but the experts I spoke to were also adamant that that's never an excuse to leave someone writhing, and with more people speaking up, there's growing awareness that both obgyns and anesthesiologists owe their patients better:

a lot of it comes down to the often urgent/unplanned nature of the procedure and the risks in going the route of general anesthesia (particularly switching to it mid-surgery):

a lot of it comes down to the often urgent/unplanned nature of the procedure and the risks involved in general anesthesia (particularly switching to it mid-surgery):