I am due to have a tooth extracted (molar that will not be straightforward to remove apparently) on Wednesday under sedation. This is for a tooth that has been causing pain since before lockdown so I want it out ASAP. I am exclusively breastfeeding my 5 month old daughter and have been told I need to pump and dump for 24 hours after the sedation and have enough expressed milk to bottle feed for those 24 hours. This is pretty much impossible. My daughter has never fed from a bottle and I never had any luck getting her older sister to, despite trying and I can't express enough milk whilst still feeding her in less than 48 hours.
Having done some research it looks like the information I have been given is absolute crap and most drugs used for sedation are safe for bf. I have asked what drug they are likely to use and have been told they cannot give that information over the phone???! I can call back tomorrow to try and speak to the anaesthetist but was hoping to somehow find out what drugs are the most common ones used? I have looked on google and it seems Midazolam (IV), Valium (oral) and nitrous oxides are commonly used. Is anyone able to let me know of any others so I can research?