Sore hand/wrist from cannula?

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I had a c section Wednesday afternoon, had the cannula put in then (was quite had to get in and hurt ) it was left in for 24 hours incase needed again
Once out my hand has been pretty bruised and swollen, I obviously still have the pregnancy swelling too
Is it normal for it to be so sore and my wrist too? Feels really bruised 😣

Yes that happened me when I had a cannula for previous surgery and my first csection. With my second cs I asked for it to be done on my left hand because at least I'd still have use of my dominant hand while it hurt like hell.

Yes it is normal. I remember mine being quite sore after having one in place for a few days but it did get better.

Yes, I had a canulas in both hands during labour and for 1.5 - 2 days after and my hands were so bruised and sore afterwards. The soreness wore off after a couple of days

Thanks all! Still having pain and numbness/bruising after 6 days, abit worried now

Does this look to be expected?

Yes had the same with no2 son... they couldn't find a small enough needle 🤨 so the bloody thing was nearly up my wrist!! and it hurt all the way through labour... not as much as labour! It went down after a week or so

Yes akso had this in two places after birth and lots of different canulas 🙄
They used a sort of gel (cant remember the name but was for bruising i think), they applied it with a gauze for 20min twice a day and i helped massively!

Yes that looks pretty normal. I had a golfball sized swelling, I was barely able to pick the baby up because I had them in both hands. Also a loss of grip which took about a fortnight to properly come back. It’s awful isn’t it, seems to ache and hurt more as it heals weirdly !
Doesn’t seem fair on top of everything else you get your hands buggered up as well! 💐

It's arnica gel that helps bruises, I think you can get it tablets too.

Give it another week to settle before worrying.

I was in hospital last month for 9 days and they left my canula in the whole time even though it was only needed for the first night! The midwife on the last shift before I left couldn’t believe it had been left in and not changed the whole time. It is still slightly sore now almost a month later! X

Yes they can hurt like heck. I remember one time when I was pregnant with ds I had one put in the inside of my wrist and I swear it wasn't put in right as within about 5 / 10 mins of the drip starting I was writhing in agony and nearly fainted. They stopped it and it calmed down after about a half hour but felt bruised for days.

Yes I think that's the problem, it took a while to actually get it in my hand and hurt whenever they put anything in 😣 and was just left sort of flapping around for 30 hours, I kept asking to be removed but they were so busy they kept forgetting I think :( I probably knocked it a few times and injured the veins
It's much less bruised looking but still swollen & numb

@Bayjeetay

I was in hospital last month for 9 days and they left my canula in the whole time even though it was only needed for the first night! The midwife on the last shift before I left couldn’t believe it had been left in and not changed the whole time. It is still slightly sore now almost a month later! X

Ouch 9 days that must have been awful

Another vote for arnica