Patricia asks:

>  my question is in real life how often is a women delivered in less than 26
> minutes from when she receives her epidural???
>

My experience is NEVER. In fact, where I come from, fentanyl would tend
to be given early with the idea that it would be cleared by the mother's
system before the birth. Later dosing, in my experience tends to be with
the caines...to numb. There is avoidance of narcotics in late pushing.

Susan

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