Hi, All:  I'm a little behind in my readings due to an unexpected 2 day stay in 
our cardiac unit.  Fortunately, all is well, and thanks, Kris, for providing 
coverage one floor up on OB!  The cardiac nurses threatened to take my 
phone and the computer away!  I really got to thinking after reading the study 
on epidurals - most epidural "cocktails" in the USA do contain Fentanyl - have 
any of you ever been given Fentanyl?  Most conscious sedation "cocktails" 
also contain Fentanyl and I had the pleasure a couple of years ago to have 
been given conscious sedation during my pacemaker implant.  I was given 
Vistaril (another narcotic sedative) and Fentanyl for the procedure and being 
conscious is about the only coherent thought one has when on this 
medication.  I couldn't have told anyone which end was up, although I was 
totally aware of what was going on in the room.  I realized later that the 
surgeon must have told the nurse to give me more after I uttered an expletive 
when I heard her say what "teeny" veins I had as she was attempting to 
thread the 2 leads down into my heart because I remember waking up 
sometime later still in the OR.  I spent the rest of the day sleeping off the 
effects of the anesthesia.  So... leaves me wondering how co-ordinated one 
should expect a neurologically immature newborn to be after being exposed to 
Fentanyl for hours on end thru mom's epidural and how long it should take for 
the effects to wear off.

Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL   USA

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