just wondering who had blood thinner injections after their cesareans and who didnt.?

[Jennifer13]

Nothing for mine either.

[Indadhanu]

16 hours after my c/s a dr came in and said I needed an injection to stop blood clots, but my midwife was there at the time and said no thats not routine anymore and I didn't have it (drs choice, it wouldn't have bothered me either way). I was up having a shower half an hour later and midwife just said do leg exercises, move toes and promote blood flow, and keep moving around a bit to prevent any clots.

[LisaL]

Yep I had the Clexane for 4-5 days post birth. Mine was an emergency c/s.

[Salsa]

I really dont remember being given or told about any anti clot injections, I`m pretty sure I did not have anything - I just remember them saying to wiggle my feet lots and get up and moving as soon as possible.

[indie24]

After my emergency c-section I had one shot each day for 3 days.. I still have the bruises from them. I had to wear the stockings too.

The nurses told me to do the exercising and coughing thing too

[Lolly]

I got an injection in my thigh every night for 5 days. Don't have a clue what it was but they told me it was to stop clotting. I also got to wear the very sexy stockings.

[chef_doevure]

I too had the injections, but I was given fragmin (I think it was called)-even though I got out of bed and was moving around. At my hospital, you only received the injection if you had a PPH(post partum haemorrhage) and a c section. As I had both, I had the injections. And yeah, they stung and left big marks on my legs! By the end of my hospy stay, there wasn't a part of my thigh that hadn't been injected. I looked like a druggie.

[Aphrael]

I had clexane shots after both my caesars.......I also have aspirin to thin the blood during pg so the hospital made me have the shots even after I got up and about till it was time to go home........On the last day I refused the shot as it super hurts and I was very mobile anyway.

Cheers,

Beck

[Stella'sMum]

Hi,

i know this is an old post but just wondering, is it safe to breastfeed while you are on the blood thinners? I know a friend who stopped breastfeeding because of the drugs?

thanks

[Indadhanu]

Whoops already replied PMSL

[~mamaspice~]

I think I had 1 heparin injection post op after my CS but that was it.

Although earlier this year I had a total tyroidectomy and i had twice daily heparin injections for 6 days! Bit of overkill if you ask me especially as I was mobile only 3 hours after my surgery. Apparently it was that hospitals policy. A bit sadistic if you ask me . . . especially when they would say "sorry this is going to sting more because we've runout of the smaller injections". makes me cringe thinking about it!

[*suz1*]

I know this is an old post...

They put me in stockings and gave me daily injections (not sure if Heparin or Clexane) even though I was up and walking less than 12 hours after my c-section. No Epi, I had a spinal block. I think it was hospital policy after c-section, but I also have a family history of DVT.