Have you ever heard of doctors giving a women in labor MORPHINE to ease the pain instead of an epidural or another form of pain medicine??? This girl I know says that the hospital she went to to deliver her son gave her morphine as a pain killer while she was in labor with her son!! HAS ANYONE HEARD OF THIS BEING USED AS A TYPE OF PAINKILLER DURING LABOR???
2007-01-14 15:30:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Absolutely not. It would affect the baby too much. The baby is best to stay awake to help move its way down the birth canal. Moriphine is not used that often in hospitals at all. It is very strong and used only for people in trauma and cancer patients.
2007-01-14 15:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by GEE-GEE 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stadol and Demerol are the top choices for IV pain relief. The only time I have ever heard of morphine being given is if they came in in the middle of the night and had a LONG ways to go (for instance 1-2cm, 40% effaced and cervix not rotated) we give it with a sleep medicine so that they can rest and be ready to push the next day.. but we do keep a very close check on mom, baby and dilatation. And they have to agree to have it!!!
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2007-01-14 23:40:45 · answer #2 · answered by Mandy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morphine and Demerol are very similar to each other. They may be given in the early or middle stages of labor, but are usually avoided in late labor since they make both mother as well as the infant sleepy. The baby will be monitored all of the time with afetal monitor if mom receives either of these drugs. If the baby is born soon after a dose of Morphine or Demerol (within 2-3 hr) the baby may be sleepy enough that he or she has sluggish breathing efforts. If this happens the caregivers will stimulate the baby by rubbing his back or feet to wake him up. If needed, Narcan can be given to help reverse the effects of Morphine or Demerol. I think Demerol is used more often these days than Morphine, but I suppose there may still be some docs who would give Morphine if it is early enough in labor.
Personally.....I still think it's best to avoid putting anything into your body if possible.
2007-01-14 23:41:29 · answer #3 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Morphine wasn't one of the pain killer options that my hospital provided for labor.
2007-01-14 23:36:09 · answer #4 · answered by mdoud01 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of times women who chose to wait and see with the epidural will be given morphine/demrol and such to try to kill it without the epi
2007-01-14 23:36:49 · answer #5 · answered by marylynn1984 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I actually used this during labour. I was going to refuse it because I wanted to be alert when my daughter came out.. but they said it only lasts 4 hours and it was so I could get some sleep in early labour to have the energy to give bith (good thing too.. because I pushed for 2 hours... and by then.. with no pain killers)
2007-01-14 23:40:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No that is a very stange. I have never heard of morphine i have heard of an epideral. But i think morphine would hurt the baby so this woman is either lying or the hospital gave her something she was not supposed to have.
2007-01-14 23:36:12 · answer #7 · answered by angels192002 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I know of someone who got morphine when she was pregnant and had a kidney infection but she wasn't in labor-just in excuciating pain. Usually they use demerol or stadol.
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/47/3996_2311.htm
2007-01-14 23:36:10 · answer #8 · answered by me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This used to be perfectly normal. It's less popular now, because of concerns about respiratory depression in the newborn, but still completely reasonable if dosages are kept moderate.
2007-01-14 23:52:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know demoral is used often and several of my sisters used it. Apparently morphine is acceptable as well. See:
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:iHyeRNyyXgEJ:www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/PR/00105.html+labor+pain+relief+morphine&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2
2007-01-14 23:36:54 · answer #10 · answered by C.D.N. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