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jenni_b
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Posts: 8596
Location: Hampshire
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:32 am Post subject: Post cesarean
Hello
Bernice is 3 weeks old on Tuesday.
As you know I did have a rough ride with her- being very poorly after etc.
I ended up having an emergency section instead of my planned one.
This lead to a couple of probs in itself.
Firstly I did not have pre op assessment to check my mobility for the needles in the back. If I had they would have found that the RA had got into there and that I would have a great deal of probs getting it epiduralled.
They ended up having 6 agonising goes. By the time they got it in after an hour and 1/2 of trying (OW) me puking up over the midwife i was 4 hrs into full blown labour and wasnt really functioning brain wise. If I was I would had been i probably would have given it up as a bad job and begged for a GA!
still- it has meant that something isnt right with the sensation in my left foot on the left side.
Also I keep getting jarring pains up the spine.
The other thing is I am still bleeding. I did have a complication of a uterine infection post surgery (would be me wouldnt it) which I am taking anti biotics for still but I am still bleeding, much less now but watery loss nearly 3 weeks on is horrible! All 9 months period in one go I guess! YUM How glamourous!
THe actual scar is very neat- just above the public line and sore but not at all bad.My womb feels achy and bruised. but I expected that.
Just wondered if this was similar to you c section ladies?
Jenni xx
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chockers
Joined: 01 May 2007
Posts: 3726
Location: West Norfolk
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:22 pm Post subject:
Hi Jennie .
Firstley i am so glad you where put on Anibobics because i was,nt till an infection set right in .And they did nothing for 2 or 3 days and i yelled at them as i could hardley walk .This has led to scar tissue and no more babys .T o get preg again it would had been Docter made .i did not get any Anitobobics till jamie was at least 5 days old .
My scar is neat you can,t hardley see it now for a few years i have had to hunt for it .Left a kind of ridge where they cut the musles .i am never slim in that bit .
The other thing i bleed for 6 weeks .Before that i read that you bleed for 6 weeks and people told me you did .So may be it is normell i just stoped before the six week check up .
I took 8 weeks to heal .
And did not feel well till Jamie went though the night at 7 weeks .Before that without the rest i think with breast feeding bleeding i think you would feel poorley ?
I think the first 7 weeks where the worst as getting over the infection plus getting yet other infectoin ending back in hospital as the first lot od antibocics i finshed 5 days which i am glad you are still on them maybe they will keep you on them till you are healed .AS I PICKED jAMIE UPand poped something I think where the second infection came in .Also i had bad after care .
1986 THERE WAS A BABy boon babys everywhere in the hospital .
IS WHERE I THINK THE BAD AFTER CARE CAME IN .
tOLD TO DO PEVIC EXCISES 3 times a day which is wrong when you have a ceser that also made me ill as it stopd healing
Well Jennie hope you feel better soon ???Bernice is lovey .Its great Richead is home .Where my Steve had a weeks holiday .
love Christine Back again i also had a peroid 4 weeks after so they thought ??Is why i was bleeding i did 8 weeks after so this may had been right .Also bleed in beween .And had something done to the cerix a few weeks later .I can rembember being in Hospital with the second infectoin that the rest and the stoping of the pelive floor excises the bleeding subised .There where short staffed as so many babys born that year there where no beds .As soon as emptyed they where filled .My SON Jamie then went into the largeist class/s school had ever seen .But did no harm he is now at uni oxford Brookes 21 now he is .He being an only child .He has had the best of me .I was able to take him everywhere on the cheap we offton used to go away somewhere for little hols .And took him to ITALY while he was half price . christine
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chockers
Joined: 01 May 2007
Posts: 3726
Location: West Norfolk
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:25 pm Post subject:
Jennie i can rembember pains as well shoting about my body i used to think it was because it was,nt healed i seemd to rembember after 8 weeks it dyed down dont forget it was a major opp .And if it was hstrecomy you would be resting in bed and not doing a thing for 8 weeks
christine
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dorat
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 10867
Location: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:21 pm Post subject:
J enni, you should check with your GP or midwife about the bleeding just to make sure. Hope you are feeling better soon & glad little Bernice is doing well.
