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Its amazing to see 3 babies come out! I didn't have sound (speakers are messed up) but I watched it. Thanks for sharing
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Its amazing to see 3 babies come out! I didn't have sound (speakers are messed up) but I watched it. Thanks for sharing
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Its amazing to see 3 babies come out! I didn't have sound (speakers are messed up) but I watched it. Thanks for sharing
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Its amazing to see 3 babies come out! I didn't have sound (speakers are messed up) but I watched it. Thanks for sharing
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Its amazing to see 3 babies come out! I didn't have sound (speakers are messed up) but I watched it. Thanks for sharing
mom2lillian
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Julie-oh my goodness! I didnt have any idea what they actually did in c-section (even though I had one) how horrible, and your poor belly with 3 of them in there!
Why were you in so much pain? I had the experience that they were testing me and I kept saying it hurt and I think they didnt believe me so they did something and I yelled in pain so they said even though they gave me maximum epidural they then gave me drugs in IV max which almost put me under and I had to focus really really hard to be able to see Lillian and then I couldnt focus on her at all, I was so upset and crying and yelling at them not to 'put me to sleep'. ANyway interestingly enough same thing happened to my sister about being able to feel it and her HR and BP got too high from pain and they did put her to sleep and I remember how upset she was (thus me yellign at them not to dothat). ANyway aside from my sister I had never talked with anyone else with similar experience, would be very interested to hear from you.
Why were you in so much pain? I had the experience that they were testing me and I kept saying it hurt and I think they didnt believe me so they did something and I yelled in pain so they said even though they gave me maximum epidural they then gave me drugs in IV max which almost put me under and I had to focus really really hard to be able to see Lillian and then I couldnt focus on her at all, I was so upset and crying and yelling at them not to 'put me to sleep'. ANyway interestingly enough same thing happened to my sister about being able to feel it and her HR and BP got too high from pain and they did put her to sleep and I remember how upset she was (thus me yellign at them not to dothat). ANyway aside from my sister I had never talked with anyone else with similar experience, would be very interested to hear from you.
mom2lillian
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Julie-oh my goodness! I didnt have any idea what they actually did in c-section (even though I had one) how horrible, and your poor belly with 3 of them in there!
Why were you in so much pain? I had the experience that they were testing me and I kept saying it hurt and I think they didnt believe me so they did something and I yelled in pain so they said even though they gave me maximum epidural they then gave me drugs in IV max which almost put me under and I had to focus really really hard to be able to see Lillian and then I couldnt focus on her at all, I was so upset and crying and yelling at them not to 'put me to sleep'. ANyway interestingly enough same thing happened to my sister about being able to feel it and her HR and BP got too high from pain and they did put her to sleep and I remember how upset she was (thus me yellign at them not to dothat). ANyway aside from my sister I had never talked with anyone else with similar experience, would be very interested to hear from you.
Why were you in so much pain? I had the experience that they were testing me and I kept saying it hurt and I think they didnt believe me so they did something and I yelled in pain so they said even though they gave me maximum epidural they then gave me drugs in IV max which almost put me under and I had to focus really really hard to be able to see Lillian and then I couldnt focus on her at all, I was so upset and crying and yelling at them not to 'put me to sleep'. ANyway interestingly enough same thing happened to my sister about being able to feel it and her HR and BP got too high from pain and they did put her to sleep and I remember how upset she was (thus me yellign at them not to dothat). ANyway aside from my sister I had never talked with anyone else with similar experience, would be very interested to hear from you.
mom2lillian
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Julie-oh my goodness! I didnt have any idea what they actually did in c-section (even though I had one) how horrible, and your poor belly with 3 of them in there!
Why were you in so much pain? I had the experience that they were testing me and I kept saying it hurt and I think they didnt believe me so they did something and I yelled in pain so they said even though they gave me maximum epidural they then gave me drugs in IV max which almost put me under and I had to focus really really hard to be able to see Lillian and then I couldnt focus on her at all, I was so upset and crying and yelling at them not to 'put me to sleep'. ANyway interestingly enough same thing happened to my sister about being able to feel it and her HR and BP got too high from pain and they did put her to sleep and I remember how upset she was (thus me yellign at them not to dothat). ANyway aside from my sister I had never talked with anyone else with similar experience, would be very interested to hear from you.
Why were you in so much pain? I had the experience that they were testing me and I kept saying it hurt and I think they didnt believe me so they did something and I yelled in pain so they said even though they gave me maximum epidural they then gave me drugs in IV max which almost put me under and I had to focus really really hard to be able to see Lillian and then I couldnt focus on her at all, I was so upset and crying and yelling at them not to 'put me to sleep'. ANyway interestingly enough same thing happened to my sister about being able to feel it and her HR and BP got too high from pain and they did put her to sleep and I remember how upset she was (thus me yellign at them not to dothat). ANyway aside from my sister I had never talked with anyone else with similar experience, would be very interested to hear from you.
mom2lillian
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Julie-oh my goodness! I didnt have any idea what they actually did in c-section (even though I had one) how horrible, and your poor belly with 3 of them in there!
