How does giving birth hurt if you are on anesthesia?

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Isn’t that the whole point of anesthesia? To make it…not hurt?

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You can’t completely anesthetize the woman, because the breathing and pushing activities needed are voluntary muscles. That’s what happens in a C-section procedure, but not normal delivery. It’s possible to reduce pain significantly, through epidural anesthesia, but that’s only localized to some nerves and not others.

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