I delivered my son on dec 20th, 2008 and for the past month ive been experiencing numbness in my feet (like after i sit at the comp for a while) and i often have numbness in my left big toe...
is this a everlasting side effect of an epidural or could i possibly have damaged a nerve?
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It depends. I had an epidural with all of my births (three). I have had back pain ever since and have other people tell me the same. I have since my last daughter experienced some weird feelings in my legs from time to time however I never connected the two of them. Your best bet would be to talk to your OB/GYN when you go in for your follow up. There is a risk of nerve/spinal damage but it is minimal and would have been noticed almost immediately I believe. You can always google epidurals and find out all the risk factors and side effects.
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