Why were you in so much pain? I had the experience that they were testing me and I kept saying it hurt and I think they didnt believe me so they did something and I yelled in pain so they said even though they gave me maximum epidural they then gave me drugs in IV max which almost put me under and I had to focus really really hard to be able to see Lillian and then I couldnt focus on her at all, I was so upset and crying and yelling at them not to 'put me to sleep'. ANyway interestingly enough same thing happened to my sister about being able to feel it and her HR and BP got too high from pain and they did put her to sleep and I remember how upset she was (thus me yellign at them not to dothat). ANyway aside from my sister I had never talked with anyone else with similar experience, would be very interested to hear from you.
Why were you in so much pain? I had the experience that they were testing me and I kept saying it hurt and I think they didnt believe me so they did something and I yelled in pain so they said even though they gave me maximum epidural they then gave me drugs in IV max which almost put me under and I had to focus really really hard to be able to see Lillian and then I couldnt focus on her at all, I was so upset and crying and yelling at them not to 'put me to sleep'. ANyway interestingly enough same thing happened to my sister about being able to feel it and her HR and BP got too high from pain and they did put her to sleep and I remember how upset she was (thus me yellign at them not to dothat). ANyway aside from my sister I had never talked with anyone else with similar experience, would be very interested to hear from you.
mom2lillian
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Julie-oh my goodness! I didnt have any idea what they actually did in c-section (even though I had one) how horrible, and your poor belly with 3 of them in there!
Why were you in so much pain? I had the experience that they were testing me and I kept saying it hurt and I think they didnt believe me so they did something and I yelled in pain so they said even though they gave me maximum epidural they then gave me drugs in IV max which almost put me under and I had to focus really really hard to be able to see Lillian and then I couldnt focus on her at all, I was so upset and crying and yelling at them not to 'put me to sleep'. ANyway interestingly enough same thing happened to my sister about being able to feel it and her HR and BP got too high from pain and they did put her to sleep and I remember how upset she was (thus me yellign at them not to dothat). ANyway aside from my sister I had never talked with anyone else with similar experience, would be very interested to hear from you.
Why were you in so much pain? I had the experience that they were testing me and I kept saying it hurt and I think they didnt believe me so they did something and I yelled in pain so they said even though they gave me maximum epidural they then gave me drugs in IV max which almost put me under and I had to focus really really hard to be able to see Lillian and then I couldnt focus on her at all, I was so upset and crying and yelling at them not to 'put me to sleep'. ANyway interestingly enough same thing happened to my sister about being able to feel it and her HR and BP got too high from pain and they did put her to sleep and I remember how upset she was (thus me yellign at them not to dothat). ANyway aside from my sister I had never talked with anyone else with similar experience, would be very interested to hear from you.
I never really dove into the experience of pain I endured that last week of pregnancy. But I will tonight, so here it goes <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
8/30/06: admitted for 7-10 contractions an hr. put on mag. sulfate 2 hrs after admission (contractions were NOT painful)
8/31/06: given percocet for pain control as contractions became painful after the mag. sulfate
9/1/06: given stadol (narcotic) for pain management because percocet was no longer working
9/2/06: given morphine for pain control because stadol was no longer working
9/3/06: given a "pain management" epidural because morphine and sleeping pills were no longer working
9/4/06: continued with epidural, which relieved much of the pain but wasn't 100% effective because I could still walk (this was NOT a walking epidural)
9/5/06: had epidural replaced because I moved to go to the bathroom and pulled it out of place (replaced at like 8am)
When word was decided that 9/5/06 was the delivery date, the head anestheologist came in and talked to me and told me that he recommended I get a spinal for the c-section because of my pain control issues. He told me he recommended that to his collegue.
in some of the prep-for-c-section video (not included) the anestheologist is walking around poking me, rubbing me with alcohol pads to see what I can and can't feel. I keep telling her I'm kind of numb, but I'm feeling things she says I shouldn't be able to. they sat me up and checked placement of my epidural and she said it was fine.
She gave me the maximum amount of meds at a time she could push for my size/weight (157lbs at delivery), and they cut through the layer of skin. Then you can see that they ripped the muscle. I don't start crying out in pain until they put the bladder blocker in (to prevent accidental cutting of the bladder when they cut the uterus and puncture the bags of waters) and start touching my uterus. It was like the epidural worked on the surface of my body, but not for the inside parts.
It was a horrible experience for me, I was in so much pain and remember just crying and crying and nobody seemed to be listening (by that time it was too late to do anything).
After the last baby was out, she loaded me up with ketamine (yep, special K, the date rape drug, it's an animal tranqulizer), I was still screaming out in pain. I remember her telling me she would give me some meds to knock me out and put me to sleep, and I don't remember anything after that, but Mark and my mom say I continued to scream all the way up to recovery. It was such a scene that the anestheologist and some other nurses in the delivery asked my mom (who use to work at this hospital for 10+ years), if I was a narcotic addict. That they had only seen behavior like this before from narcotic addicts. My mom told them no.
