Is this true about Epidural?

The back pain i honestly highly doubt was from the epidural. Did they ever just think that the changes your body goes through from pregnancy is what gives them back pain? I know plenty of women with kids that never got epidurals that have back problems now, just from having kids period. And yes there is a very small chance that they could paralyze you from putting it in the wrong spot, or if you jolted while it was being inserted. BUT these people doing it are experienced professionals. When i had my epidural the Anesthesiologist told me its more likely to get paralyzed from an infection in the spine afterwards which can occur up to 3 days after the epidural, but even that is extremely rare. When he did mine he had to re position the needle SEVEN times! He said he's only ever had to do it once on anyone else but just couldn't get it in the right spot with me. But he did and it was fine, started working very fast. It did leave a pretty nasty bruise on my back but other that that i had no problems. Iv had problems with my hips since having my first son but no problems from the epidural. If you want an epidural during child birth don't let other people scare you out of it. Yes the risks of an epidural are quite serious and scary they are VERY VERY rare. But you could also try not getting the epidural just too see if you end up with back pain anyways, you could tell your mom and sister that the epidural probably wasn't the cause! Anyways best bet would be to talk to a doctor about it and compare the pros and cons. Good luck!