pethidene

**Mum2Romone** · January 5th, 2011, 02:26 PM

with DS I had pethidene as well as gas and air...

The gas made me feel sick I couldn't stand the taste, smell etc
The pethidene just messed with my head, it didn't take away any pain,

I'm wondering whether everyone felt the same?
or whether anyone actually got pain relief from pethidene?

during the transitional stage, I clearly became delirious and I'm wondering whether the pethidene would have contributed to the feeling of delirium?

I actually told my husband... Incase I was to die, don't use certain knives in our kitchen draw, because I use them to clean and fix things, and I didn't want him using them to eat with.

And I told him I'm sure he" ll be a great dad, he will cope..... ( without me )

my labour was posterior and went from thurday afternoon until Sunday at 10.38am when I gave birth.... So I probably thought I couldn't handle anymore pain

But I'm doing it again.... Birth that is so clearly it wasn't bad

**Miss.September** · January 5th, 2011, 02:39 PM

I had pethadine after the gas made me sick and the epidural wouldn't go into my back. And all that happened was I fell asleep between contractions. It didn't reduce the pain, just made me pass out.

**~clover~** · January 5th, 2011, 03:41 PM

I had pethadine after the gas made me sick and the epidural wouldn't go into my back. And all that happened was I fell asleep between contractions. It didn't reduce the pain, just made me pass out.

:yeahthat: I had gas & peth with DD1. Did nothing for the pain, but I passed out 3 times... once in the bath! Hyperventilating on the gas probably didn't help there!

**Trillian** · January 5th, 2011, 03:45 PM

Pethidene makes me feel stoned. I've had it in the past for endo and had a hospital admission because the pain was so bad and I felt like I was high as a kite. When I had it with my 3rd birth, I had that and the gas and I was hallucinating, but I wasn't saying anything crazy because I was internalising it all and half asleep so it was just all in my head. However it didn't feel like that with my first birth, mainly because I had it during the night before labour really established so I could sleep.

**helle** · January 5th, 2011, 02:41 PM

i haven't used it myself but I have heard that it messes most people up! I'm sure someone will tell you shortly

**Tinks** · January 5th, 2011, 02:49 PM

My grandmother has that kind of reaction to Peth and Morphine. Last time she was in hospital the Drs thought she had dementia because she was halucinating on Morphine.

I had Peth with my 1st labour, it didn't reduce the pain at all for me, it jsut made me groggy.

**Manhattan** · January 5th, 2011, 02:59 PM

All the stories of pethidine scared the crap outta me, so it was in my birth plan that it was definitely not to be offered.

**skybie** · January 5th, 2011, 03:06 PM

my experience with both with DD1 was exactly the same as urs, hated it!
with DD2 i had nothing because i figured the only other option was an epi, and they scare me!

with the peth i was passing out between cx and literally couldnt be woken, until the next cx anyway

**megs** · January 5th, 2011, 03:11 PM

Same with me I had Pethadine in my first labour, hated it made me feel groggy, ended up vomiting which then made me dehydrated. Like you he was a posteriour baby, ended up being suctioned out.

With my second labour I knew there was abolutely no way I was going to have pethadine again and I was determined to master the gas (didn't really use properly last time) my second little man was also posteriour but I made sure I started sucking in the gas well and truely before the contraction started and it got me through.

3rd little man, ended up with nothing except the hot water in the shower and it probably worked better than anything

**black_rose** · January 5th, 2011, 04:00 PM

I fall asleep on it, then get violently sick for days after having it. Talking to the midwives they think I am probably allergic to it, needless to say I never had it in labour only after previous surgery. I don't know why they use it as it's a nasty drug! I am not much better on morphine except for the morphine block during the c sect.

**MrsB26** · January 5th, 2011, 04:30 PM

I morphene for dd's birth and i was off my face. It was like a bad dream that kept repeating itself. I thought that i had already had the baby and they were hiding it from me, i thought they were all lying to me and i was the butt end of their jokes. I still felt all the pain though - no different from just having the gas. When it came time to push i kept falling asleep. All that day - dd was born at 2.22am and i had the morphene around 1:30am - i couldnt stop talking and telling people way tmi. It was really weird and i'm not too sure id like to experience it again. I laugh about it now and dh said it was kins funny to see me that way but it was really real for me at the time.

Oh and i didnt really want it anyway - i was begging for an epidural and i was in the birth centre (no epis) so this apparently was the next best thing

Both ds's and dd's births were prosterior and they stayed that way through the birth too - ouchies

**MrsFabuloso** · January 5th, 2011, 04:34 PM

I had pethadine when I had my first angel and then when I had DD. My birth with DD was induced and was 23hours long from getting the synto to her coming out. At about the 16hr mark I was begging for pethadine (cause the hospital doesn't do routine epidurals for birth) even though I remembered with my first angel it made me violently sick. I had it and it did seem to take some pain away, but I was vomiting and heaving for hours after. Luckily I was on the drip anyway becuase I was vomiting so much I had nothing left to come out. Each time I drank or ate ice, I would vomit it up. When DD was born, I'm not sure if it was just exhaustion, but I was sooo groggy and out of it and sleepy, I didn't care what they did with my baby, I just wanted to sleep. DD was preety out of it too and slept for aaages after she was born. I only noticed the difference when I had DS with a totally natural birth, and realised how out of it I really was and how sleepy and out of it DD was. I was on such a high after I had DS it took me hours to finally get to sleep, and DS suckled at the breast for about an hour after he was born. DD wouldn't even take a bottle properly for about 24hrs after birth. I truely think the pethadine hugely contributed to the horrible trouble I had trying to bf DD.

**Indadhanu** · January 5th, 2011, 05:11 PM

My midwives wouldn't give me pethadine, would not consider it, it was gas or epidural. I never thought to ask why, but I assume it'd be because of everything everyone is mentioning! So the fact that they wouldn't even give it to me has got to say something (maybe they figured it wasn't as effective and wouldn't shut me up as much but anyway...

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**skybie** · January 5th, 2011, 05:22 PM

indadhanu, if ur relaxed in between contractions already they tend to not give it to u, because it actually does nothing for the pain just lets u rest in between ITM?

**Kazzo** · January 5th, 2011, 05:57 PM

I might be the only person who had Pethadine and had it help. With DD1 I was induced due to Merconium stained waters and no real contractions. After 4 hours on the drip and no progress I had the Pethadine shot and fell asleep for a couple of hours. When I woke up I felt fine and within an hour was ready to push. I was told that Pethadine is a better option to have early in labour as it is a muscle relaxent and can help you with mild contractions. If your having really painful contractions then it wont help with them, just make you drowsey in between. Like most seem to have experienced. A close friend also had pethadine early on in labour with similar results to me.
I am however more then glad to say that DD2 was completely pain relief free (did not even get to use hot water because I never really thought I was close enough to birthing) and that was by far the best labour/birth.

**ShootingStar** · January 5th, 2011, 06:51 PM

The only thing i found any effects from was the epidural.
With my first labour i had gas and pethadine and i felt neither did anything. With my second i tried gas.. again nothing.. didnt bother with the pethadine and went straight for the epidural. Best thing in the world if you ask me! Will be going straight for that this time round.