Mom Says Doctors Performed C-Section Without Anesthesia

[NYJoe]

I’m willing to admit it. If men had to have the babies, there would be A LOT less people in the world!

[biscuitmom]

Originally Posted by Hedgehog_Mom

When I had my first c-section, I could feel cutting, tugging, and pulling. I had been given morphine and even though I could feel all of it, none of it hurt. Maybe she experienced something like that, when she was expecting to feel nothing at all?

Originally Posted by germaine2626

That is what I suspect happened. I agree that it did not really "hurt" (during my second C-section) but one of my first thoughts was "What are they doing? Breaking my ribs to get the baby out?".

+1.
I had only an epidural, no morphine or pain killers when I had my twins by C-section. All that cutting and pulling was distinctly unpleasant and unsettling - not really painful, but I did grit my teeth a lot. The doctor had told me exactly what to expect or I would have been alarmed and thought the epidural wasn't working as it should.

[fisheye]

Originally Posted by biscuitmom

+1.
I had only an epidural, no morphine or pain killers when I had my twins by C-section. All that cutting and pulling was distinctly unpleasant and unsettling - not really painful, but I did grit my teeth a lot. The doctor had told me exactly what to expect or I would have been alarmed and thought the epidural wasn't working as it should.

When I got my hemorrhoids removed they kept telling me just one more and I kept asking when they were going to put me to sleep. I did have an IV in my arm and they might have tried to put me under; but I kept counting snips or stiches or something going wrong back there. I finally went to sleep, but to this day; I think that I passed out from the pain.

My hemorrhoids recurred; but I did not volunteer for another surgery!

[Gilah G.]

I had 2 epidurals during my c section.
And yes, I still felt some tugging and twisting. I thought to myself, "am I suppose to be feeling this kind of pressure? " it was quick, but I sure do remember that feeling.

Fast forward to today. A colonostomy.
Best sleep I've had in my life!!!!

[212david51]

First off, if you offer OB services the standard of care is "Thirty Minutes or Less from Decision to Incision." That means when the OB doctor says we have to cut STAT you should be cutting within 30 minutes. That means the doctor, assistant, OR nurse, OR Technician, pediatric staff and the anesthesia provider have to all be immediately available. The anesthesiologist was not so he is going to be primary in the suit. Secondly, you can do a C-section with local anesthesia. It may not be the best but it can be done. I am fairly sure they stuck local in and did not just cut on her bare skin. Now the interesting part, anesthesia people get paid to do epidurals. To do that you have to see the patient in early labor, get a history, do an exam and then stick it in. Had she had one then all that would be needed is to raise the strength of the local agent they were using in the epidural. Where this lady and her lawyer may really make a killing is if an epidural was not offered to her. SOMETIMES a patient has no insurance so they try to "save" her money by not offering elective pain relief. If they can prove the hospital or the OB doctor had a practice of not offering epidurals to poor patients then they got the potential of a class action suit against them by all the patients who never got offered one. LADIES, if you want an epidural then ask for one.