The epidurals are given by a trained anesthesiologist in Kandang Kerbau Hospital. It involves the introduction of a catheter which is a very thin plastic tubing into a space just outside meninges of the spinal cord. This involves a lot of skill. Thereafter the anaesthesiologist will administer local anaesthetic together with a narcotic agent to afford you relief from the painful contractions. If you are proceeding to a cesarean section during the course of the labour, you may opt to go through the operation with the epidural anaesthesia.
Most people do.
We have 15,000 deliveries a year in Kandang Kerbau Hospital and there is hardly any major complications.