Hello, I am very happy to answer your question. After a caesarean section, the pain from the incision often makes the mother unable to rest well. Doctors usually recommend that the mother use an analgesic pump. An analgesic pump is an anesthetist who selects corresponding specifications based on the patient's pain relief needs, presets the appropriate dosage, and injects pain relief drugs to the mother.
After using the analgesic pump, the pain will be significantly reduced or even no longer felt, and you can also have a good rest. So. Are there any side effects of using an "analgesic pump" after a cesarean section?
After using it, the mother's body will not feel pain. In this way, you can have a good rest. When the mother has a good rest, more milk will be secreted, so that the baby can grow better. Therefore, using an analgesic pump after caesarean section is very helpful for mothers to secrete more milk.
Mothers are worried about whether using an analgesic pump will affect their milk supply. In fact, it will not. The tiny amount of analgesic medicine in the analgesic pump will not cause adverse effects on the baby.
On the contrary, after using an analgesic pump, the pain after caesarean section is significantly reduced, and breastfeeding can be started earlier. Early sucking of the baby can establish a strong sucking reflex, thereby promoting the secretion of prolactin, which can Breastfeeding is early and the secretion is high. The drugs used by anesthesiologists for parturient women are at the minimum effective dose and are safe for the baby.
Side effects of pain pumps vary from person to person. Some mothers may suffer from weakened intestinal peristalsis, flatulence, and poor defecation; other mothers may experience reactions such as nausea and vomiting, urinary retention, itching, hypotension, and difficulty breathing. But these are isolated phenomena and the incidence is not high.
I hope my answer can help you! It should be considered standard to use an analgesic pump after a caesarean section, but the pain after a caesarean section really varies from person to person.
My friend and I both used analgesic pumps after the operation, but I didn’t feel any pain after the operation. I don’t know if the analgesic pump worked or if it was just my physical condition, but my friend still didn’t. It hurt so much that I broke into a sweat and said it hurt so much.
Analgesic pump, also known as postoperative analgesic pump. It is a device that helps patients relieve pain after major operations. It is not a patented product for mothers who have had a caesarean section. As long as the analgesic drugs are put into the drug pump at a certain time, the pressure in the pump is slowly pumped into the human vein at a certain speed. You can also adjust it by yourself. When you feel obvious pain, you can add the drug by pressing the patient's own pressure. A pain relief device that provides rapid pain relief. An analgesic pump can help mothers who have had a caesarean section relieve pain. The benefits are obvious:
On the most painful night after the anesthesia wears off after the operation, an analgesic pump will help the mother not to suffer from pain. Sleeping better makes the mother feel comfortable and in a happy mood, which can also promote the early start of breastfeeding. When breastfeeding the baby, because she does not feel the pain of the wound, she can also breastfeed the baby earlier on her side.
However, everything has pros and cons. The side effects of analgesic pumps are:
1. Incomplete analgesia: Because everyone’s physique is different, age and weight will affect it. The effect of the analgesic pump, and it is difficult to achieve complete analgesia in a traumatic surgery;
2. There may be itching: I wore the analgesic pump at night, and my back was extremely itchy early the next morning. It seemed that I was allergic, so I took off the pain pump early the next morning. Some mothers said that they carried it for 3 days and 3 nights.
I removed the analgesic pump, and I didn’t feel much pain from the wound. Maybe my body is relatively tolerant.
3. May cause vomiting and nausea: Some people have relatively poor physical constitution. Anesthesia itself or medication after surgery may cause patients to vomit;
4. Drowsiness: Because the medicine contains Narcotic analgesics and sedatives may cause drowsiness, especially in many elderly people.
But overall, the benefits of the analgesic pump outweigh the drawbacks, and these side effects are still within control. Think about it, a caesarean section is so painful, and the anesthesia after the operation will only last for a while. The wound will really hurt, for some mothers, so you still have to use it. If abnormal symptoms occur, you can remove the analgesic pump in time, and it will basically not have much impact.
Usually, hospitals generally recommend using an analgesic pump for three days. If the pain is still severe after three days, you can ask the doctor to postpone it.
Under normal circumstances, before a caesarean section, the anesthesiologist will ask the mother for her opinion on whether to use an analgesic pump. Surprisingly, many people refuse to use it. Some of them are worried about side effects, some are worried that the medicine will affect the quality of breast milk, and some even ask, will the analgesic pump affect IQ?
An analgesic pump is a device that can be carried with you. It contains an automatic device containing anesthetic drugs. It can inject anesthetic drugs into the human body in a regular and quantitative manner to achieve continuous analgesia. role.
In fact, since the advent of analgesic pumps, the major problem of pain after caesarean section has been truly solved. It is thanks to the analgesic pump that many women survive the first few days after surgery. Let’s talk about the pros and cons of analgesic pumps.
