Anesthetic's & pregnancy

[Bex]

After 10 days of blood being present in my urine & a kazillion tests. I am going to have a procedure to look in my bladder & fix or remove any nasties. Both the urologists & FS/OB say I'm fine to go under a General anesthetic but I'm scared. I'm scared something will happen to the baby or cause it to be harmed in sone way. I'm 19 weeks. They conyinually reassure me many people have had generals & all is ok. Has anyone had a general when pregnant??

[Blixie]

I can't help you but just wanted to offer some and wish you good luck

[Bella29]

Have u asked them what the options are if you don't have an op? Like what the risks and options are if you leave whatever the problem is untreated? This is obviously being said with no knowledge of how much blood is in your urine or what the outcomes of your other tests are. Just wondering is all.

Btw just asked my DH who spent 3 yrs doing anesthetics, and he says that the risk for a healthy person of an anesthetic going wrong is about 1 in 100000. And to be honest in my experience as a nurse I can say that anesthetists tend to be a very cautious lot who are really risk adverse. So if the think you and your baby are safe, then they are probably basing that on millions of pregnant women having had anesthesia over a very long period of time. To be honest the procedure is probably far more dangerous than the drugs and I doubt they would be doing it if they hadn't balanced the risk ratios. Still you need to ask questions and inform yourself, but I would hazard to say that you and your baby are both at very very minute risk. Good luck babe.

[Mother Goose]

Hi Bex,

Are you having a Rigid Cystoscopy?

I have cared for a number of pregnant women having a GA - they are usually given as little as possible. Coincidentally, most are around the 20 week mark. I have cared for some who have been 10-14 weeks but usually they are in the second trimester.

Another option would be to discuss the possibility of a spinal and, if they are concerned about your emotional/psychological well being during the procedure, some mild sedation. I've had a few patients have rigid cysto's under spinal with sedation before.

As others have said, ask as many questions as you need of your caregivers. They won't mind. Keep in mind, they're not going to suggest something that they know will hurt the baby.

MG

[Bex]

Thanks ladies, this is the third time it's happended & it's a lot of bld. This time it lasted a week, it's settled a bit today but on a urinalysis it's still reading moderate. I did ask if it could wait but the urologist stated I couldn't continue to loose that amount of bld & remain well. I' just frightened but I'm sure they wouldn't do it unless they thought it was what I needed...