Recovery after theatre
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Topic: Recovery after theatre
Posted By: Buttersmum
Subject: Recovery after theatre
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 1:36pm
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Hi guys
Just a quick question............How long did you spend in recovery after your c-section before you went back to your room?? The reason I'm asking is that my Mum is going to be my support person in theatre as my DH is pretty sensitive to medical stuff but I'm hoping that when I go to recovery he can come up then and spend some alone time with me meeting his little girl before the rest of the family. TIA  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 my little blobby April 09 "gone but will never be forgotten xx"
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 3:13pm
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It's all a bit of a haze TBH but I think I was there for probably about half an hour or so while they got my room ready. JJ was whisked off to SCBU though (and DH went with him, at my request) so it was just lil old me on my lonesome - might have been different if I had a bubba with me. ------------- 
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Posted By: jano1
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 7:15pm
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I think I was in there for 45mins to an hour, we had the first breast feed in recovery and that seemed to take ages ------------- http://www.thebump.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=UBB&utm_campaign=tickers"> |
Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 7:23pm
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I was being heavily monitered, at least an hour - like weegee said, it was very hazy and drugged up so my memory isn't the best. I didn't have my girl with me, and wasn't allowed a support person in recovery. ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 7:51pm
I was in recovery for about an hour if I remember. First time around I have no idea, but since the second time was recently, I remember coming out and being starving, and it was around dinner time so they brought me something to eat and drink and did all my paperwork and got my room ready while I breastfed and ate. 
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 10:48pm
| I was in recovery all up for about 20/30 minutes...5/10 minutes by myself as DH went down to NNU with the girls, and then he came up and took me down to NNU when my obs were all good and my morphine pump was in place and working. I just asked him and he said about 30 mins all up. I didn't have my girls with me at any time though (to be fair, they were born at 33w4d) - only got brief skin to skin in theatre, and then got to "meet" them properly and have mega skin on skin time after I got out of recovery (we all dozed together). |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 6:14am
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I thought I was in recovery for about 2 hours. I had to have an extra drug to bring my blood pressure up though cos it was very low and people kept looking at it and umming and arring about it so maybe that was why.
Baby was with me the whole time, only time he left my side was when the mw and DH dressed him but then he was only a few feet away and I was telling DH what clothes to put on him..lol Yeah just remember it must have been that long cos the porter who wheeled me up to the maternity ward asked how old and DH told him 2 hours and the porter was saying that he loved to see all the newbies. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: littlestar
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 7:29am
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Its all a bit of a haze - but I don't think I was in recovery for long (an hour or two maybe) DH was able to be there with me, which was nice as I don't think I should have been left alone with the baby!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 12:49pm
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I was in there for about 2.5 hours cos I'd lost a lot of blood and my uterus wouldnt contract properly, they had to try and lacth jae on to help contract it faster so I wouldnt keep losing so much blood. She was out at 9.55am and I got to my room at 12.30pm ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 1:02pm
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i was in 1.5 hours the first time and i think an hour the second(first emergency) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 3:27pm
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LOL Lisa! Tell that husband of yours that I said to grow a pair :P Once you go into recovery after the initial surgery, your MW will bugger off down to the pokey little waiting room he'll be jammed into with all the other chicken dads and he'll be allowed in to see you as soon as you exit theatre. Dont you worry, he'll see you and baby within an hour of you going in (provided all goes smooth - which it will!) Matt was the same - Mum was my support person. ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Buttersmum
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 6:55pm
Haha Angel yeah he's a sensitive wee thing Thats cool to know too.
Thanks everyone for your responses. Sux being the newbie ------------- http://lilypie.com">
my little blobby April 09 "gone but will never be forgotten xx"
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 8:36pm
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Thats what we're here for! ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 11:54am
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there is no way in hell i wouldnt have got Dh to be there:) he got me in that situation..and he never had to see anything icky.. good on you for being open to it cause i wouldnt have been:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 9:19pm
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I wouldve coped without my DH in there with me.......hes my rock
I was in recovery for 3.5hrs as i was on a lot of blood pressure medication and I had to be weaned off slowly......my blood pressure kept dropping hence why i needed so much meds. Had DH in there and then my son and MIL came in and then my friend and neice came in ............then the boss lady came in and told everyone to get out as they werent allowed in there......LOL......i didnt know i was gonna be in so long so had told my friends to come to hosp etc |
Posted By: Leelee
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 10:00pm
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I was in recovery for close to over 2 hours, they waited until the spinal wore of and the the nurse had to go on a break so we were left there waiting until she came back. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 10:32pm
Hehe, the way I thought of it, is that I would rather that they were focussing 100% on me instead of trying to pick DH up off the floor. He confided that it was even the thought that they were cutting me open that made him squeamish, so actually being in there....not an option. I don't mind, he woulda made me nervous with his pacing LOL |
ElfsMum wrote:Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 11:53pm
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Ummmm, with Caden(emergency C Section) I was in recovery for maybe nearly an hour..cant really remember tho lol. For Isabella I was probably in there for half an hour or 40 mins, I remember I was bleeding more than they would have liekd so kept me in for a bit while I passed clots(lovely!).