Up in my recovery room I remember finally waking up and it felt like someone was cutting repeatedly into my stomach (In the location of where my new scar was) and then lighting it on fire. I was begging them to put me under, knock me out, give me something-anything. They tried morphine again which did nothing, I carried on for about 1 hour after the delivery. One of the nurses finally suggested toradol (of all things) and that was the ONLY thing that relieved the pain for me.
I had an opportunity to talk to the head of the nursing department and my doctor about it, as well as the anestheologist, and my mom did some research the next day (we were all surprised by my reaction in the delivery room) and come to find out, there is more and more information out there about some people just being unresponsive to certain medications. It's more common than not, but it's not really well known-even among the medical profession.
Hope that clears up any concerns of what happened. I feel like putting a disclaimer out there... "THIS IS NOT A NORMAL DELIVERY" (for both the number of babies and the pain I experienced). so if you haven't given birth yet, please don't be scared by this video. This is NOT normal!
8/30/06: admitted for 7-10 contractions an hr. put on mag. sulfate 2 hrs after admission (contractions were NOT painful)
8/31/06: given percocet for pain control as contractions became painful after the mag. sulfate
9/1/06: given stadol (narcotic) for pain management because percocet was no longer working
9/2/06: given morphine for pain control because stadol was no longer working
9/3/06: given a "pain management" epidural because morphine and sleeping pills were no longer working
9/4/06: continued with epidural, which relieved much of the pain but wasn't 100% effective because I could still walk (this was NOT a walking epidural)
9/5/06: had epidural replaced because I moved to go to the bathroom and pulled it out of place (replaced at like 8am)
When word was decided that 9/5/06 was the delivery date, the head anestheologist came in and talked to me and told me that he recommended I get a spinal for the c-section because of my pain control issues. He told me he recommended that to his collegue.
in some of the prep-for-c-section video (not included) the anestheologist is walking around poking me, rubbing me with alcohol pads to see what I can and can't feel. I keep telling her I'm kind of numb, but I'm feeling things she says I shouldn't be able to. they sat me up and checked placement of my epidural and she said it was fine.
She gave me the maximum amount of meds at a time she could push for my size/weight (157lbs at delivery), and they cut through the layer of skin. Then you can see that they ripped the muscle. I don't start crying out in pain until they put the bladder blocker in (to prevent accidental cutting of the bladder when they cut the uterus and puncture the bags of waters) and start touching my uterus. It was like the epidural worked on the surface of my body, but not for the inside parts.
It was a horrible experience for me, I was in so much pain and remember just crying and crying and nobody seemed to be listening (by that time it was too late to do anything).
After the last baby was out, she loaded me up with ketamine (yep, special K, the date rape drug, it's an animal tranqulizer), I was still screaming out in pain. I remember her telling me she would give me some meds to knock me out and put me to sleep, and I don't remember anything after that, but Mark and my mom say I continued to scream all the way up to recovery. It was such a scene that the anestheologist and some other nurses in the delivery asked my mom (who use to work at this hospital for 10+ years), if I was a narcotic addict. That they had only seen behavior like this before from narcotic addicts. My mom told them no.
Up in my recovery room I remember finally waking up and it felt like someone was cutting repeatedly into my stomach (In the location of where my new scar was) and then lighting it on fire. I was begging them to put me under, knock me out, give me something-anything. They tried morphine again which did nothing, I carried on for about 1 hour after the delivery. One of the nurses finally suggested toradol (of all things) and that was the ONLY thing that relieved the pain for me.
I had an opportunity to talk to the head of the nursing department and my doctor about it, as well as the anestheologist, and my mom did some research the next day (we were all surprised by my reaction in the delivery room) and come to find out, there is more and more information out there about some people just being unresponsive to certain medications. It's more common than not, but it's not really well known-even among the medical profession.
Hope that clears up any concerns of what happened. I feel like putting a disclaimer out there... "THIS IS NOT A NORMAL DELIVERY" (for both the number of babies and the pain I experienced). so if you haven't given birth yet, please don't be scared by this video. This is NOT normal!
I never really dove into the experience of pain I endured that last week of pregnancy. But I will tonight, so here it goes <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
8/30/06: admitted for 7-10 contractions an hr. put on mag. sulfate 2 hrs after admission (contractions were NOT painful)
8/31/06: given percocet for pain control as contractions became painful after the mag. sulfate
9/1/06: given stadol (narcotic) for pain management because percocet was no longer working
9/2/06: given morphine for pain control because stadol was no longer working
9/3/06: given a "pain management" epidural because morphine and sleeping pills were no longer working
9/4/06: continued with epidural, which relieved much of the pain but wasn't 100% effective because I could still walk (this was NOT a walking epidural)
9/5/06: had epidural replaced because I moved to go to the bathroom and pulled it out of place (replaced at like 8am)
When word was decided that 9/5/06 was the delivery date, the head anestheologist came in and talked to me and told me that he recommended I get a spinal for the c-section because of my pain control issues. He told me he recommended that to his collegue.
in some of the prep-for-c-section video (not included) the anestheologist is walking around poking me, rubbing me with alcohol pads to see what I can and can't feel. I keep telling her I'm kind of numb, but I'm feeling things she says I shouldn't be able to. they sat me up and checked placement of my epidural and she said it was fine.
