During labour, delivery, shortly post-partum, etc.
Apropos of a 'blighted ovum' (short form: miscarriage), I ended up in the maternity ward (!!!), having surgery.
Trying to get adequate pain relief before and after the surgery, and sedation so I could sleep the night I was there, was a pain. Not much, and it eventually showed up, but enough of a pain to leave me unconvinced that a hospital birth is the way to go if worried about pain relief. (NB: midwives -- here, anyway -- can prescribe/provide drugs.) Given that all that was, obviously, without any concern vis-a-vis a baby and the effect of the drugs on same, I'm wondering how often there's a substantial delay in getting pain control when needed and requested.
As it was, I was left feeling like I should apologise -- and did, and was less than thrilled with the reaction. There was a lot of "Of course you're going to be in some pain!" Yeah -- but I didn't expect to have the minimum done for it when in a hospital.
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2006-12-13
21:48:02
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