(Both times)They just checked my blood pressure and bleeding and changed my sheets and all that jazz. I breastfed while this was going on. ------------- |
Posted By: MrsH23
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 9:01am
I spent close to 2 hours I think (after the drugged haze I can't remember) DS was taken straight up to the cardio ward with DH so Mum waited for me in the recovery room (it was around 1am so was very quiet) I was vomiting and had the shakes pretty bad but went up to the room once that had subsided. It was about 2 hrs before I could see DS once he was born  he had and ectopic heartbeat during labour so they wanted to make sure it wasn't anything too serious.------------- Lisa mummy to Ryan http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 5:12pm
true i never thought about it like that.. i guess i think well too bad if he feels squemish i dont feel bloody great either:) hehe...my Dh got to clean up vomit both times too the lucky guy ;) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 22 April 2010 at 9:15am
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Total haze for me as well I think it was one or two hours. My DH was there but my Mum and sister popped in at some point as well. I remember the girls were in an incubator for a while them my Mum dressed them and I got to get some cuddles :) -------------  
TTC #3 since Jan 2010 - PCOS MC April 2010 |
Posted By: Lou160
Date Posted: 24 April 2010 at 10:28pm
| I cant remember exactly but Megan was born at 3:40 am and i didnt get back to my room till after 5 so id guess a hour, ifs a huge blur though! |
Posted By: Manda08
Date Posted: 24 April 2010 at 11:03pm
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For me DS was born at 2.24pm, i didnt get up to the ward till around 7pm... I had to have a transfussion and that though and they were deciding if they were going to take me in to operate on me again, so was touch and go for a while for me, although i felt great i thought! My DP went out and Mum came in, they kept swapping. Few times they were both in there. We were lucky though... ------------- 
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 25 April 2010 at 9:09am
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I have no idea... Hmmm I got a text from DH when he got home at about 4am and Jake was delivered at 12.30am and it took them just shy of 2 hours to put me back together, so recovery about 2.30am.. so about an hour I reckon.
That said, DH left the theatre with Jake about 20 minutes before I was wheeled to recovery (might have been less or more but it felt like about 20 minutes LOL). If it were me (and i thought it would be because my DH is NOT good around blood and needle ect) then DH would actually be waiting in recovery for me. As it turned out there was no way DH was going to miss the arrival of his baby, he sucked it up big time. -------------   
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Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 10:21am
| My first two i was in recovery for about 2-3hours but I don't remember any of it- they were emergencies and I had to have generals, with my 3rd it was only about 45mins, and with my 4th is was less than half an hour- they were both electives with spinal blocks. But I was in surgery for about an hour each time, baby comes out pretty quickly and then it takes about 45mins for them to staple and sew you back up. To be honest recovery isn't always terribly pleasant, shakes, nausea, staff in everywhere! |
Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 10:28am
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On the other hand, having DH in surgery was great, he sat up by my head (unless they want to they don't see anything) when baby was pulled out they held them up for us to see, then the paedi team does their bit, 5-10mins later they give baby to DH, and for the next half hour or so while they put you back together DH just sits with baby next to your head. To me, that was the best part, quiet, calm, and tho there's a bunch of staff in the room it feels just like you DH and baby.+Just+my+opinion,+=)
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 10:33am
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tic tac junkie, thats how it was with me for #2 as well, they pulled her out, cut the cord, held her up for us to see then cleaned/wrapped her up and gave her to DP to hold while they stitched me up, and they lay/held her up by my head so I could see her better, one of the midiwves even managed to get a little video of that bit too ... I got to have her on me once I was wheeled into recovery and do the skin-to-skin and attempt to latch her on for first feed etc... was awesome compared to #1 ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003
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Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 1:40pm
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It's definitely much nicer with an elective! Good staff make a huge difference too. Our last anaethetist technician was lovely, she took camera off DH once he had been given dd and took a few photos for us. One is absolutely my favorite- DH and I with our silly caps on either side of dd gazing at her while she's facing the camera howling her head off! I love it, =)
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 8:05pm
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I'm so gutted as both times...first emergency second was supposed to be elective but i went into labour..they both had to be helped so didnt get them held up to me:( ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 11:21pm
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Just thought i'd add my 2 cents in now that we're all finished with. I spent 3 hours in recovery on tuesday because I had heavy bleeding/clotting that wouldnt stop. Lost 600ml of blood while I was in recovery itself! The nurses in there are super nice and take really good care of you :D ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 28 May 2010 at 1:29pm
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ick Alex that sucks, I had the same thing! I think I was in recovery about 2 hours with bella as I had heavy bleeding and clots, mmm lovely.
