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  • 26-06-2004 2:20pm
    #1
    Mewzel
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    hey,
    was talking to a friend of mine, and she was saying that supposedly if a girl gets a tattoo on her lower back that hospitals will never give her an epidural? anyone know if this is true?
    thanks :)


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  • #2
    Whatever
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    Hey

    well der are a few sites on the web about this. Some contradict the other one but sure suss it out for urself.

    Basically most of them say when it comes to the time of having the baby, its sometimes up to the doctor!
    if you can't find what your looking for there just google it as there is loads of things out there on it.

    http://www.fisher-price.com/us/babygear/qanda.asp?c=bg_labor&qandaid=112855 http://tattoo.about.com/cs/tatfaq/f/epidurals.htm http://www.babynamesworld.com/forum/topic1771.html

    whatever!


  • #3
    eth0_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    Originally posted by Mewzel
    hey,
    was talking to a friend of mine, and she was saying that supposedly if a girl gets a tattoo on her lower back that hospitals will never give her an epidural? anyone know if this is true?
    thanks :)


    Bollox. An epidural is administered through a line into the spine. A tattoo is only a couple of mm's deep, if even that, your spine is much deeper. I guess maybe if the woman is completed covered in tattoos in that area, it'll make it difficult for the anaesthetist to locate a lumbar space, but he should be able to do that through touch alone.


  • #4
    ven0m
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    Originally posted by eth0_
    Bollox. An epidural is administered through a line into the spine. A tattoo is only a couple of mm's deep, if even that, your spine is much deeper. I guess maybe if the woman is completed covered in tattoos in that area, it'll make it difficult for the anaesthetist to locate a lumbar space, but he should be able to do that through touch alone.

    Yup - you're right..... it is total bollocks. I know plenty of women with lower back tattoos who have had EPI's during child birth...... this is the same as that bollocks about giving blood "have you had tattoos or piercings" - complete toss & scaremongery.... they assume cos we get tattoos or piercings we're "dirty" people..... taking care of a tattoo or piercing healing usually requires regimented cleaning of said mods....... pisses me off to no end that kinda crap does!


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