K.N.
I had general anesthesia with my first C-section, and an epidural with my second. Most of the time I would totally shy away from general, but my experience was it was far easier and quicker recovery. After the general, I never needed even a tylenol for pain... during the epidural, I could still "feel" and it was uncomfortable and made me throw up during the delivery, then flat on my back afterward and lots of nausea and vomiting... the adhesive from the huge bandage on my back caused an allergic reaction so I had welts on my back and quite a bit of headache... then the recovery took longer and I was in enough pain I was crying (and I don't cry for pain) between shots of demerol. Even though you ask for the differences between Epidural and Spinal, they seem kind of the same to me. I'd talk with your doc about a general anesthetic.