Just wondering what ladies have preferred when having an elective c section an epidural or a spinal tap i have had an epidural 17 1/2 years ago with the natural birth of my 1st son and after 3 more natural births since i am now faced with having to have a c section due to PP but i have read that spinal taps are better what is the difference? and what are your experiences if you have had both? i am freaking a bit as my friends wife had an epidural that went the wrong way and paralysed her from the waist up she ended up dying from a blood clot in the lung related to the epidural it was a big f#ck up.