Drip to prevent PPH

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My consultant explained today that to prevent a PPH (had a 1.7l loss after DC1), I'll be put on a drip as soon as baby is born to make my uterus continue to contract.

Does anyone know how long the drip is usually going for and is the same or different drip to that used for induction? When I've googled it it sounds like it's the same but the consultant didn't say.

It's the same drug but a different concentration. In my trust it runs for 4 hours at 10ml per hour which is 10 units per hour. Syntocinon is the drug. (Midwife)

Thanks so much! Is it usually as bad as when people have it during labour or does the change in concentration help? I had the drip for induction last time and it was awful!

No you can't really feel it at all, I had it after having my son. It is likely that if you had a pph before then you would have had this to keep your uterus contracted after the pph had finished. I also was induced with it which was absolute agony yet I slept for most of the 4 hours of the infusion afterwards.
I will be having it again this time due to previous retained placenta and pph 😊

Thank you, I panicked when I realised it could be the same incase it felt as awful as being induced does but you've made me feel miles better! Not sure that I had it last time afterwards but definitely got put down as having a pph.

99.99999% of women in our trust have it following pph it is absolutely standard management, as well as a huge number of women who have it for prevention of pph, such as anyone having a section, anyone who has more than 5 children, anyone with sepsis, anyone with a history of pph. It really is that common.
Good luck

Thanks so much!