Toyin Lawani has opened up about her experience with epidural anesthesia, an injection administered to pregnant women in the spine to relieve pain during childbirth
In a video posted online on Tuesday, the mother of three revealed that since receiving the injection, she has not felt like herself.
She claimed that doctors do not fully inform women about the long-term side effects of epidurals.
According to Lawani, she has been suffering from severe back pain and spinal degeneration since receiving the anesthetic injection during the birth of her last two children.
She said, “When you hear ‘epidural,’ run. Doctors tell you about the side effects but do not tell you about the long term effects on your body. I have about three friends having the same issues that I am having.
“Like, I am just 42, how did I end up with spine issues? I have a degenerating spine. I have implants in my spine. I go paralyzed. I can’t stand for a long time. I can’t even breath properly some times because it affected so many things in my body when I had the surgery.
“They will not tell you because you just want the pain to go away. I have had two epidurals. I had my first as natural birth. The last two were epidural. The last one I had epidural because I had to undergo a surgery and I had no choice.
“See, the pain does not stop. My back is killing me and my spine is degenerating.”
View this post on Instagram
Follow Us on Facebook – @LadunLiadi; Instagram – @LadunLiadi; Twitter – @LadunLiadi; Youtube – @LadunLiadiTV for updates
It is well