If you're considering an epidural for your upcoming labor, you may have heard about the practice of laboring down. Laboring down involves a few strategic changes to your birth plan to help you get the most out of your epidural. From finding optimal epidural birth positions to relieving epidural back pain, knowledge of laboring down can make all the difference. Read on to learn everything you need to know about laboring down with an epidural.

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There are a lot of blogs and posts written about “How to avoid an epidural” or “How to have a natural birth” out there. I’ve written a few (here’s one for example)! But what if you are planning on getting an epidural? Are you exempt from needing a birth plan? Of course not! An epidural birth requires the same amount of planning as any other type of birth.

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