https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 14:50:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-231780 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:35:39 +0000 Ree723 231780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have any pain meds after childbirth. I had an epidural during labour and ended up with a second degree tear (no idea how many stitches I ended up having but they didn't hurt as the epidural was still working beautifully at that stage). Once the epidural wore off, I was slightly uncomfortable but not in any pain so to speak. I turned down all offers of pain meds as I honestly didn't need any and now 4.5 weeks post partum, I still haven't required any, nor have I used any topical pain relief - maybe I just got lucky but I definitely don't have a high pain tolerance! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-231586 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:05:25 +0000 banana 231586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only took some ibuprofen cause my c-section wasn't too bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-231565 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:45:24 +0000 cvbee 231565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had only some freezing for the episiotomy and stitches and then I was so scared for when it wore off, but i never found it painful enough down there to need any meds at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-231320 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:14:47 +0000 looch 231320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also wanted to mention that a hep-loc was required where I gave birth, so getting pain medication after the birth in an IV would have been possible with no issue for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-231199 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:28:28 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 231199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: I tore going three different ways! It was pretty bad.. I had a posterior birth though, I don't know if that had anything to do with it? I also made the mistake of telling my doctor I didn't want an episiotomy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-231002 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:50:18 +0000 purrpletulips 231002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an epidural but felt all the stitches I received (not sure how many but was told I was 3rd/4th degree) so there seemed to be a lot of them. I was given one Percocet in the delivery room while they were stitching but then just took Motrin and used tons of ice packs while in the hospital. Once home i just took Motrin but not for very long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230944 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:06:47 +0000 Mrs. Pen 230944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: OMG 30 stitches?! How does that even happen?!</p> <p>I didn't have any meds during labor/delivery. I had ibuprofen following birth, and used LOTS of ice paks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230937 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:01:19 +0000 prettylizy 230937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: I was on a baby high too!<br /> No epi, minuscule tear (3 stitches) and I too a couple of ib's fot the next day or two and was fine. Pain was very manageable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230926 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:56:52 +0000 chopsuey 230926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an epidural and 3rd degree tears but didn't take any pain meds. I was on a serious baby high. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230915 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:44:01 +0000 Mrsbells 230915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a c-section, so pain meds were given through my IV. i still had a few pills to swallow but there werent huge </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230879 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:08:51 +0000 mamimami 230879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had pills (don't remember which but there were a bunch -- besides your pain meds there could be antibiotics, etc.) Have you had an IV for any extended amount of time? I couldn't wait to get that mofo out of me!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230816 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:08:01 +0000 littlebug 230816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to suggest liquid, like @Dr. Pepper: said. They'll give you IV pain meds if you ask for it, probably, but they always make me feel really wacky (I've had to get them for unbreakable migraines). I'd try the pill first, and ask for liquid if you really feel you can't swallow them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230782 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 07:52:18 +0000 looch 230782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish I had asked for stronger meds while in the hospital. I had a med free birth but somehow dealt with the pain in the hospital. When I got home, it was terrible, so much so that I had to call the hospital midwives for them to prescribe something for me.</p> <p>My pain was in my tailbone, I still have it to this day, 19 months later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230415 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:27:24 +0000 pastemoo 230415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't take any. I thought I had no pain at all (looking back, it was just a lot less than labor). After a week, when i was home and lifting the baby and walking around was when I needed some Motrin--I took it for 1 week or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230364 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:38:05 +0000 LAGS 230364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have any pain meds during birth and was fine afterwards with some topical cream they gave me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230328 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:04:06 +0000 Dr. Pepper 230328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Many of the oral pain medications also are available in a liquid form. If you are unable to swallow the pills, you can ask if you can get them in a liquid form. Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen, Oxycodone, and Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen are all available in liquid form. