injections after c section

Okay, well if they give you injections in your tummy over the space of 4 days then I DEFINITELY didn't have them! And no sexy stocking either....

Weird I reckon. I dunno what the difference would be to having or not having the injections??
Maybe it is a newish thing? Alex is 5 & Blaire is coming up to 4 so maybe the anti clotting injection came in after that time??
I know I had a bit of difference just between my boys.
With Alex I had a morphine pump straight after the surgery that I could push a button for pain every 5mins & I also had dissolvable stitches.
With Blaire I had slow release morphine tabs to take after the surgery instead of the pump (much better!) and I also had staples instead of stitches

I had the morphine pump too but didn't use it morphine just makes me sick, my CS was 13months ago so dont know what happened to my injections...must dig out my notes and see if it says anything on there, but i definatly had no injections for the days after...strange how some people get them and others dont

clexane, had them and the stockings.

i think that the larger you are the more likely you are to have them. clotting seems to be more of an issue for bigger lasses! (from the hospital viewpoint)

Bizzy wrote: clexane, had them and the stockings. i think that the larger you are the more likely you are to have them. clotting seems to be more of an issue for bigger lasses! (from the hospital viewpoint)

I was only 65kg when I gave birth to Spencer (normally sit around 57kg), so it wouldn't have been that with me.

no morphine pump, no staples. My stitches were disolvable. I had a dressing over top that stayed on for 2 weeks or until it fell off.

With my first section I had disolvable stiches with a dressing that was changed daily. Had the clexane injections and the stockings. Had the morphine pump for the first 24hrs or so and then went onto the slow release tablets. This was in Feb 2007 at National Womans

With my second section I had staples with a waterproof dressing that wasn't taken off till one week post op. Had the clexane injections and stockings again. Only had the morphine pump for about 8 hours then went on to the slow release tablets. This was in Dec 2009 at North Shore.

Funny how there is a standard way of doing things. I asked my MW about stitches vs staples and she said that it usually depends on the surgeon. Staples are quicker. I found that I healed much better with the staples. My wound was completely healed from the outside by the time the dressing was taken off and the staples removed. And there was pretty much no pain in the actual wound....the surrounding area was another story however!

We might've had the same surgeon melnel. You couldn't see my stitches externally either and there were two ball type things at each edge where it was tied off. To remove it the mw just snipped the ends off and pulled it through it one go. It was a weird uncomfortable feeling but didn't hurt. My scar is really minimal also.

I had the morphine pump too but only used it once when the nurse was showing me how to use it. I was fine on the other meds they gave me and got told off because I wasn't taking the panadol consistantly (I thought I was just supposed to take it if I got sore )

ok just searched it, heparin is an anticoagulant (anti clotting) and clexane is a make of drug that contains heparin.

KA the morphine pump thing only lets you have morphine at set intervals (I think 5 mins minimum) and only 4 shots an hour (I think it was 4, you will need to check) so if you press the button before the time interval is up, or more times than you are allowed in an hour it does diddly squat cos it doesn't actually give you the morphine.

cuppatea wrote: ok just searched it, heparin is an anticoagulant (anti clotting) and clexane is a make of drug that contains heparin. KA the morphine pump thing only lets you have morphine at set intervals (I think 5 mins minimum) and only 4 shots an hour (I think it was 4, you will need to check) so if you press the button before the time interval is up, or more times than you are allowed in an hour it does diddly squat cos it doesn't actually give you the morphine.

yeah i know..:) but i felt like i was doing something..she said every five mins but i am pretty sure you were right..kinda like i wanted to suck the gas even after it was switched off.. just made me feel like i as getting relief..they took it away after not that long cause ti was making me sick.. (next morning?he was born 830pm) lucky not like Dad who pukes when he has it!

My ones were like Melnel's - knots at the end and dissolvable. No staples internally either- my OB did stitches. I know because I asked him because I was fascinated with the whole thing.

The anti-clotting must have been administered by IV because I definitely didn't get injections either time.

Had a spinal block first time and epi the second but I was hooked up to the morphine pump with both. Then once it ran out onto the slow release morphine.

And yes I had to wear the sexy stocking socks too. I managed to take them off without being told off on day 2 when I had my shower though.