C Section

butterflylady

My son was 9lbs 2 and a half, labour started naturally at 2 days late but stopped half way through, so I had to go onto a drip to restart them, his labour to be honest was terrible and traumatic.

My daughter was 8lbs 12 and a half, depending on whose's dates u use I was btw 4 and 8 days late, labour started after a sweep, managed at home till the last hour and a half then had gas and air at the hospital, I had problems after the labour including tearing the ligaments in both hips.

My oh is off work for the next 2 days so I will do my best to relax, he's brilliant at taking my mind off things.

butterflylady

All of my friends have been on codeine, co-codomal even morphine with their sections and have been on them for a number of weeks.

fluffnutter

Labour's shit. Any birth resulting in a live baby and a live mother is a success. Try not to get too hung up on the details.

fluffnutter

butterflylady wrote: »

All of my friends have been on codeine, co-codomal even morphine with their sections and have been on them for a number of weeks.

Were they breastfeeding? Those drugs are NOT recommended for breastfeeding mothers. Which is the main reason you end up with paracetamol. You could take co-codamol I guess if you weren't breastfeeding - you can buy it OTC after all - but morphine?? I find that very odd and your friend(s) must have had particularly unusual experiences (or are telling you porkies). It's madness to give strong opiates to a mother - how will she look after her baby if she's smacked out of her head? This will NOT be hospital policy.

fluffnutter

No wonder you're scared of a c-section if your friends are telling you they've been on morphine for a fortnight. Sorry but that sounds like rubbish to me.

peachyprice

butterflylady wrote: »

All of my friends have been on codeine, co-codomal even morphine with their sections and have been on them for a number of weeks.

That is not normal, you wouldn't be given morphine to take home for a start. No-one can stop them buying co-codamol OTC, but no opiate should be taken by breastfeeding mothers and it wouldn't have been recommended by the hospital.

butterflylady

The morphine was given at the hospital, I no that happened as it was my ex sister in law and I was there at the birth and the days afterwards.

I am hoping to be able to breast feed again this time round but am quite flexible about it, with my DS I cldn't with my dd I could.

fluffnutter

butterflylady wrote: »

The morphine was given at the hospital, I no that happened as it was my ex sister in law and I was there at the birth and the days afterwards.

I am hoping to be able to breast feed again this time round but am quite flexible about it, with my DS I cldn't with my dd I could.

She must have had an unusually difficult recovery. Try not to worry - this is really really unlikely to happen to you. Plus morphine's really nice

rpc

fluffnutter wrote: »

Were they breastfeeding? Those drugs are NOT recommended for breastfeeding mothers. Which is the main reason you end up with paracetamol. You could take co-codamol I guess if you weren't breastfeeding - you can buy it OTC after all - but morphine?? I find that very odd and your friend(s) must have had particularly unusual experiences (or are telling you porkies). It's madness to give strong opiates to a mother - how will she look after her baby if she's smacked out of her head? This will NOT be hospital policy.

My wife had diamorphine for for both deliveries - the first was a prolonged labour that turned to an emergency section and the second was planned. She got several doses during the first (including one through the epidural before they took it out). Second time around, she got a shot after the delivery, while the surgeon was closing up.

She had codeine (and paracetamol and ibuprofen) after both sections. She also breastfed and nobody mentioned anything about it. The morphine can make babies sleepy is the only side effect that was mentioned.

peachyprice wrote: »

No-one can stop them buying co-codamol OTC, but no opiate should be taken by breastfeeding mothers and it wouldn't have been recommended by the hospital.

My wife left hospital with a box of codeine and some cocodamol for when she could step down the codeine...

It's highly unlikely that OP's friends were on morphine once discharged - this stuff is quite tightly controlled. Midwives used to be able to carry pethidine with them, but can't carry diamorphine. It can be hard enough getting the stuff in hospital - our requires a consultant to issue the script and TWO midwives to collect it from the pharmacy and administer it.



As far as being looked after etc, as a bloke my priority was always to finish the birth with a healthy baby and a healthy wife/mum. Neither went exactly to plan but all the interventions, drugs etc don't matter a bit. The end is important - the way you get there far less so.

Any bloke who considers himself a man SHOULD be running around after his wife for a few days especially when a section has been involved (boys may wish to giggle about things, grown men just get on and do it). I don't have breasts (well, not functional ones anyway) so I might as well spend my paternity leave doing something useful! Even in hospital there's a lot you can do.

It's great that you enjoy doting on your OH. For once, let is be his turn. He can't do your bit, so you have to let him do something!

Person_one

butterflylady wrote: »

The morphine was given at the hospital, I no that happened as it was my ex sister in law and I was there at the birth and the days afterwards.

I am hoping to be able to breast feed again this time round but am quite flexible about it, with my DS I cldn't with my dd I could.

Do you mean pethidine?