i was getting morphine injections for the first 2 days, plus panadol & voltaren
then it was endone, panadol & voltaren until i left hossy - was in for 5 days.
when i was home id take 2 panadol before going to bed - but i only did that for 2 days.
I hope you dont mind me hijaking your thread! i am not UTD at the moment, however when i have bubs # 2 i will be having a c-section.
My biggest concern is the drugs afterwards...did you feel really out of it from all the drugs or was it all just 'normal'? i have heard two conflicting views on this and it freaks me out that i might feel completely not with it for the first days of bubs life...
I had a really bad 4 deg tear with DD and remember taking heaps of drugs but not feeling really out of it...i imagine it would be about the same??
Sorry for jumping in, just thought it was the right place to ask!
MumtoA with my first c sect I barely remember the first 24hrs cos of all the morphine. Dd2 I just had whatever they gave me in theatre, then the endone,voltaren,panadol ****tail.....sooooo much better, I remember every second and never felt out of it everyone is different, but that was my experience, I loved having dd2, whereas with dd1 I was really upset I was so out of it
I am the same as Ellasmummy, my first cs I was like a fly on the wall-so out of it. This time around I've been totally with it, so so much better. I feel "present" and very happy about it!! I think it's the morphine injections that put me out of it last time and I only had one this time and it was okay.
I spoke to a really helpful midwife tonight and she explained to me that I should bs having pain relief every 6 hours. Today I got digesic at 2am, then panadol at 9am and nothing until tonight. So Im going to start panadol every 6 hours as I'm really scared about going home and doing more Nd being in pain.
My situation was pretty different, in that I had to have a subsequent exploratory surgery (cystoscopy) after my c/s. I found the morphine made me extremely out of it. At least I think it was the morphine. They had me on an interesting ****tail of morphine, propyfol, fentanyl..... mi..something.. whatever. It was a lot. Of course that's not the norm though, I was just unfortunate enough to have copped ALL the bad stuff. Multiple mistakes made by drs, an induced coma, and a very tough recovery.
Once I was back on the maternity ward though, I was given endone and panadol regularly. The midwives timed my doses so that I'd have Panadol, (which did NOTHING...) then 3 hours later would have endone, then 3 hours later panadol... you get the pattern. They also talked to me about 'pain management' and keeping up with the pain relief, taking it before my pain got out of control.
I was discharged with about 4 days worth of endone, and I took panadine forte as well. By the time I got home though, I was already almost a week PP. I needed strong pain relief for 2 weeks. Instead of stopping my meds all at once, I dropped the dose one pill at a time, over several days, until I wasn't taking anything.
Star I hope you're feeling much better day by day . Pain meds work best when you take them regularly so they don't get a chance to wear off. I went home on panadol and voltaren, but I developed an infection and ended up back on digesic after a week at home. (Just be careful with the digesic because it has lots of paracetamol in it so will affect how much panadol you can have in that 24 hour period). Like forshelby said, if you're taking 2 meds, try to stagger them by a couple of hours so they don't both wear off at the same time. And if you're lucky to get a good sleep, get your partner to get up and give your next dose half an hour before you have to heave yourself out of bed LOL. You will be surprised by how much you feel better as each day passes.
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everyone is different, but that was my experience, I loved having dd2, whereas with dd1 I was really upset I was so out of it
. Pain meds work best when you take them regularly so they don't get a chance to wear off. I went home on panadol and voltaren, but I developed an infection and ended up back on digesic after a week at home. (Just be careful with the digesic because it has lots of paracetamol in it so will affect how much panadol you can have in that 24 hour period). Like forshelby said, if you're taking 2 meds, try to stagger them by a couple of hours so they don't both wear off at the same time. And if you're lucky to get a good sleep, get your partner to get up and give your next dose half an hour before you have to heave yourself out of bed LOL. You will be surprised by how much you feel better as each day passes.
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