“… 18 Benefits of general anesthesia include the avoidance of profound sympathetic block, commonly seen in spinal and epidural techniques, and the ability to concomitantly use transesophageal echocardiography. 19 Regional (epidural and spinal) anesthesia preserves the mother's baseline ventilation and perfusion state. Epidural anesthesia also allows for continuous anesthetic and analgesic infusion, allowing for adjustment during delivery to minimize pain.…”