She gave me the maximum amount of meds at a time she could push for my size/weight (157lbs at delivery), and they cut through the layer of skin. Then you can see that they ripped the muscle. I don't start crying out in pain until they put the bladder blocker in (to prevent accidental cutting of the bladder when they cut the uterus and puncture the bags of waters) and start touching my uterus. It was like the epidural worked on the surface of my body, but not for the inside parts.
It was a horrible experience for me, I was in so much pain and remember just crying and crying and nobody seemed to be listening (by that time it was too late to do anything).
After the last baby was out, she loaded me up with ketamine (yep, special K, the date rape drug, it's an animal tranqulizer), I was still screaming out in pain. I remember her telling me she would give me some meds to knock me out and put me to sleep, and I don't remember anything after that, but Mark and my mom say I continued to scream all the way up to recovery. It was such a scene that the anestheologist and some other nurses in the delivery asked my mom (who use to work at this hospital for 10+ years), if I was a narcotic addict. That they had only seen behavior like this before from narcotic addicts. My mom told them no.
Up in my recovery room I remember finally waking up and it felt like someone was cutting repeatedly into my stomach (In the location of where my new scar was) and then lighting it on fire. I was begging them to put me under, knock me out, give me something-anything. They tried morphine again which did nothing, I carried on for about 1 hour after the delivery. One of the nurses finally suggested toradol (of all things) and that was the ONLY thing that relieved the pain for me.
I had an opportunity to talk to the head of the nursing department and my doctor about it, as well as the anestheologist, and my mom did some research the next day (we were all surprised by my reaction in the delivery room) and come to find out, there is more and more information out there about some people just being unresponsive to certain medications. It's more common than not, but it's not really well known-even among the medical profession.
Hope that clears up any concerns of what happened. I feel like putting a disclaimer out there... "THIS IS NOT A NORMAL DELIVERY" (for both the number of babies and the pain I experienced). so if you haven't given birth yet, please don't be scared by this video. This is NOT normal!
8/30/06: admitted for 7-10 contractions an hr. put on mag. sulfate 2 hrs after admission (contractions were NOT painful)
8/31/06: given percocet for pain control as contractions became painful after the mag. sulfate
9/1/06: given stadol (narcotic) for pain management because percocet was no longer working
9/2/06: given morphine for pain control because stadol was no longer working
9/3/06: given a "pain management" epidural because morphine and sleeping pills were no longer working
9/4/06: continued with epidural, which relieved much of the pain but wasn't 100% effective because I could still walk (this was NOT a walking epidural)
9/5/06: had epidural replaced because I moved to go to the bathroom and pulled it out of place (replaced at like 8am)
When word was decided that 9/5/06 was the delivery date, the head anestheologist came in and talked to me and told me that he recommended I get a spinal for the c-section because of my pain control issues. He told me he recommended that to his collegue.
in some of the prep-for-c-section video (not included) the anestheologist is walking around poking me, rubbing me with alcohol pads to see what I can and can't feel. I keep telling her I'm kind of numb, but I'm feeling things she says I shouldn't be able to. they sat me up and checked placement of my epidural and she said it was fine.
She gave me the maximum amount of meds at a time she could push for my size/weight (157lbs at delivery), and they cut through the layer of skin. Then you can see that they ripped the muscle. I don't start crying out in pain until they put the bladder blocker in (to prevent accidental cutting of the bladder when they cut the uterus and puncture the bags of waters) and start touching my uterus. It was like the epidural worked on the surface of my body, but not for the inside parts.
It was a horrible experience for me, I was in so much pain and remember just crying and crying and nobody seemed to be listening (by that time it was too late to do anything).
After the last baby was out, she loaded me up with ketamine (yep, special K, the date rape drug, it's an animal tranqulizer), I was still screaming out in pain. I remember her telling me she would give me some meds to knock me out and put me to sleep, and I don't remember anything after that, but Mark and my mom say I continued to scream all the way up to recovery. It was such a scene that the anestheologist and some other nurses in the delivery asked my mom (who use to work at this hospital for 10+ years), if I was a narcotic addict. That they had only seen behavior like this before from narcotic addicts. My mom told them no.
Up in my recovery room I remember finally waking up and it felt like someone was cutting repeatedly into my stomach (In the location of where my new scar was) and then lighting it on fire. I was begging them to put me under, knock me out, give me something-anything. They tried morphine again which did nothing, I carried on for about 1 hour after the delivery. One of the nurses finally suggested toradol (of all things) and that was the ONLY thing that relieved the pain for me.
