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Childbirth

c-section drains?

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BibiTwo · 03/08/2005 15:36

Has anyone had a drain after a c-section? If so, do you know why it was put there? I had my section 9 months ago and was in the recovery ward with another lady who had a drain in hers. The scream she let out when the nurse removed it still leaves me cold when Ii think about it. I could also hear the nurse explain to her why she didn't tell her beforehand how painful it would be, as she thought it was best to get it over with without the patient anticipating that much pain. I'm having another baby in march and plan a c-section and want to avoid a drain if possible -does anyone know anything about them?

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Beccles · 04/08/2005 20:02

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BibiTwo · 05/08/2005 10:21

Drains are going to be totally abnned at my next section, I shall make sure it's the ONLY thing on my birth plan.

Brains shrink during pregnancy, or so my father in law tells me, so they could have whipped the rest of my brain out without me noticing during the section, that explains a lot actually

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CarolinaMoon · 05/08/2005 17:33

nice of your FIL to point that out to you...

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sallystrawberry · 05/08/2005 17:41

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mears · 05/08/2005 20:26

Drains are put in when there is a concern about possible bleeding. However there are doctors who always use them because that is their normal practice (one of our consultants always uses them). You could ask that you do not have one inserted unless clinically needed. If there was a bleeding problem identified at surgery, then it would be better to have one so that blood loss could be observed more closely. Better that the blood comes out into a drain that collecting in the abdomen to cause pain and possible infection.

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Lorralorralaughs · 05/01/2018 22:19

I had a drain post c-section, but was so caught up in having a new baby, I never thought to ask why! My tummy was still so numb afterwards, it didn't hurt a bit when they removed it.

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Lorralorralaughs · 05/01/2018 22:20

Oops zombie thread..sorry!

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GlitterGnu · 18/10/2021 09:33

I had an unplanned c-section two months ago with my son. I had developed a infection from being “exposed” a prolonged period of time after my amniotic fluid had ruptured prematurely. They placed the drainage pack after surgery, and I was sent home with the pack. Other than being annoying and in the way, it didn’t hurt. When I went to get it removed, I did not feel anything with the drainage pack, more of just the tape around the sensitive surgery area. THAT part hurt.
After labor, childbirth, surgery, recovery… That pack is nothing. You got this :)