Sharon, I had a general after being in labour for awhile, and having an epidural that didn't work.

It was something that I hadn't even thought about happening, so we didn't have any plans on how to deal with it all. After DD was born, they took her back to the maternity ward with DH, waiting for me to wake up and give permission for DH to give her a little bottle feed.

Even though she had a bottle feed, she was still hungry, so when I got back to my room, they put DD in bed with me and luckily enough, she latched on straight away.

So, probably for us, our biggest downfall was not discussing all the possibilities that we could think of. Dh had a bit of a hard time dealing with the fact he was 'leaving' me to go with our DD, but looking back, I'm glad he did.

Goodluck!!

Brooke - That is one of my fears with having an elective c-section next time, that the epidural won't work and I'll still need to have a general. How do you think you'll approach a c-section if you have another one? Would you go straight for a general or try the epidural again?

Nic