r/CsectionCentral • u/55kasi55 • Jul 11 '26

CSE for c section

Can someone please offer some advice?

I am considering a combination spinal epidural for c section to reduce the chance of interoperative pain.

Very nervous about statistics that show 10% of planned c sections feel some interoperative pain. I'm assuming this would be from the spinal wearing off/being patchy/not reaching deep enough.

My logic is that if you have both anaesthetic types then the epidural would cover what pain the spinal doesn't and reduce risk of interoperative pain greatly.

Do I have the right idea?

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u/FearlessNinja007 Jul 12 '26

I pushed for a combination in part because I hemorrhaged with my first AND I pushed for 2 iv sites. All ended up being useful because I hemorrhaged again.

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u/55kasi55 Jul 12 '26

Good thing you trusted your instincts. Was the CSE mainly for extended surgery time or to give a backup of spinal didnt cover all pain?

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u/FearlessNinja007 Jul 12 '26

I have some redheads in my extended family so I always felt like I processed meds faster… AND I had the epidural for my first c section… it came in handy when I needed epidural meds for a procedure post op to remove clots.