Caesarean - Was Midwife cruel to insert catheter prior to anaesthesia?

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Caesarean- Was Midwife cruel to insert catheter prior to anaesthesia- non-urgent birth?

No. Same here. Why do you think there's a problem?

I've had 4 caesareans, and the catheter was always inserted after the anaesthetic!

No. How do you think catheters are inserted in other environments?

I don’t even know when they put mine in .. obviously after I’d had the spinal block and couldn’t feel a thing. My c-section was planned though .. was yours an emergency?

I had a planned c-section and told them to wait as I didn't want to feel it, having had a bad experience in the past. They listened and put it in after anaesthesia. I have no idea why it's done ahead of time.

No, of course not. It's not necessary. You

I've had 2 caesareans and it was inserted after the anaesthetic.

Yes its cruel. It's done after anaesthetic for a reason!

Just read that it was not an emergency .. ignore me 🙈

Anaesthesia isn't usually used for catheter insertion.

No

This. It can be a little uncomfortable but it shouldn't be very painful. Are you OK?

Never had pain from a catheter being inserted

My second Caesarean was urgent as I went into labour with a breach baby, same reason as my second child was a Caesarean...my first was natural. I delivered part of my placenta myself in the bathroom for my first with no help after ringing for help...they laughed it off as a blood clot. I moved before I had my third and they righty wouldn’t attempt to turn my third, and thank goodness didn’t insert a catheter into me without anaesthesia. How can it be so different between local hospitals?!

Because I had one inserted prior to anaesthesia and one post. It seems unnecessarily cruel to do it without

Do you really mean catheter, as in tube for pee?

It's not normal for an anaesthetic to be used for this. Altho if you're having one anyway they may as well wait to save you a bit of discomfort (my mw specifically asked them to because I'd become very distressed with all the prodding and poking, they just told her it wasn't necessary and went ahead, I don't really remember it much).

With or without anaesthesia; I’ve had both..different hospitals though

People have catheters changed on a daily basis, anaesthetic isn't used.

'Cruel' is a very strange choice of word here.

People have catheters all the time in other settings, they don’t get anaesthetised for it as although it’s not a nice thing to have done and is uncomfortable it’s generally a painless procedure…unless of course you are a bloke !

It can be inserted after anaesthesia. I found it painful

Not cruel at all! Normal practice! I've inserted a gazillion catheters and never to someone who is anaesthetised!

If it helps @NowYouTellMe pretty much most births have a catheter inserted - and I mean even vaginal “normal” births. The midwives will normally do a quick in/out catheter at the start of pushing to empty the bladder in vaginal deliveries. The insertion procedure is exactly the same, the catheter just comes straight out again. In every other setting (non obstetric) they are inserted without even pain relief.

Maybe it was the way she did it. When I had a catheter put in it was awful. I couldn't believe the pain. It was like she'd squeezed her nails into me.

My midwife was a hideous witch (for other reasons besides the catheter). That was many years ago and I still become angry and disgusted at her lack of care towards me when I read about women's poor experiences in maternity wards and birthing units.

Sounds cruel and unnecessary to me. It seems obviously in your interests to do it after anaesthesia

Had a vaginal birth and as above had a catheter at one point as had drunk so much water. Didn't feel it go in or come out, without any anaesthesia. Interestingly I'd never been aware this might happen before giving birth though despite being, I thought, pretty well informed.