natal depression was also a problem which was dealt >> > with by complimentary medicine, no interest from the hospital. The >> > anaesthetists were not really interested in her once she left the >> > hospital, still in severe pain and on Tramol. No follow-up. The >> > APH (mother of 3) was left with severe "foot-drop", the story of >> > the anaesthetists interest was the same for the above. >> > She has long term nerve damage. Very debillitating for a young >> > mother of 3. I think that there may be a lot of adverse outcomes >> > that don't get reported or followed-up. MM >> > >> > I was wondering is there anything to suggest that epidurals >> > administered during labour have long term effects on women. such as >> > backpain later in life I would be interested to find this out >> > through studies ect I have looked on the Cochrane data base but >> > cant find anything to do with this. >> > >> > regards sharon >> >> Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. >> http://au.movies.yahoo.com >> -- >> This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. >> Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. >> > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
