Epideural or Spinal Cord Surgery

Platelets are very instrumental in making sure that you don't continue bleeding, that you're able to clot if something goes wrong. So there is no specific number cut off for platelets, above which it's safend below which it's not safe. It's all the lower it gets, the higher the risk. Different anastesiologists feel differently about this, and different women feel differently about this. And it ends up being a conversation about whether it's an option to get an epidural in labor, or a spinal for a sea section, based on the plate account.