I had epidural for both of my births

DS was induced, so epidural went on for majority of the labour, when it came time to push I could still do it...i wasn't NUMB...I could still move, I just couldn't feel the pain IYKWIM. I think they'd started to wear it off for the pushing stage...i could feel the burn I didn't need any further intervention.

DD's labour was much shorter. I actually think they gave me the epi too late, coz no sooner did it kick in, I felt the need to push. I could feel the sack bulging....I couldn't feel the contraction pain, as with DS. I pushed her out in 12 minutes No tears and no intervention.

If you have an idea of where to push and how, then you can still do it. My view is that an epi doesn't render you useless. Your body still knows how to do it, regardless.

Good luck