No IV? Quick help! - Page 3

[Carlyle]

Originally Posted by rockportmama

You can also get water intoxication if they dump too much fluid in your veins. if you need a compromise, offer to accept a heparin lock. This way they have access to your veins *if* they need them, and you can still move around. If you don't need a compromise, just refuse. You're much better off with some light snacks and juices than dumping crap in your veins. Something about God/evolution designed us to eat by mouth... LOL!

What about folks like me who puke the whole time? I couldn't keep any fluids down (or solids either...not for lack of trying tinctures/juices/water/everything!!!) and my mw was worried about dehydration. Is there another route to prevent dehydration in a case like this? (FWIW, I did have problems with swelling, bloated me and baby, increased birth weight, took a while for milk to come in, etc...so I'd like to avoid IV next time even if I'm puking like I'm possessed again...)

[mwherbs]

not really- sometimes you can use ginger or the sea bands and get some relief or an anti-nausea drug.... but that is why I put a few exceptions on my post because sometimes IVs help

[sapphire_chan]

Originally Posted by Carlyle

What about folks like me who puke the whole time? I couldn't keep any fluids down (or solids either...not for lack of trying tinctures/juices/water/everything!!!) and my mw was worried about dehydration. Is there another route to prevent dehydration in a case like this? (FWIW, I did have problems with swelling, bloated me and baby, increased birth weight, took a while for milk to come in, etc...so I'd like to avoid IV next time even if I'm puking like I'm possessed again...)

You'd think that they'd be able to do a reasonable amount of fluid at a reasonable rate instead of just shoving as much fluid through the IV as fast as possible. Like more like what you'd drink if you were keeping things down, I don't know 8 oz an hour or something.

[Carlyle]

Thanks Sapphire_Chan and mwherbs for your thoughts. It's great to get other perspectives about this because I need to decide (soon) whether I'm using the same midwife this time around or not, and I'm curious whether the IV was a good decision or not in my case.

[SallyN]

For me, it hurt like a *#$% and seriously interfered in my ability to cope with labor. Ironically, I think I could have dealt with the pitocin-augmented labor if it hadn't been for the darn IV!