Painrelief: pethidine second time around

[Dophus]

I found the thread on TENA very interesting and would like to pose an additional question:

If you had pethidine first time around - did you use it second time around?

[Dophus]

That should of course say TENS

[coppertop]

I used pethidine the first time around (before having an epidural). It worked well but I didn't like the way it left me feeling completely out of it. The second time around I had just the epidural and felt much better.

[nailpolish]

they dont use pethidine where i had dd's, they use diamorphine and yes, i did use it again, although it was better cos i knew what to expect 2nd time around! 1st time was a bit scary cos i never really knew how it would feel.

i used gas and air and 1 shot of diamorph both times

[popsycal]

had diamorphine with ds and intend to have it again with this baby should i feel the need...

[ZCMUM]

I had pethidine with 1st baby, and also twice with 2nd! Wish I hadn't had 2nd injection 2nd time around as it was right before I started pushing, so baby was sicky and out of it and I was sick for ages after the birth.

[Tinker]

What's the difference between pethidine and diamorphine? Had pethidine 1st time round and loved the way it made me feel all drowsy but it's not actually a pain killer, is it?

[popsycal]

isnt it erm.....fromt he same family as morphine and heroin?

[Tinker]

Assume so so should be a painkiller, no?

[Dophus]

They're all form the same pharmacologic family related - opiate analgesics. They work by dissociating you from the pain rather than releiving the pain per se.

ALso has anyone heard on Neptid?

[popsycal]

is that right?
certainly dissassociated me!

[Dophus]

Thanks - I am becoming increasingly dissassaciated from my cognitive processes let alone typing and spelling.

[Santasluckylittlehelper]

I had pethidine first time but didn't really feel any effect. I didn't bother second time and just went with gas and air which I love and would like piped in at home

[spacedonkey]

Definitely not. I had pethidine first time round and all it did was to send me to sleep between contractions, so each contraction woke me up, unprepared and in devastating pain. Never again!

[Frizbethereindeer]

Had pethadine as gas n air made me sick, didn't feel too out of it, and they wouldn't give me a 2nd injection as time to push, bugger , ouch etc have to say it did make the pushing seem a bit woozey, which can't have been a bad thing! and it certainly kicked in again with the champagne a bit later.....had just the one sip and put it straight down, most unlike me Would def use it again if req'd!