I've talked to a few other ladies who've had a c-section and they said they were given suppositories of some kind of drug for pain relief.
Are we, as j-pouchers, allowed to have the suppositories? I haven't had one since before surgery. That was 10 years ago!!
Also, are there any drugs they should avoid giving me? Anything too hard on the stomach?

We have suppositories prescribed all the time (for treating cuffitis and pouchitis). However, I never had any with my c-section, just Demerol injections. Tylenol with codeine on discharge.

Jan

Jan, I never thought of the suppositories we have with pouchitis. Sometimes, my mind is not all there! lol

I guess I am just scared of being put on a drug I've never been on.....just like the spinal or epidural. I am scared out of my mind to have a reaction!

The only pain relief I got for the c-section were narcotics which turned out to make me very sick. Ultimately, I was given Tramadol which was a godsend for me. However, this surgery is so different from our other ones. I needed pain relief for just like two days and that was due to incisional pain. I was never offered any kind of suppository.
What I was left with after the c-section was not so much pain as exhaustion and that really surprised me.

Hey Missa,

I did not have any suppositores at all with my c-section. I was also not given narcotics, I believe I had Tramadol as well. Also, I was only on the pain killers for a few days too. You'll be amazed at how different this surgery will be.

I know that having the c-section is very scary, I was a nervous reck before mine too. Just remember that the doctors are going to be monitoring you very close during the surgery, so try not to worry to much. During your surgery try to focus on the fact that your going to meet your precious little boy. Keeping my focus on that and my husband helped me not be so scared during the procedure.

Good luck and enjoy the final stages of your pregnancy, your almost there!

Thanks ladies!

It seems that with every new surgery, I am more scared. It's funny because every surgery I've had after my two-step for UC has been minor. ie..breast reduction...etc..
Medical procedures scare me so much now!
I know that once it is over, I'll realize I made a big deal out of nothing.

I agree with the other ladies...this surgery is a piece of cake compared to what you've been through. I went home taking only extra strength tylenol, never had suppositories.

I was really freaked out before my section about hearing the drs talk about what they were doing. I told my OB about it and he agreed that they would try to be quiet as they worked. IN addition, I wore a meditation tape in the OR and kept it on until my husband told me they were about ready to deliver Alex. That way I was really tuned out. I could hear my husband talking iwth the anesthesiologist, but that was about it. It really helped me to stay calm.

Once the baby arrives, you'll forget everything else, believe me! YOu'll be focused on hearing the baby cry, wanting to be sure the baby is okay and such things. Then when the baby is brought to you, forget it. They could be totally dismantling you behind that sheet and you won't know or care.

Missa, Though I wasn't on the receiving end of a c-section, I can tell you it didn't seem too bad. My wife just had a c-section 7 weeks ago delivering twins. It seemed pretty fast to me, once she was on the operating room table both babies were out in 15 minutes, and than only another 20-30 minutes until she was leaving the operating room. She got pain meds once the twins were out in her IV, than percocet every 4 hours for a day. She seemed to tolerate the pain very well, I was expecting her to be worse because I remember the pain I had from the pouch surgery. She was in such good shape we even left the hospital a day early, though they wanted her to stay to get rest for the coming nights of sleeplessness of feeding the twins. Good Luck and don't be scared, the surgery is nothing compared to the pouch surgery,its the baby crying at 3 in the morning that is going to wear you out. Scott Mc