Narcotic pain killers
Hi ladies, does anyone take any kind of narcotic pain killers (for intense pain relief) during their pregnancy?
I had 2 foot surgeries last year and have had nothing but problems since the second one in November. I have been seeing a pain management specialist who put me on Lyrica (a medication for nerve pain) and percoset for pain. When I found out I was pregnant, I stopped everything immidiatly but I am getting to the point where the pain in my foot is so bad that most days I can barely walk on it. On really bad days, I can't at all. I will spend an hour or so cleaning the house and I get stabbing shooting pain in my foot while just standing around and that is added to the general dull aching and burning I feel. This is affecting me so much. I am on a short fuse when the pain gets really bad and I don't feel like I am being a good mother to my 2 older children (they are 6 1/2 and 5). I want to be able to be active and walk daily with my children but I can't. I hate going to the store (grocery store, mall whatever) because I am in tears halfway through. I have seen the pain management docs since being pregnant and they keep saying I am stuck between a rock and a hard place, there isn't a whole lot I can do while pregnant and breastfeeding (I plan on breastfeeding/pumping for at least 6 months with this one). I have started taking ibuprofen 800 again which doesn't help with the pain but helps with the swelling. The doctor just perscribed some lidoderm patches to try but I have had lidocaine injections in my foot since surgery and it hasn't helped. He said I could go back to taking the percoset but it was my choice and you risk the baby being addicted to it at birth. They are consulting with my high risk OB about this but I am just thinking that they will all say the same thing, it is my choice and I just don't want to make that choice. At this point, I just want to cut my damn foot off and be done with it.
Sorry to ramble on, I am just wondering if there is anyone else out there that has had to take some sort of narcotic pain medication while pregnant and what they went through/are going through. I would love to hear about anyone that can relate or give me some more insight from a pregnant point of view. I appreciate it greatly!
No judgement please to those that don't agree. I don't mind differing opinions but I don't want to hear I am a bad mom for even considering this. Thanks!
I had 2 foot surgeries last year and have had nothing but problems since the second one in November. I have been seeing a pain management specialist who put me on Lyrica (a medication for nerve pain) and percoset for pain. When I found out I was pregnant, I stopped everything immidiatly but I am getting to the point where the pain in my foot is so bad that most days I can barely walk on it. On really bad days, I can't at all. I will spend an hour or so cleaning the house and I get stabbing shooting pain in my foot while just standing around and that is added to the general dull aching and burning I feel. This is affecting me so much. I am on a short fuse when the pain gets really bad and I don't feel like I am being a good mother to my 2 older children (they are 6 1/2 and 5). I want to be able to be active and walk daily with my children but I can't. I hate going to the store (grocery store, mall whatever) because I am in tears halfway through. I have seen the pain management docs since being pregnant and they keep saying I am stuck between a rock and a hard place, there isn't a whole lot I can do while pregnant and breastfeeding (I plan on breastfeeding/pumping for at least 6 months with this one). I have started taking ibuprofen 800 again which doesn't help with the pain but helps with the swelling. The doctor just perscribed some lidoderm patches to try but I have had lidocaine injections in my foot since surgery and it hasn't helped. He said I could go back to taking the percoset but it was my choice and you risk the baby being addicted to it at birth. They are consulting with my high risk OB about this but I am just thinking that they will all say the same thing, it is my choice and I just don't want to make that choice. At this point, I just want to cut my damn foot off and be done with it.
Sorry to ramble on, I am just wondering if there is anyone else out there that has had to take some sort of narcotic pain medication while pregnant and what they went through/are going through. I would love to hear about anyone that can relate or give me some more insight from a pregnant point of view. I appreciate it greatly!
No judgement please to those that don't agree. I don't mind differing opinions but I don't want to hear I am a bad mom for even considering this. Thanks!
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Just curious, what part of Phoenix are you in? We are in Laveen.
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I can't believe all you went through over there! We have been through a crazy time with our sons traumatic birth. After 20 hours of labor, I was finally able to start pushing but they told me that my cervix was swollen which is a sign of cephalopelvic disproportion (babies head too big to fit through my pelvis). After 3 1/2 hours of pushing with little progress and many different positions, they decided to use a vacuum. The vacuum popped off 5 times before the doctor finally said we have to do a c/s now. He was delivered quickly after that but had a large hematoma on his head from the vacuum. He ended up in the nicu for that and because his bilirubin levels were rising due to the head injury. He came home almst 3 weeks later and did really well. He had a club foot at birth which was repaired later. We also found out he only had 1 kidney and an extra half of a vertabrae which is causing moderate scoliosis. He had his heart surgery when he was 8 months old and did really well after that until his head started tracking large at 10 months. He was diagnosed with hydrocephalus at 10 months and we think this is a result of his birth injury. He has developmental delays and he is in special ed but he is doing so well. He is the happiest, sweetest most outgoing little man and we just so happy with that.
We are hoping this one has red hair like daddy because my kids have gotten all my genes lol. Maybe we will get lucky and have the last one have a little of daddy. I would love to have at least 1 red head.
Anyway thanks for all the info, it definitely gives me something to look into.