I met with the head of anesthesiology to put a plan together for pain management should I need it. I plan to go without but if I'm exhausted and unable to cope I'll want the best plan in place for my care...not just what the anesthesialogist on staff at 3 in the morning thinks sounds good.
He is suggesting a very, very low dose opiate. I am finding out the name of the drug he is listing on my sheet. I'll update that when I find out. He says the opiates interfer less with innercostal muscle use so it should have little to no impact on my ability to breath. We agree that it would be a bad idea to make my breathing labored with cf.
I had previously considered getting the epi placed but no medicine administered unless I needed a c-section or decided I wanted pain management. I have decided against this option after talking with him. He said without the application of the drug there is no way to tell if it's placed incorrectly and there can be clotting issues. No thanks! I wonder why the birthing class even suggested this as an option.
So my plan is this...
Natural labor and delivery
If baby is distressed or other reason for c-section arises if they have 15 min's they will do the opiate epidural, if they only have 5 minutes (to get the baby out safely) we'll do a spinal and if they have less than 90 seconds they'll sedate me with general. Of course, they wish that I'd just get that epidural in early so it's their "just in case" but I'm declining.
My question for you all...
HAS ANYONE HAD AN OPIATE EPIDURAL? Please share your experience
He is suggesting a very, very low dose opiate. I am finding out the name of the drug he is listing on my sheet. I'll update that when I find out. He says the opiates interfer less with innercostal muscle use so it should have little to no impact on my ability to breath. We agree that it would be a bad idea to make my breathing labored with cf.
I had previously considered getting the epi placed but no medicine administered unless I needed a c-section or decided I wanted pain management. I have decided against this option after talking with him. He said without the application of the drug there is no way to tell if it's placed incorrectly and there can be clotting issues. No thanks! I wonder why the birthing class even suggested this as an option.
So my plan is this...
Natural labor and delivery
If baby is distressed or other reason for c-section arises if they have 15 min's they will do the opiate epidural, if they only have 5 minutes (to get the baby out safely) we'll do a spinal and if they have less than 90 seconds they'll sedate me with general. Of course, they wish that I'd just get that epidural in early so it's their "just in case" but I'm declining.
My question for you all...
HAS ANYONE HAD AN OPIATE EPIDURAL? Please share your experience