I had an opportunity to talk to the head of the nursing department and my doctor about it, as well as the anestheologist, and my mom did some research the next day (we were all surprised by my reaction in the delivery room) and come to find out, there is more and more information out there about some people just being unresponsive to certain medications. It's more common than not, but it's not really well known-even among the medical profession.
Hope that clears up any concerns of what happened. I feel like putting a disclaimer out there... "THIS IS NOT A NORMAL DELIVERY" (for both the number of babies and the pain I experienced). so if you haven't given birth yet, please don't be scared by this video. This is NOT normal!
I never really dove into the experience of pain I endured that last week of pregnancy. But I will tonight, so here it goes <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
8/30/06: admitted for 7-10 contractions an hr. put on mag. sulfate 2 hrs after admission (contractions were NOT painful)
8/31/06: given percocet for pain control as contractions became painful after the mag. sulfate
9/1/06: given stadol (narcotic) for pain management because percocet was no longer working
9/2/06: given morphine for pain control because stadol was no longer working
9/3/06: given a "pain management" epidural because morphine and sleeping pills were no longer working
9/4/06: continued with epidural, which relieved much of the pain but wasn't 100% effective because I could still walk (this was NOT a walking epidural)
9/5/06: had epidural replaced because I moved to go to the bathroom and pulled it out of place (replaced at like 8am)
When word was decided that 9/5/06 was the delivery date, the head anestheologist came in and talked to me and told me that he recommended I get a spinal for the c-section because of my pain control issues. He told me he recommended that to his collegue.
in some of the prep-for-c-section video (not included) the anestheologist is walking around poking me, rubbing me with alcohol pads to see what I can and can't feel. I keep telling her I'm kind of numb, but I'm feeling things she says I shouldn't be able to. they sat me up and checked placement of my epidural and she said it was fine.
She gave me the maximum amount of meds at a time she could push for my size/weight (157lbs at delivery), and they cut through the layer of skin. Then you can see that they ripped the muscle. I don't start crying out in pain until they put the bladder blocker in (to prevent accidental cutting of the bladder when they cut the uterus and puncture the bags of waters) and start touching my uterus. It was like the epidural worked on the surface of my body, but not for the inside parts.
It was a horrible experience for me, I was in so much pain and remember just crying and crying and nobody seemed to be listening (by that time it was too late to do anything).
After the last baby was out, she loaded me up with ketamine (yep, special K, the date rape drug, it's an animal tranqulizer), I was still screaming out in pain. I remember her telling me she would give me some meds to knock me out and put me to sleep, and I don't remember anything after that, but Mark and my mom say I continued to scream all the way up to recovery. It was such a scene that the anestheologist and some other nurses in the delivery asked my mom (who use to work at this hospital for 10+ years), if I was a narcotic addict. That they had only seen behavior like this before from narcotic addicts. My mom told them no.
Up in my recovery room I remember finally waking up and it felt like someone was cutting repeatedly into my stomach (In the location of where my new scar was) and then lighting it on fire. I was begging them to put me under, knock me out, give me something-anything. They tried morphine again which did nothing, I carried on for about 1 hour after the delivery. One of the nurses finally suggested toradol (of all things) and that was the ONLY thing that relieved the pain for me.
I had an opportunity to talk to the head of the nursing department and my doctor about it, as well as the anestheologist, and my mom did some research the next day (we were all surprised by my reaction in the delivery room) and come to find out, there is more and more information out there about some people just being unresponsive to certain medications. It's more common than not, but it's not really well known-even among the medical profession.
Hope that clears up any concerns of what happened. I feel like putting a disclaimer out there... "THIS IS NOT A NORMAL DELIVERY" (for both the number of babies and the pain I experienced). so if you haven't given birth yet, please don't be scared by this video. This is NOT normal!
8/30/06: admitted for 7-10 contractions an hr. put on mag. sulfate 2 hrs after admission (contractions were NOT painful)
8/31/06: given percocet for pain control as contractions became painful after the mag. sulfate
9/1/06: given stadol (narcotic) for pain management because percocet was no longer working
9/2/06: given morphine for pain control because stadol was no longer working
9/3/06: given a "pain management" epidural because morphine and sleeping pills were no longer working
9/4/06: continued with epidural, which relieved much of the pain but wasn't 100% effective because I could still walk (this was NOT a walking epidural)
9/5/06: had epidural replaced because I moved to go to the bathroom and pulled it out of place (replaced at like 8am)
When word was decided that 9/5/06 was the delivery date, the head anestheologist came in and talked to me and told me that he recommended I get a spinal for the c-section because of my pain control issues. He told me he recommended that to his collegue.
in some of the prep-for-c-section video (not included) the anestheologist is walking around poking me, rubbing me with alcohol pads to see what I can and can't feel. I keep telling her I'm kind of numb, but I'm feeling things she says I shouldn't be able to. they sat me up and checked placement of my epidural and she said it was fine.
