10 Years Ago, I Got Nubain Without Consenting...

[Shellie]

I was going through some boxes from our office a couple weeks ago and came across a form from my dd's birth. Not sure why it was loose with office supplies and not filed, but I had never read it in its entirity, so I'm glad I found it.

I was induced with Pitocin around 5am, because my water broke the previous night and contractions didn't pick up overnight.

I know that I agreed to one dose of Stadol at around 9am the day my daughter was born, but I was horrified to see that this form shows I also got a dose of Nubain at 11:45am that day. The form says I got 2mg of Stadol but 10mg of Nubain! Prior to reading this, I never understood why I conked out around noon and have hardly any memory of the last couple hours of labor!! (Dd was born at 1:56pm after an hour of pushing.) Dd was born blue and floppy with a heartrate of <40bpm and no respiration. I've always felt tremendous guilt over agreeing to the Stadol, since I felt it caused her condition.

Now I think it probably was the Nubain.

I'm horrified that they gave it to me without asking. My mom, dad and dh were there....we were all very aware of when I got the Stadol but no one ever even uttered "Nubain" to any of us. I was around 8cm at that time--we never would have agreed to more drugs! I was very aware that I shouldn't have a narcotic less than 4 hours from when we thought the baby might be born!

I'm having this baby at the same hospital...scary!

[ramlita]

WOW.
Talk about an 11th-hour discovery!!

That is unacceptable, and we can't assume yours was an isolated case!
How do you feel about your plans to go back to the same people?? (so soon!)

Do you have someone who could come along this time, and make it their focus to watch over things like that? a doula, or assertive friend?

[JoAida]

Not exactly the same, but my mom had a similar situation. She thought that she had lost her mind after delivering my brother, and had guilt issues for his whole life because after his delivery (via c/section) she couldn't hold him. She told the nurse that if they gave him to her she would throw him across the room. She was mean to everyone around her, and could not stand to hold my brother for about 6 hours after his birth. 17 years later, I have DD, and have the same reaction. It was awful, but instead of the doctor just telling me I was "being rediculous" like he (different doc) did to my mom, my doctor explained that I have low blood pressure and was given epi...which can cause extreme irritability and agitation. She cried when I told her about it realizing all these years that she didn't hate my brother when he was born, but that it was the drug that made her like that (she has low b/p also)

I'm sorry about your bad experience, and I would definately have someone in the labor room with you question EVERY single thing they give you. It's really sad that docs/nurses take liberties on medications, but it does happen.

[littlebeagle]

I would definitely bring this to the hospital's attention-- now and during the birth! They need to know that someone did this. The chart probably says who did what, so if that person is still working there, then he/she needs to hear about it. This is just so ridiculous! It makes me so mad just thinking about it! :cuss Make it a point that you want to know every detail and that NOTHING is approved that you don't first approve!!! Grrrr.....

[darsmama]

I agree with littlebeagle.