Labour Question..?
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Hey Girls,
It's likely i'll be induced again.. I just read on the other post about someone surviving on G&A and Pethidine.. I'm not anti a epidural - needs must and all that - but I was wondering up to what stage can you have pethidine?
I did have it in my last labour, after the first night and believed that you could only really have it in the very/early stages.. When I read about the pethidine on the other post - I though oh that might be a lot better to have later bit cause you can move around and get into what ever possitions your want without being tied to the bed. I had it before it was quite nice & didn't make me feel werid or anything just a bit loved up and smiley! *junky!* .. & I was a bit frighterned into having an epi - 'this is going to be very painful and if you don't have this now you might not be able to as we only have one person to give them and they are dealing with a couple of emergencies' .. I was thinking if I had pethidine that it might take the edge off - but might give me a better experiance as I got pressure sores from not being turned on the epi ect..
I want to be more proactive in this birth - & sort of know my own mind so that i'll be telling them what I'm doing & when! Rather than the other way around.. as i was so helpless and ill and completely at their mercy before!
Can you have Pethidine at 3- 10 cm's? x
It's likely i'll be induced again.. I just read on the other post about someone surviving on G&A and Pethidine.. I'm not anti a epidural - needs must and all that - but I was wondering up to what stage can you have pethidine?
I did have it in my last labour, after the first night and believed that you could only really have it in the very/early stages.. When I read about the pethidine on the other post - I though oh that might be a lot better to have later bit cause you can move around and get into what ever possitions your want without being tied to the bed. I had it before it was quite nice & didn't make me feel werid or anything just a bit loved up and smiley! *junky!* .. & I was a bit frighterned into having an epi - 'this is going to be very painful and if you don't have this now you might not be able to as we only have one person to give them and they are dealing with a couple of emergencies' .. I was thinking if I had pethidine that it might take the edge off - but might give me a better experiance as I got pressure sores from not being turned on the epi ect..
I want to be more proactive in this birth - & sort of know my own mind so that i'll be telling them what I'm doing & when! Rather than the other way around.. as i was so helpless and ill and completely at their mercy before!
Can you have Pethidine at 3- 10 cm's? x
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I have to be honest and say it didn't do anything for me, G&A on the other hand was great!
Good luck x
You mention about being mobile, but a lot of hospitals insist on constant monitoring if you are being induced, which ties you to the bed anyway.
Hope it goes well for you xx
Have you checked you will be allowed an active labour if being induced? At our hospital if you are induced you have to be constantly monitored.
bit thats because they didnt check how far dilated i was before giving it to me. i got it just 3hour 30 mins in as i never get the mild contractions mine were ever 2 mins from the start with all three of mine x
to be honest i didnt feel it kick in or anythin when i had it but when it wore off i really felt it! might be worth an ask?