What are the benefits of an epidural following the birth of my baby?

The added benefit for having this control on the epidural is that once the delivery process is done we can turn off the epidural and the patient regains the function of her legs within an hour or two so by the time she goes from labor and delivery to the post partum unit . . . we have separate delivery rooms and postpartum rooms here at Atrium. They have regained almost all their mobility and can go about their business with their new baby and celebrating.