Brooke, with my first, it was an epidural, the second was a spinal, that made me go numb right up , even my cheeks were numbish, and I also got an intense itch all over my face and body as there was morphine in it, and it sometimes has that reaction. The last was what the anaethetist called a combined spinal block (not sure what the difference was, but as they had to remove heaps of adhesions, it took ages to get bubs out, and long before they had finished sewing me up, I could move both legs, but only had crampy pain, did not feel the operation)
So this time, I am not sure which way they will go, it will be up to the hospitals anaethetist, but they will definetaly have to prepare for the nausea and vomiting beforehand, it was scary.
I feel prepared, knowing what to expect, but on the otherhand, having that knowledge, I still dread going through all that.