Painkillers

by Wishful 7th July 2012, 11:15 am

How long did everyone take their painkillers for? I'm
3 days post op and I'm taking 2 x 30mg of codeine and 2 x 500mg paracetamol four times a day x

by zulka111 7th July 2012, 11:24 am

I did take my co codamol for 5 days, every 6 hours...
On the day 6 had just ibuprofen in the morning once
And didnt have to have anything afterwards.... :)

by 2nd time lucky 7th July 2012, 11:34 am

I took mine for about 9 days as I struggled much more with this B A. than the 1st one, probably because I had c c so the op was a bit more intrusive. Problem with some painkillers is the dreaded constipation which most of us have firstly by the G A. xx

by **COOKIE** 7th July 2012, 11:37 am

My first BA, I just took paracetamol by day 3.

Like Lucky my 2nd I really struggled, but also like Lucky had a much more invasive surgery, so stayed on the heavy meds for 5 days, then just dropped to parecemol of a day and the heavy pain killers for bedtime.

If you feel you don't 'need' the pain killers, it's best to not take them. You feel so much more like your old self once you stop taking those. xx

by bouncyDD 7th July 2012, 12:16 pm

Can i ask if you ladies have high pain thresholds or low? xxx

by 2nd time lucky 7th July 2012, 12:27 pm

Mine is high I think. But there is nothing wrong with having to take painkillers if your threshold is low, why be in pain if you dont need to be hun?.At the end of the day the pain wont last for too long anyway xx

by Wishful 7th July 2012, 12:31 pm

I think my pain threshold is sort of middling (haven't had kids to know extreme pain!)
I still feel like I need them to be honest, might start dropping to one codeine instead of two.
Haha telle about it I actually had to eat 200g of dried apricots last night! My belly was sticking out nearly as much as my boobs!x

by Twinkle3 7th July 2012, 12:45 pm

I loved labour and only had gas and air so I'm hoping that means mine is high. We will soon see... Hysterical

xx

by Wishful 7th July 2012, 12:46 pm

U crazy lady!x

by Princess_x 7th July 2012, 12:49 pm

I took co-codomal for 4 days and then paracetomol until day 7/8. x

by 2nd time lucky 7th July 2012, 12:59 pm

I had no painkillers either with all 4 of my babies ,just a whiff of the gas, so my guess is you are going to do just fine.Its way less painful than having a baby,for sure xxx

by Twinkle3 7th July 2012, 1:05 pm

Thanks lucky that is very very good to know I was hoping someone would say that! I'm so excited yipee

xx

by 2nd time lucky 7th July 2012, 2:12 pm

And we are all very excited for you too Cheerleader

Not long now woohoo

xx

by **COOKIE** 7th July 2012, 8:27 pm

bouncyDD wrote:Can i ask if you ladies have high pain thresholds or low? xxx

It would be best if you didn't psych yourself up for pain post-BA babe, you're only going to get yourself all in a tiz worrying about your pain levels when really lovely, you're going to HONESTLY feel more discomfort than pain and there wont be anything at all you wont be able to control. Between your painkillers and ice packs, everything you'll experience is manageable. So try and put 'pain' out of your head lovely, enjoy the rest the build up to your BA, then afterwards, take YOUR BA experience a day at a time hun, taking pain med when/if you need them - You're gonna be just fine bouncy, so focus on the 'discomfort' you 'will' experience, rather than the 'pain' you 'think' you'll experience :flowers: xx

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