She gave me the maximum amount of meds at a time she could push for my size/weight (157lbs at delivery), and they cut through the layer of skin. Then you can see that they ripped the muscle. I don't start crying out in pain until they put the bladder blocker in (to prevent accidental cutting of the bladder when they cut the uterus and puncture the bags of waters) and start touching my uterus. It was like the epidural worked on the surface of my body, but not for the inside parts.
It was a horrible experience for me, I was in so much pain and remember just crying and crying and nobody seemed to be listening (by that time it was too late to do anything).
After the last baby was out, she loaded me up with ketamine (yep, special K, the date rape drug, it's an animal tranqulizer), I was still screaming out in pain. I remember her telling me she would give me some meds to knock me out and put me to sleep, and I don't remember anything after that, but Mark and my mom say I continued to scream all the way up to recovery. It was such a scene that the anestheologist and some other nurses in the delivery asked my mom (who use to work at this hospital for 10+ years), if I was a narcotic addict. That they had only seen behavior like this before from narcotic addicts. My mom told them no.
Up in my recovery room I remember finally waking up and it felt like someone was cutting repeatedly into my stomach (In the location of where my new scar was) and then lighting it on fire. I was begging them to put me under, knock me out, give me something-anything. They tried morphine again which did nothing, I carried on for about 1 hour after the delivery. One of the nurses finally suggested toradol (of all things) and that was the ONLY thing that relieved the pain for me.
I had an opportunity to talk to the head of the nursing department and my doctor about it, as well as the anestheologist, and my mom did some research the next day (we were all surprised by my reaction in the delivery room) and come to find out, there is more and more information out there about some people just being unresponsive to certain medications. It's more common than not, but it's not really well known-even among the medical profession.
Hope that clears up any concerns of what happened. I feel like putting a disclaimer out there... "THIS IS NOT A NORMAL DELIVERY" (for both the number of babies and the pain I experienced). so if you haven't given birth yet, please don't be scared by this video. This is NOT normal!
I never really dove into the experience of pain I endured that last week of pregnancy. But I will tonight, so here it goes <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
8/30/06: admitted for 7-10 contractions an hr. put on mag. sulfate 2 hrs after admission (contractions were NOT painful)
8/31/06: given percocet for pain control as contractions became painful after the mag. sulfate
9/1/06: given stadol (narcotic) for pain management because percocet was no longer working
9/2/06: given morphine for pain control because stadol was no longer working
9/3/06: given a "pain management" epidural because morphine and sleeping pills were no longer working
9/4/06: continued with epidural, which relieved much of the pain but wasn't 100% effective because I could still walk (this was NOT a walking epidural)
9/5/06: had epidural replaced because I moved to go to the bathroom and pulled it out of place (replaced at like 8am)
When word was decided that 9/5/06 was the delivery date, the head anestheologist came in and talked to me and told me that he recommended I get a spinal for the c-section because of my pain control issues. He told me he recommended that to his collegue.
in some of the prep-for-c-section video (not included) the anestheologist is walking around poking me, rubbing me with alcohol pads to see what I can and can't feel. I keep telling her I'm kind of numb, but I'm feeling things she says I shouldn't be able to. they sat me up and checked placement of my epidural and she said it was fine.
She gave me the maximum amount of meds at a time she could push for my size/weight (157lbs at delivery), and they cut through the layer of skin. Then you can see that they ripped the muscle. I don't start crying out in pain until they put the bladder blocker in (to prevent accidental cutting of the bladder when they cut the uterus and puncture the bags of waters) and start touching my uterus. It was like the epidural worked on the surface of my body, but not for the inside parts.
It was a horrible experience for me, I was in so much pain and remember just crying and crying and nobody seemed to be listening (by that time it was too late to do anything).
After the last baby was out, she loaded me up with ketamine (yep, special K, the date rape drug, it's an animal tranqulizer), I was still screaming out in pain. I remember her telling me she would give me some meds to knock me out and put me to sleep, and I don't remember anything after that, but Mark and my mom say I continued to scream all the way up to recovery. It was such a scene that the anestheologist and some other nurses in the delivery asked my mom (who use to work at this hospital for 10+ years), if I was a narcotic addict. That they had only seen behavior like this before from narcotic addicts. My mom told them no.
Up in my recovery room I remember finally waking up and it felt like someone was cutting repeatedly into my stomach (In the location of where my new scar was) and then lighting it on fire. I was begging them to put me under, knock me out, give me something-anything. They tried morphine again which did nothing, I carried on for about 1 hour after the delivery. One of the nurses finally suggested toradol (of all things) and that was the ONLY thing that relieved the pain for me.
