I heard this. I do not understnd how one could nurse if this was the case. Plus, I guess you can not sit up to visit with family that first day, either. I had hoped to allow my other kids to visit but not if I cannot even sit up to hug them or introduce them to the baby.
2006-12-04 13:07:38 · 9 answers · asked by meganmomto2 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
i had a spinal 20 years ago...maybe they're different today because i had to lie completely flat for 8 hours. i wanted to sit up, but if i even so much as raised my head an inch...the headache was excruciating!! "spinal headache" is what my ob/gyn called it. i agree with CRYSTAL...i've had migraines and lower back problems ever since!
2006-12-04 13:18:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
for me it was 8 hours. I wanted to get up so badly, but I couldn't. The only thing the nurse could do was roll me to one side slightly by placing a pillow under me. I had the spinal right before an emergency csection. I was on a morphine pump so I was passed out the first 3 days I was in the hospital. I hope that yours doesn't come down to that. Good luck!
I see where some of these women say they were sitting up.... I was not allowed to. I don't know if it's different from hospital to hospital, but they told me if I were to sit up I could be paralyzed or have migraines for the rest of my life, which I have been diagnosed with since having my son.
2006-12-04 21:11:24 · answer #2 · answered by Mommy To Be in April 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean you have a spinal headache? If so, I got one during a proceedure when I was 12 weeks pregnant. Spinal headaches are not good. I had to lay down FLAT on my back, no pillow etc, for 4 1/2 days. If I sat up I had ringing in my ears, pain, etc. It takes a while for the hole in your spine to patch up. Truthfully, I had residual headaches for a couple months afterwards, but they weren't that bad. You can live with those.
2006-12-04 21:30:44 · answer #3 · answered by tish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a spinal and c-section with my daughter 5 almost 6 months ago and no I did not have to lay on my back. I was sitting up and and visiting and everything! It will be fine. Congratulations!
2006-12-04 21:12:17 · answer #4 · answered by melodi_jean_99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't lie flat on my back. I was actually almost sitting up. You can sit up what you cannot do for 12 hours is walking, and I know cause I had my c-section 4 months ago
2006-12-04 21:11:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't lie flat on my back...but then I didn't have a spinal...I was out completely...I was up walking around two hours after my c-section though.
2006-12-04 23:04:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just had a C-Section 6months ago with the birth of my son and I was able to sit up and nurse and introduce the newest addition to our family.But it might all depend on the Doctor and nurses that you have.
2006-12-04 21:18:05 · answer #7 · answered by country girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't remember having to lay flat for that long. In fact they encouraged me to get up as soon as i could.
2006-12-04 22:05:17 · answer #8 · answered by Lily18 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have never heard of that and I had a spinal and a c-section, once.
I suppose it could be on a case-by case basis. =^..^=
2006-12-04 21:17:00 · answer #9 · answered by rcsanandreas 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