Benefits of analgesic pumps:
The use of analgesic pumps after caesarean section is obviously to reduce the pain caused by surgical trauma. As long as the pain is relieved, the mother will feel better, eat and sleep better. As long as there is no pain, the mother will be willing to get out of bed early and breastfeed her baby. Natural uterine contractions will be better and postpartum recovery will be faster.
Side effects of analgesic pumps:
Analgesic pumps mainly use anesthetic drugs in the device to reduce pain, but clinical drugs must have more or less Side effects. The main side effects of postoperative analgesic pumps include: nausea and vomiting, urinary retention, dizziness, skin itching, etc.
Not everyone will experience side effects. Even if they happen occasionally, they can be alleviated through medical treatment or temporary cessation of use. It will not have a big impact on the health of postpartum mothers. Will using an analgesic pump affect breast milk?
Answer: No
The dosage of drugs in the analgesic pump is professionally calculated by anesthesiologists based on each person's different circumstances. Once the drug enters the body, it will be quickly metabolized by the body. , will not stay in the mother's body for too long, and there is no need to worry about remaining in breast milk and affecting breastfeeding and the baby.
Will analgesic pump affect wound healing?
Answer: No!
So far, through clinical comparison of experimental results between two groups using analgesic pumps and those without analgesic pumps: there is no significant difference! In other words, analgesic pumps have nothing to do with wound healing. Will analgesic pumps affect IQ and memory?
Answer: No!
At present, the main drugs used in analgesic pumps in hospitals are opioids. Some hospitals will also add dezocine, but no matter the dose of the drug or the way the drug is metabolized, it will not cause damage to the brain. It affects IQ and will not affect human memory function.
Conclusion:
In today's advanced medical field, analgesic pumps are simply good news for patients after surgery. If there are no special circumstances and conditions permit, it is recommended to use analgesic pumps after surgery.
Anesthetics for caesarean section are generally lidocaine, ropivacaine, and bupivacaine. They are all local anesthetics that are generally metabolized quickly and have low toxicity. They will not affect milk.
Basically most of the drugs have been metabolized after the mother wakes up, so they will not affect breastfeeding.
The trace amount of analgesics in the analgesic pump will not affect the baby. It will generally be removed within 24 hours to 72 hours and will not affect breastfeeding.
Prenatal pain during normal delivery. If the pain is severe, you can consider painless delivery. Therefore, painless delivery is not available in all hospitals, so some mothers will even consider caesarean section for fear of pain.
In a caesarean section, anesthesia is given during the operation, so there is no pain. However, after the anesthesia wears off, the wound begins to hurt. This pain is also very uncomfortable. Wound pain and contractions are painful. The discomfort of surgery combined with pain may make the mother rely more on her bed and not want to get out of bed.
Jing’s mother had a caesarean section, and the doctor asked if she wanted to use an analgesic pump. But Jing’s father said that he would use whatever was available, so I had an analgesic pump hanging on my body when I came out of the operating room.
An analgesic pump is actually a small device that can control the speed and infuse drugs. The drugs are mainly small doses of analgesics prepared by an anesthesiologist. Sometimes if you feel more pain, you can press it. With that handle, the amount of this medicine will be larger, which can have an analgesic effect.
I seemed to have been using it for three days. I didn’t feel any special sensation when I was using it, but it seemed to hurt a little after I stopped using it. Compared with mothers who do not use one side. Jing’s mother’s situation at that time was as follows:
1. Faster breastfeeding
At that time, I could breastfeed the child directly after coming out of the delivery room, so the child did not drink milk powder after birth. , directly means exclusive breastfeeding. And when I breastfeed on my side, I don’t feel any pain at all.
2. Get out of bed faster
Generally, you have to get out of bed the next day after a caesarean section, but I had the surgery in the morning and got out of bed by myself at night. It feels pretty good too. And I heard from the nurse that there was a woman in the next room who had a caesarean section, and she didn't dare to get out of bed the next night to complain about the pain. He also said that Jingma is relatively strong, and it may be that the analgesic pump has some effect.
3. Sleep better at night
I remember that I only woke up because the baby wanted to drink milk. I had no experience of waking up in pain after giving birth. I slept well and had enough breast milk. I feel better too.
So I think it is still necessary to use an analgesic pump if you want to feel more comfortable during a caesarean section. But Jing’s mother also heard from a netizen that she might be allergic to the analgesic pump. After using it, she felt nauseated and vomited for a long time. After removing the analgesic pump, she was fine.
Topic: Did you use an analgesic pump at that time?
Hello, I am happy to answer your question. I hope my answer below will be helpful to you.
Although pregnant mothers who terminate their pregnancy through cesarean section do not need to experience the pain of "opening fingers" during natural delivery, they cannot avoid the pain after the operation. Pain from the incision and uterine contraction, and in many cases this pain lasts longer than normal delivery, especially in the first few days after surgery. Not to mention getting out of bed early after surgery, turning over in bed is particularly strenuous, as the saying goes As the lyrics go - breathing is painful after a cesarean section. In order to relieve maternal postoperative pain, the anesthesiologist usually asks the maternal whether she needs to use a postoperative analgesic pump when signing the anesthesia informed consent form.