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230304 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:13:03 +0000 skibobrown 230304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They gave me a fairly high does of motrin every 8 hours when I was in the hospital, and I believe I had the option of asking for something stronger if I felt like I needed it. (I didn't.) I had to ask for the stool softener... which I definitely suggest doing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230297 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:03:36 +0000 cheesetomywhine 230297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have trouble with big pills but I was able to swallow the ones at the hospital :) I had a med-free birth and was given motrin and tylenol with codine. Also had a stool softener. I would think that if you asked they could give you chewables, though the taste probably isn't good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230280 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:32:32 +0000 mrsnarbonne 230280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>oh, and if you eat a super healthy diet (I followed the traditional Chinese post-partum diet of a lot of steamed leafy veggies, steamed whole grains, and soups and stews), there's no need for a stool softener. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230277 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:29:25 +0000 mrsnarbonne 230277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I occasionally took ibuprofen but one tip I got that I really liked was that I dribbled a tea made out of comfrey leaves onto sanitary pads, and then froze the pads - a combo ice pack/sanitary pad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230193 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:36:14 +0000 BeachMama 230193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a c section and took motrin and Percocet after. They weren't huge pills. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230180 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:22:14 +0000 mrs. wagon 230180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel you, I am horrible at swallowing pills. But I managed to take oxycodone and motrin after my first... until a week later when I hadn't had a bowel movement (depsite taking stool softeners too) and I realized the oxycodone was constipating me. So I stopped with that, and the day I stopped I felt like I was hit by a bus!!! </p> <p>This time around I am managing with motrin. Still pretty beat-up feeling, but it's much less severe this time around since I only pushed for 15 mins this time around.</p> <p>That being said... I had a neck spasm a few months ago and I had to take meds without being able to move my head, so out of necessity I learned how to swallow pills. I still psyche myself out and gag pills from time to time, but unfortunately this was just one of those things where you just have to deal with it and swallow them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230168 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:00:18 +0000 duckduckkristen 230168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't swallow pills either so they gave me the option of liquid Motrin. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230165 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:53:46 +0000 leelee 230165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had got the epi and was numb for about 30 minutes after birth which I was thankful for since I had to get stitches. Once in recovery they gave me Motrin(Breastfeeding makes your uterus contract which gives you really bad cramps) and Vicodin for the pain down there. Both were regular sized pills. They also gave me tucks pads, ice packs, dermoplast spray and the peri bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230154 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:31:47 +0000 mrsmenow 230154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DD #1 and #2 they give you a bottle of Ibuprofen and Vicodin to keep in your room. And then keep track of when you take them and let the nurses know. Then when you go home they send both bottles with you. </p> <p>The Vicodin is the same size as tyenol, so if you can take that I wouldn't worry too much:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230048 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 07:12:02 +0000 pelikila 230048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No epidural and I was given motrin. They were large pills but no bigger than my prenatal vitamin was so I was able to handle swallowing them (all that practice paid off!). They also offered vicodin but I refused because I was breastfeeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230029 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:18:01 +0000 heffalump 230029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cant swallow big pills either but I didn't have a problem. I did have an epidural, but I had a bad tear so the pain started pretty quickly. I don't even remember what they offered for it, but if its a big pill there's usually a solution. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230022 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:57:38 +0000 mediagirl 230022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an epidural and accepted all of the pills they offered until I got a little wonky from the vicodin. After that, I stuck to the motrin. I'm not good with pain and it worked just fine. </p> <p>I wonder if you can crush up the pills in some oj if you need them? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230007 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 01:11:14 +0000 cyndistar3 230007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first birth it was completely med free, I didn't need anything. Though the second one was a c-section so I ended up needing percocet for a week and ibuprophen for a whole month :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pain-management-immediately-after-birth#post-230000 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:30:02 +0000 loveisstrange 230000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a spinal block because of my forceps delivery, so I was still numb from chest down for several hours. Afterwards, they just gave me tylenol every few hours for several days. Worked just fine. I didn't truly need anything stronger, even with all my stitches from my episiotomy. </p>