Take care, Doreen xx
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jeanb
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Posts: 13681
Location: Timperley, Cheshire
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:04 pm Post subject:
Oh Jenni - can't help with this but PLEASE PLEASE go and see you GP straight away. PLEASE. The only thing I CAN empathise with is the spinal block needle not doing as it's told and not going in. Just horrid, or as you would say BUM BUM BUM and PANTS. I was warned that there may be temporary loss of sensation in one or more of the nerves in the leg/ankle, but do keep a close eye on it and speak to someone if the feeling doesn't come back pdq.
Jenni, loads of love to you all.
Jeanxxxxx
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JulieM
Joined: 02 Jan 2007
Posts: 7656
Location: W.Yorkshire U.K.
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:27 pm Post subject:
Yes i would definitely ask a professional about this Jenni but as Christine says it is so easy to forget that you have had a major operation! How many other op can you think of where you would be out of hospital and handed a new born baby to look after as well as yourself!
I can't really help you as mine was 30 odd years ago and I can't remember!
Oh-and Happy Three Weeks birthday Bernice!
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sheila_p
Joined: 19 Jul 2005
Posts: 3277
Location: CROYDON
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject:
Jenni,
The bleeding is normal, they usually say about 6 weeks for this to stop, as for healing ,well as has been said before, this is a major op, and will take time, just be careful when bending and lifting, years ago you would have been kept in hospital for weeks, now like everything else they kick you out as soon as possible, as for the foot, l would check this with your GP but it might just take time for it to settle down.
Hope Bernice is settling into a routine for you.
Sheila
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prioryc
Joined: 06 Aug 2007
Posts: 8745
Location: Kent
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject:
Hi Jenni,
The bleeding and the uterine infection is normal. As I had a general I cannot answer for the rest. Hope it all feels better soon.
Eleanor.
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chockers
Joined: 01 May 2007
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Location: West Norfolk
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject:
Jenni
If the bleeding starts up again it could be a peoied .As me and a few of my freinds had them 4 weeks after givin birth and watch your iron levels .
christine
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chockers
Joined: 01 May 2007
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Location: West Norfolk
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject:
chockers wrote:
Jenni
If the bleeding starts up again it could be a peoied .As me and a few of my freinds had them 4 weeks after givin birth and watch your iron levels .
christine
I recon 8 weeks before you feel better or a bit longer with R.a
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jeanb
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
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Location: Timperley, Cheshire
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:18 am Post subject:
Chockers has a really good point about the loss of iron - presumably they are keeping an eye on this. Don't you DARE neglect anything!
Jeanxxxxx
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jenni_b
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
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Location: Hampshire
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:25 pm Post subject:
Just dispatched Richard with screaming Baby to get iron tablets.
Also some gripe/ colic drops as Bernice decided not to sleep and have gripe wind all night so we are knackered.
Midwife been to check me out.
She says that bleeding and loss is fine and to be expected and all is healing well. She was very pleased they gave me extra anti biotics and I have another 2 weeks worth.
She says that with c sections (Tricky spine like mine) sometimes you can get "altered sensation" and in most cases it returns within 3 months.
BUT bearing in mind the diabetes and other complications i should mention it when I go for the check in 3 weeks at the hosp. If things change and it gets worse/ really bothering me then it is off to the GP.
Going to get half an hour shut eye.
Thanks for all the lovely messages.
Jenni xx
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emily
Joined: 01 May 2007
Posts: 1450
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject:
Hi Jenni,
am glad the midwife has been and checked you out, please take advantage of any time you get to rest/sleep even if only for a short time as this can really help you feel better within yourself aswell as have more energy. Hope the colic drops help Bernice. Takecare.
Love wendXXX.
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alison_o
Joined: 22 May 2006
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Location: TYNE AND WEAR
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:50 pm Post subject:
Hi Jenni,
As I really cannot answer or help you with you question on emergency c section etc, It was very interesting to read about it as I will no doubt have to have the same, although they haven't said yet if I will or not, it sounds like absolute agony that you went through after 6 agonising tries.
But I'm glad the midwife has give you some more anti-biotics etc and hope you begin to feel a lot better soon. Hope little Bernice feels better too, nothing worse than colic etc, Get some shut eye and rest when you can, take care Jenni, Love, Alison xx
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wheelchairwarrior
Joined: 14 Jun 2004
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Location: Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:47 pm Post subject:
Hi Jenni, glad everything is turning out okay. Just take it easy please and rest when you can. Give Bernice a kiss from me. Gwenda xxxx
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