Most of the currently popular analgesic pumps are electronic analgesic pumps. After being connected to the patient's infusion device, it will pump analgesic drugs into the patient's body regularly and quantitatively to achieve analgesic effect. In addition, the analgesic pump will also have a button. If you feel pain, press this button to pump the medicine manually. The analgesic pump after cesarean section is generally used for 1 to 2 days, and it is basically not reimbursable by medical insurance, so you need to pay 300 to 500 yuan out of pocket. Benefits of analgesic pumps
The biggest benefit of analgesic pumps is the relief of postoperative pain. Reduce pain and allow mothers to get out of bed earlier, which is conducive to the recovery of gastrointestinal function and the prevention of venous thrombosis and pressure ulcers in the lower limbs. By reducing pain, the mother can get more rest, reduce anxiety, fear and other negative emotions caused by pain, and she will feel better. Side effects of analgesic pumps
The side effects of using analgesic pumps are mainly related to the analgesic drugs added to them. Side effects currently found include nausea, vomiting, rash, urinary retention, respiratory depression, etc. Nausea and vomiting are relatively common, so antiemetics are also added to current analgesic pumps. The incidence of other symptoms is not high, and most of the symptoms will resolve themselves after stopping using the analgesic pump. Secondly, everyone has different sensitivity to pain, and some people still have unbearable pain after using it. Finally, many people worry that analgesic pumps will affect breastfeeding and surgical wound healing. These claims lack scientific basis.
At present, using an analgesic pump after cesarean section has more advantages than disadvantages. If your conditions permit, Brother Miao recommends using one after surgery.
I am still in confinement and I am also a medical worker.
I really want to give a big thumbs up to the perfect post-operative analgesia after cesarean section
You don’t have to worry about side effects. This is what the doctor has to consider, what drugs can and cannot be used, and what dosage... This is all for the doctor to consider.
At that time, the anesthesiologist asked me if I wanted postoperative analgesia? I said yes! Use good medicine!
Haha, I had the surgery in the morning and I was able to get up at 6pm and walk to the toilet by myself. The pain level after analgesia was acceptable and it was impossible not to feel it at all.
I had three abortions and used an analgesic pump each time. I had to get out of bed the next day after the operation. This step is the biggest test for the mother, because The incision on the body is in the abdomen. If you force yourself to get up and the incision is torn, you will feel pain. At this time, you need someone to help you get up. When you feel pain, you can press the pain relief pump, or you may experience severe pain when getting out of bed. Press again if it hurts. Generally, you won’t feel particularly uncomfortable while lying on the hospital bed and receiving intravenous drip after surgery. I just press it when I get out of bed and move around. I haven't pressed it at other times, and regarding the side effects, I really didn't feel any impact. There is no back pain or bad incision, so some mothers say that back pain or other effects may be due to poor recovery after the operation. The waist must be kept warm, and the patient must get out of bed as soon as possible after the operation, so that the body It will also recover quickly. Finally, I wish you good health. Below is a photo of my baby, who is almost three months old. Come on
Personal experience, it should be used!
I myself had a caesarean section and used an analgesic pump after the caesarean section. I haven’t noticed any side effects so far! 1. Reduce pain, and mothers can get effective rest
The role of analgesic pumps is not to completely relieve pain, but only to reduce pain. In fact, it is similar to anesthetics. Reducing pain is very important for first-time mothers. The mother is already very weak. If she still has to endure the pain, it will be really miserable. She cannot have a good rest at night, which will also affect the mother's mood.
Anyway, I slept well that night. Although it still hurt, it did not affect my rest. On the contrary, the one in the bed next to me was useless. It screamed whenever I moved, not to mention how miserable it was. 2. Parturient women are more courageous to get out of bed and move around
After a caesarean section, the urinary catheter was removed, and the doctor asked me to get out of bed and walk around, so I did. It seemed to be the third day. In the early stage, because of the analgesic pump, my The pain was not very deep, so I just got out of bed and moved around without thinking too much. But after the analgesic pump was withdrawn, the pain became obvious. But I had already gotten out of bed and moved around, so I could only endure my scalp!
As for the side effects of analgesic pumps, some people will experience nausea and vomiting, skin itching, and respiratory depression, but these are only a small number. Besides, doctors are here, and they will deal with problems in time. Since the country agrees to the promotion of such drugs, safety is guaranteed!
I believe that most people are mainly worried about affecting the growth and development of their children and the healing of wounds. In fact, analgesic pumps are generally used two days before surgery, and doctors do not recommend using them for too long, so they will not affect the children. , as for the effect on wound healing, the same is true. It doesn't take long originally. Besides, all surgeries require anesthesia. If it affects wound healing, the hospital cannot implement it.
In summary, I personally support the use of analgesic pumps. Unless the ability to tolerate pain is different from ordinary people, then there is nothing to say!