I had an opportunity to talk to the head of the nursing department and my doctor about it, as well as the anestheologist, and my mom did some research the next day (we were all surprised by my reaction in the delivery room) and come to find out, there is more and more information out there about some people just being unresponsive to certain medications. It's more common than not, but it's not really well known-even among the medical profession.
Hope that clears up any concerns of what happened. I feel like putting a disclaimer out there... "THIS IS NOT A NORMAL DELIVERY" (for both the number of babies and the pain I experienced). so if you haven't given birth yet, please don't be scared by this video. This is NOT normal!
8/30/06: admitted for 7-10 contractions an hr. put on mag. sulfate 2 hrs after admission (contractions were NOT painful)
8/31/06: given percocet for pain control as contractions became painful after the mag. sulfate
9/1/06: given stadol (narcotic) for pain management because percocet was no longer working
9/2/06: given morphine for pain control because stadol was no longer working
9/3/06: given a "pain management" epidural because morphine and sleeping pills were no longer working
9/4/06: continued with epidural, which relieved much of the pain but wasn't 100% effective because I could still walk (this was NOT a walking epidural)
9/5/06: had epidural replaced because I moved to go to the bathroom and pulled it out of place (replaced at like 8am)
When word was decided that 9/5/06 was the delivery date, the head anestheologist came in and talked to me and told me that he recommended I get a spinal for the c-section because of my pain control issues. He told me he recommended that to his collegue.
in some of the prep-for-c-section video (not included) the anestheologist is walking around poking me, rubbing me with alcohol pads to see what I can and can't feel. I keep telling her I'm kind of numb, but I'm feeling things she says I shouldn't be able to. they sat me up and checked placement of my epidural and she said it was fine.
She gave me the maximum amount of meds at a time she could push for my size/weight (157lbs at delivery), and they cut through the layer of skin. Then you can see that they ripped the muscle. I don't start crying out in pain until they put the bladder blocker in (to prevent accidental cutting of the bladder when they cut the uterus and puncture the bags of waters) and start touching my uterus. It was like the epidural worked on the surface of my body, but not for the inside parts.
It was a horrible experience for me, I was in so much pain and remember just crying and crying and nobody seemed to be listening (by that time it was too late to do anything).
After the last baby was out, she loaded me up with ketamine (yep, special K, the date rape drug, it's an animal tranqulizer), I was still screaming out in pain. I remember her telling me she would give me some meds to knock me out and put me to sleep, and I don't remember anything after that, but Mark and my mom say I continued to scream all the way up to recovery. It was such a scene that the anestheologist and some other nurses in the delivery asked my mom (who use to work at this hospital for 10+ years), if I was a narcotic addict. That they had only seen behavior like this before from narcotic addicts. My mom told them no.
Up in my recovery room I remember finally waking up and it felt like someone was cutting repeatedly into my stomach (In the location of where my new scar was) and then lighting it on fire. I was begging them to put me under, knock me out, give me something-anything. They tried morphine again which did nothing, I carried on for about 1 hour after the delivery. One of the nurses finally suggested toradol (of all things) and that was the ONLY thing that relieved the pain for me.
I had an opportunity to talk to the head of the nursing department and my doctor about it, as well as the anestheologist, and my mom did some research the next day (we were all surprised by my reaction in the delivery room) and come to find out, there is more and more information out there about some people just being unresponsive to certain medications. It's more common than not, but it's not really well known-even among the medical profession.
Hope that clears up any concerns of what happened. I feel like putting a disclaimer out there... "THIS IS NOT A NORMAL DELIVERY" (for both the number of babies and the pain I experienced). so if you haven't given birth yet, please don't be scared by this video. This is NOT normal!
I never really dove into the experience of pain I endured that last week of pregnancy. But I will tonight, so here it goes <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
8/30/06: admitted for 7-10 contractions an hr. put on mag. sulfate 2 hrs after admission (contractions were NOT painful)
8/31/06: given percocet for pain control as contractions became painful after the mag. sulfate
9/1/06: given stadol (narcotic) for pain management because percocet was no longer working
9/2/06: given morphine for pain control because stadol was no longer working
9/3/06: given a "pain management" epidural because morphine and sleeping pills were no longer working
9/4/06: continued with epidural, which relieved much of the pain but wasn't 100% effective because I could still walk (this was NOT a walking epidural)
9/5/06: had epidural replaced because I moved to go to the bathroom and pulled it out of place (replaced at like 8am)
When word was decided that 9/5/06 was the delivery date, the head anestheologist came in and talked to me and told me that he recommended I get a spinal for the c-section because of my pain control issues. He told me he recommended that to his collegue.
in some of the prep-for-c-section video (not included) the anestheologist is walking around poking me, rubbing me with alcohol pads to see what I can and can't feel. I keep telling her I'm kind of numb, but I'm feeling things she says I shouldn't be able to. they sat me up and checked placement of my epidural and she said it was fine.
