6 Delivery-Day Jitters

Worry #3: The Epidural Won't Work

When Heather Stella, of Warwick, New York, was pregnant, she replayed a horror-movie scene in her head: "I'm in the hospital bed, and the epidural doesn't work at all, and I slowly lose my mind."

It's unlikely that the epidural won't work, Dr. Woods says. But if it doesn't, "It's not a big deal to put in another one," he says.