it is actually a place somewhere in your spinal cord where anesthetic is pumped in to numb the nerve that carries the pain signal to the brain.
For those who might want to be administered, talk to your doctor or wiki for the possible negative effects it might have.
All drugs have side effects. It depends on how serious they are. For some, the experience can be negligible. To others, it may not be felt at all as if nothing happened... Yet again, there is probably a minority few that felt it at full strength.. The thing is, you definitely need to know what the side effects are - doctors / nurses would let you know about them anyway. They can't not let you know.
What you need to think about is... side effects (possible only hor, not confirmed everyone will experience it) versus full set of intense, nerve-wrecking, (sometimes even longer) unbearable labour pain... You let your wife think about it and choose the lesser of two evils... Forget about "your mother dun have epi, if she can tahan, sure can you" bull crap lah... Back in those days, you think epidural exists already meh? If have, you think none of them will opt for it? Think very wisely and seriously... as it is no joking matter.
If one day, technology allows even male to go pregnant and then wife die-die want you to go through it... I want to see how many of you would be gung-ho as well... :bsmilie: For me no need to think one, Epi for me! :bsmilie:
Btw: I was beside my wife during delivery... even though she took epi and went smoothly... your ka will still go wobbly one! Because the experience is soooo special, you want to see suffering?
Note: my wife wants to share her experience your wives. For her, even during normal PMS cycle - she doesn't feel much one (this, the women should know better what she's trying to say)... when she took epi, she could still feel the sensation (not exactly pain, I can't describe it) during labour... For those who can get very cranky during normal PMS (as they are experiencing much discomfort) and then still don't opt for epi... just imaging that the labour pain is going to be much much more... This is her message, now up to you to decide...