She gave me the maximum amount of meds at a time she could push for my size/weight (157lbs at delivery), and they cut through the layer of skin. Then you can see that they ripped the muscle. I don't start crying out in pain until they put the bladder blocker in (to prevent accidental cutting of the bladder when they cut the uterus and puncture the bags of waters) and start touching my uterus. It was like the epidural worked on the surface of my body, but not for the inside parts.
It was a horrible experience for me, I was in so much pain and remember just crying and crying and nobody seemed to be listening (by that time it was too late to do anything).
After the last baby was out, she loaded me up with ketamine (yep, special K, the date rape drug, it's an animal tranqulizer), I was still screaming out in pain. I remember her telling me she would give me some meds to knock me out and put me to sleep, and I don't remember anything after that, but Mark and my mom say I continued to scream all the way up to recovery. It was such a scene that the anestheologist and some other nurses in the delivery asked my mom (who use to work at this hospital for 10+ years), if I was a narcotic addict. That they had only seen behavior like this before from narcotic addicts. My mom told them no.
Up in my recovery room I remember finally waking up and it felt like someone was cutting repeatedly into my stomach (In the location of where my new scar was) and then lighting it on fire. I was begging them to put me under, knock me out, give me something-anything. They tried morphine again which did nothing, I carried on for about 1 hour after the delivery. One of the nurses finally suggested toradol (of all things) and that was the ONLY thing that relieved the pain for me.
I had an opportunity to talk to the head of the nursing department and my doctor about it, as well as the anestheologist, and my mom did some research the next day (we were all surprised by my reaction in the delivery room) and come to find out, there is more and more information out there about some people just being unresponsive to certain medications. It's more common than not, but it's not really well known-even among the medical profession.
Hope that clears up any concerns of what happened. I feel like putting a disclaimer out there... "THIS IS NOT A NORMAL DELIVERY" (for both the number of babies and the pain I experienced). so if you haven't given birth yet, please don't be scared by this video. This is NOT normal!
8/30/06: admitted for 7-10 contractions an hr. put on mag. sulfate 2 hrs after admission (contractions were NOT painful)
8/31/06: given percocet for pain control as contractions became painful after the mag. sulfate
9/1/06: given stadol (narcotic) for pain management because percocet was no longer working
9/2/06: given morphine for pain control because stadol was no longer working
9/3/06: given a "pain management" epidural because morphine and sleeping pills were no longer working
9/4/06: continued with epidural, which relieved much of the pain but wasn't 100% effective because I could still walk (this was NOT a walking epidural)
9/5/06: had epidural replaced because I moved to go to the bathroom and pulled it out of place (replaced at like 8am)
When word was decided that 9/5/06 was the delivery date, the head anestheologist came in and talked to me and told me that he recommended I get a spinal for the c-section because of my pain control issues. He told me he recommended that to his collegue.
in some of the prep-for-c-section video (not included) the anestheologist is walking around poking me, rubbing me with alcohol pads to see what I can and can't feel. I keep telling her I'm kind of numb, but I'm feeling things she says I shouldn't be able to. they sat me up and checked placement of my epidural and she said it was fine.
She gave me the maximum amount of meds at a time she could push for my size/weight (157lbs at delivery), and they cut through the layer of skin. Then you can see that they ripped the muscle. I don't start crying out in pain until they put the bladder blocker in (to prevent accidental cutting of the bladder when they cut the uterus and puncture the bags of waters) and start touching my uterus. It was like the epidural worked on the surface of my body, but not for the inside parts.
It was a horrible experience for me, I was in so much pain and remember just crying and crying and nobody seemed to be listening (by that time it was too late to do anything).
After the last baby was out, she loaded me up with ketamine (yep, special K, the date rape drug, it's an animal tranqulizer), I was still screaming out in pain. I remember her telling me she would give me some meds to knock me out and put me to sleep, and I don't remember anything after that, but Mark and my mom say I continued to scream all the way up to recovery. It was such a scene that the anestheologist and some other nurses in the delivery asked my mom (who use to work at this hospital for 10+ years), if I was a narcotic addict. That they had only seen behavior like this before from narcotic addicts. My mom told them no.
Up in my recovery room I remember finally waking up and it felt like someone was cutting repeatedly into my stomach (In the location of where my new scar was) and then lighting it on fire. I was begging them to put me under, knock me out, give me something-anything. They tried morphine again which did nothing, I carried on for about 1 hour after the delivery. One of the nurses finally suggested toradol (of all things) and that was the ONLY thing that relieved the pain for me.
I had an opportunity to talk to the head of the nursing department and my doctor about it, as well as the anestheologist, and my mom did some research the next day (we were all surprised by my reaction in the delivery room) and come to find out, there is more and more information out there about some people just being unresponsive to certain medications. It's more common than not, but it's not really well known-even among the medical profession.
Hope that clears up any concerns of what happened. I feel like putting a disclaimer out there... "THIS IS NOT A NORMAL DELIVERY" (for both the number of babies and the pain I experienced). so if you haven't given birth yet, please don't be scared by this video. This is NOT normal!