Regional (spinal or epidural) anesthesia is the most modern and safest method of anesthesia for both mother and fetus. However, only the surgical site and the lower part of the body may be numb. The patient is conscious and can hear and see her baby immediately after birth, attach it to your chest. In modern hospitals, more than 95% of operations carried out precisely with the anesthesia. It is much less used general anesthesia.