As things got stronger, so did the back labour. Finally, feeling very wimpy, I told Jim "I'm sorry, I just can't take it. I want some Demerol." He was very supportive and fetched the nurse. He returned with my doctor in tow.
I was on the labour ward for a week as I was bleeding heavily and in a lot of pain and was having back labour. They wouldn't interfere as the babies were not in danger.
As for back labour, I never experienced that. My labour was so nasty, they skipped the morphine that I was screaming (and swearing) for and went straight for the epidural, to find out I was still a 0! Glad I didn't have back labour.
Eventually, after 42 hours of back-to-back labour and only 3cm dilated, I was literally paralysed with pain and absolutely exhausted, so I had an epidural. It stopped the pain but my whole legs had pins and needles.
In my first pregnancy, the baby had his back to my back and I experienced a 'back labour' and it was the most awful thing I ever felt. But it passed and he turned at about 6cms and I experienced normal contractions after that.
I got onto the bed on my hands and knees, and you couldn't have moved me for anything - it felt great !! I had back labour, and the all-fours position seemed to help take the pressure off my back, so it worked for me.
 See also: Contractions, Pregnancy, Contraction, Pregnant, Midwife
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