DH pushing me to get an epidural?

I know its nowhere near time for me to be having my baby, but I didn't really know where else to put it. Say you are COMPLETELY AGAINST getting an epidural, but your SO is all for it? (Sure you can see where this is going...) he told me that while I'm in labor, if he thinks I'm in too much pain, he will force me to get an epidural. If you tell the doctor and nurses yourself "absolutely no epidural" what would you do if SO told them to give you one and you got one anyway, against your wishes? My reasons for being against epidural is that I don't want to risk paralysis and I would like to be able to feel it (as painful as it is, yes...) I did it that way with my DS, so yeah. If they gave me one anyway just bc DH said to, even with me saying "no", would that be grounds of a lawsuit? (I wouldn't think so but...) I'm just curious.

It's your body your choice, they're not going to give you an epidural because HE says so. My advice is that you have a birth plan in writing so that he cannot be sneaky and try to get around it. It is complete bullsmurf that he's openly saying that he's "going to force you" to get one even if you don't want one. Complete disrespect towards you.

I would tell him to stfu and he can have an opinion about it when he can expel a kid out of his vagina.

Well when they come in to do it tell them no?

Don't sign the consent and they can't give you one.

And if your husband tries to force you into anything, he's a doucher.

LOL that would never happen

DH has NO SAY in your labor and delivery.

Why is he pushing for the epi?

Yeah, they can't give you an epidural against your consent, even if your DH tells them to. You're in a perfect frame of mind to make your own decisions concerning your health, even though you're in pain.

if you refuse and dont sign the consent form, then as long as you dont lose consciousness or something crazy like that he cant make ANY decisions for you. No matter what he says the doctor cant legally do it without your written approval.

Wowwww. I would not be cool with him forcing it or even feeling like that's his choice. You need support no matter what you decide  

They need your permission. They won't give you one if you say no just because he says too. He can't force that. I don't see why he cares anyways, he's not the one giving birth.

Tell him good luck forcing anything on you when he has no legal standing in the delivery room or your medical process, and you can have him thrown out at the drop of a damn hat.

They can't legally go by what he says unless you are unable to make a decision due to emergency situations like sudden blood loss that leads to loss of consciousness.

Quoting -Kaysay-:" I would tell him to stfu and he can have an opinion about it when he can expel a kid out of his vagina."

I did lol. His face was priceless. I believe he knows they won't give me one I'd I say no, but he would at least be trying to get me on something for pain. (He HATES seeing me in pain, freaks out if I have pains now from BH lol.)

They won't hold you down and give you one. I'm sorry he is so against your wishes though   tbh in a case like that I would get a doula to help, because if you are truly against the epidural (and for so many of us giving birth naturally is a spiritual journey), he can really ruin it for you. Bring a birth plan and tell the nurses in the begining that they are not to mention drugs, and to ignore your husband if he pushes them to give you one.

When it comes down to it YOU have to sign for it. Tell his ass to wait in the hallway until you birth his child how you want to.