Did anyone else have bad constant headache after an epidural?
Yes I do! My epidural was hell. They had to try it in three different vertebrae, three numbing shots, and three hollow needles. The same thing happened to me, and my aunt is a nurse, so she explained it to me. When they hit your spinal column, it causes fluid to leak out. There is a very exact amount of this fluid in there, so when the level drops, even a bit, it causes your brain to sink into the back of your skull (the fluid is what helps hold your brain up) This in turn causes the headache, and depending on how much fluid leaks out, it can cause brain damage. Scary! Mine was so bad that they actually did a procedure to fix it, which they had to do 2 times because it failed the first time. They had to take 20ccs of blood out of my arm (i hate needles) and then do the numbing needle again, and then pump the blood into the puncture wound from the epidural, the blood then clots, and heals the puncture faster. And I had to do that twice!! Total of 10 needle pokes to the spine, and 2 to t