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 28 May 2010 at 2:17pm
yeah, I had the same problem, my mw tried to latch jae on to get my uterus to contract back down quicker as I was still losing quite a bit of blood... they hummed and hah'ed about doing a transfusion at the time, but decided to watch my iron levels instead, any further decline and they would have done a transfusion... they couldnt understand why I was able to walk around without keeling over!!  ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003
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Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 29 May 2010 at 12:33am
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I didn't have any recovery room thing...but it was a super small hospital and as far as I can recall once they stitched me up, I was wheeled to my proper room where my mum was waiting (DH was with me). I guess the proper room was my recovery room, who knows!
I know that when DS was handed to me, I just couldn't hold him so I got DH to take him off me...I was all shakey and crazy hahaha! ------------- 
 Oct 11
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Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 30 May 2010 at 12:43am
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 01 June 2010 at 9:57am
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i found the shakes didnt last long this time - only while I was in theatre but they mananged to stop it :D
Oh and side note: Husband corrected me on my post - it was 600ml IN theatre and another half a litre in recovery >< either way it was WAY too much! ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 02 June 2010 at 10:55pm
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I got the shivers after Bella, wasnt too bad, I just had chattery teeth and stuff, I dont think I had that after Cadens birth...cant really remember though lol
I lost 1000ml of blood with each of mine in theater, after Caden I had to have a blood transfusion as my iron levels plumeted to the point where I was dizzy and almost passing out, so scary. ------------- |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 03 June 2010 at 8:20am
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My shakes stopped as soon as i was stitched up.. my drug man gave me something right away as i had them real bad, looked more like mild convulsions from the boobs up
I did not like them at all! -------------
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Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 10:38pm
| My shakes always started after everything was done, i.e. about 15mins after surgery while in recovery, they lasted for about an hour. Maybe it depends on what stage of the whole process they give you whatever it is that gives you shakes? |
Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 3:40am
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Its the morphine in the epi/spinal that gives you the shakes. You can get them afterwards if you're on the IV morphine - although they dont tend to give that to you now - you get oxycodin instead. ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Emmi_
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:12am
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I was in recovery for 3.5 hours, cos they didnt have a room to move me to. I lost a litre of blood in surgery, and had the shakes real bad during surgery, freaked me out cos I was sure I was going to shake and make them cut something they shouldnt!
Mine was an emergency c sect at midnight, I had DH with me, and my mum and sister (who had been with me labouring) waiting for me to come out. They wernt allowed in recovery and mum was going spare so they waited in the corridor and they wheeled me really slow into recovery (across the corridor!) so mum could see I was ok, was real sweet! ------------- 
+1 May 09 Angel
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Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 10:31pm
| Yep they put me on morphine pump (for first 24Hrs then it was only paracetamol) with all of them. I don't recall being given morphine during surgery. My last was in Aug 08, next is in Nov this year, will be interesting to see if our hospital has changed to giving the oxy-whatsit instead. |
Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 4:48pm
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yikes... I was packing all the stuff i have accumulated on my computer desk when we moved everything around this weekend, and came across my discharge papers.. apparently I lost 2000mls of blood no wonder they were scratching their heads when i said I felt fine walking around, no dizziness etc!
Oh and I had morphine with #1 and cannot remember much after he was taken out (only snippets like suddenly being in recovery and patting my now 'flat' tummy, then suddenly im in a ward by myself and talking to the local radio station... I was bored and high LOL!) but with #2 I only had Pethidine in the PCP. I had a galbladder op a couple of months ago and had morphine after that... I never want it again! It made my skin itch as it went in (I could feel it going up my veins as the itchiness travelled up the same way!) then suddenly I would drift in and out of lucidness... I'd stop mid-eating then suddenly realise what I was doing and carried on eating... and the vomiting!! I had had more than enough of that while preg, so I wasnt about to take medication that MADE it happen... so they switched me to tramadol. ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003
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Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 6:43pm
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I had the shakes before it was even known I had to have c sect..probably coz I was losing blood coz of abruption?? Dunno, I should really get my notes! -------------
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