Carolyn Robertson
posted in Celebrities
Two months after welcoming her second daughter Delta, actress Kristen Bell still has fond memories of her epidural - despite its very strange side effects.
While Kristen's husband Dax Shepard has confessed that watching her go through childbirth has left him scarred, the mom-of-two remembers her c-section experience in a very different way.
"He told you how traumatic it was for him, but to be honest, my perspective was, as someone who has never experimented with drugs, I really enjoyed it," she said during a visit to The Ellen DeGeneres Show this week. "It was kind of a wonderful experience for me. While they were doing it, I actually thought, 'What else could we get done down there? Maybe lengthen the shins? I've always wanted to be like 5-foot-7.' Just anything to keep the epidural flowing. These modern hospitals, man! They treat you right."
Kristen does admit that there were a couple of kind of alarming side effects, though.
"It wears out of your system slowly. About six or seven hours later, I'm sitting in my hospital bed and I say to Dax, 'Well, I think the epidural has finally worn off.' He looks over and I am scratching holes in my face like a meth addict, and I'm like, 'I think it might be time to re-up. I don't know. It's definitely worn off.' He's like, 'Are you sure? You think it's worn off, hon?'" the always funny mom-of-two recounts. "The nurse comes in, and obviously she notices and offers a little bit of Benadryl to help with the itching and to put me to sleep. Well, what a cocktail, because I had a lot to say more than when I'm sober!"
Strangely enough, Kristen's drug-induced state also put her in the mood for a shopping spree. The 34-year-old Veronica Mars star, who is also mom to daughter Lincoln, says she spent much of her labor obsessing over home decor and other must-have items online: "Do you know what looks really good when you're on that stuff? Hand bags! Or throw pillows or rugs... Thank God I didn't remember my credit card number. So nothing bad happened.... Honestly, a picture of a throw pillow was as mind blowing as seeing The Matrix for the first time."
I always love hearing Kristen's hilarious take on all things motherhood, but I have to admit this is the first time I've heard of an epidural-induced spending spree. Having gone through two drug-free deliveries, I kind of envy her pain-free childbirth experience. Minus the "meth addict" face-scratching, obviously.
Did you have an epidural? Were there any odd effects?
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