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Epidurals and Back Tattoos
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For the last five years, back tattoos have been all the rage. Women have inked their lower backs with a range of patterns and styles. Now, these same women are facing a very real question. What happens during childbirth when you have a lower back tattoo and you need an epidural?
The first step in solving this question is to make sure your obstetrician knows about the back tattoo. This fact will become a part of your permanent file which will follow you to the hospital when it is time to give birth to your baby.
The second step involves waiting until labor begins. Amid all of the turmoil and excitement, you must remember to talk with the anesthesiologist about the fact that you have a back tattoo. It will be this doctor's final decision whether or not you will be able to receive a epidural.
Common practices involve the age of the back tattoo and the exact placement of the epidural. For most women who have older back tattoos, there will not be a problem with the administration of an epidural. For others, who have fresh, new tattoos, no epidural will usually take place.
Pregnant women who have chosen to place a tattoo on their lower back will have to deal with the final decision of the anesthesiologist. Above all, the health of the baby and the mother are the two most important factors and even though the choice to have natural childbirth may not be the one you though you would make, it may be the best one for the situation.
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