Pain relief after a caesar

[Rachel_K]

Hi there,

My gp and ob both recomended taking it regularly although at times it didn't feel like you needed it. Voltaron and Panadeine forte well anything with codeine. I breastfed and the best way round this is to take painrelief just after feeding.

On the more natural side I found using heat packs worked as they were not only soothing for the sight but kinda nice and soothing inside.

Congrats on bub. hope you feel better soon mum! ( And dad!)

[AnyDream]

Please do not add panadol/paracetamol while your wife is taking Digesic because it already has a megadose of paracetamol in it. I was recommended to take Voltaren for a while after my CS, along with the Digesic. Otherwise see your GP and have them assess your wife's wound etc, it could be more painful because there is a problem there, kwim?

I hope she is feeling much better soon.

[blackduckies]

Congrats on the birth of your baby girl.
I think it would be a good idea to see a doc also, after my first c-section I was in a lot of pain for a long time in total 16 weeks, it turned out i had an infection that came from the inside out. Since I have had 2 more sections, left hospital after 5 days on panadol forte,(very managable pain)the key is... take any pain meds before the pain starts, don't let her do too much, if bed is a problem perhaps a few nights in a recliner chair or lots of pillows, and baby close by so she is'nt worried about how bubs is doing further away. Let the wound have air, I also used betadine this time around twice a day. Perhaps bubs on a pillow for breast feeding, or a towel something for padding, they do have a way of sticking their little toes in
Good luck and hope she is feeling better soon. (((((housework etc can wait!!!))))

[Sammiejane]

Hi Jim, Congratulations to you and your wife and welcome to the wold little Alex

Please do not add panadol/paracetamol while your wife is taking Digesic because it already has a megadose of paracetamol in it. I was recommended to take Voltaren for a while after my CS, along with the Digesic. Otherwise see your GP and have them assess your wife's wound etc, it could be more painful because there is a problem there, kwim?

I hope she is feeling much better soon.

:yeahthat:

Thats exactly what i was going to post.
Paracetamol can be extremely harmful if you exceed the recommended daily dose (which is 4 grams) each panadol/panadeine/panadiene forte tablet has 500mg in it, so you would usually consume 1 gram each time you take a dose (2 tablets)
Di-gesic contains 325mg in each tablet, so this needs to be considered when using other medications.

I would second the Voltaren, it is an anti-inflammatory medication and works in a completely different way to paracetamol and is safe to be overlapped.
Until you see a GP or other DR, you could use nurofen in conjunction with the digesic as these can be combined, but will not give as much pain relief as the voltaren.

I used Endone in the first few days at night and panadol and voltaren during the day. I was BF also

The other thing is, did anyone teach your wife how to get out of bed to decrease the pain?
She needs to roll onto her side, push up with her hands and use her legs as a pendulum to assist getting out of bed (this is also how we teach people with back injuries to get out of bed) It will help as i found getting out of bed awkward...
Generally doing much more than just moving around the house for toileting and other small tasks for herself and bubs is enough to trigger pain, make sure that she rests well in the coming days as her strengh will begin to return in time, things can be left, it is far ore important that she looks after herself as she will tire easily, especially as her milk comes in properly and night feeds start taking a toll

HTH and congratulations again

[Peg]

I also found voltaran very good.