Hello, all you brilliant people on Lactnet.  My name is Kate Holly, and I am
an LLL Leader who only intended to lurk until I read the posts about
Duramorph.  Last year, my third baby was born by caesarean due to placental
abruption at 35 weeks.  I was given Duramorph in my spinal after the baby was
lifted out of me, and spent the next day fighting its effects.  I cannot
attest to the effects on my baby since he was born with a major heart defect
(d-Transposition of the Great Vessels) and so I did not get to feed him by
mouth for a long time (three months--vocal cord paralyzed open due to phrenic
nerve injury).  But I never would have been able to breastfeed him until the
next day, as doped up as I was.  I had to consciously remember to breathe,
and I was afraid at times that if I went to sleep I would forget to breathe.
There I was, trying to comprehend all that was going on, and I couldn't keep
my head up or my eyes open.  The day Charles was born I attended his
Christening, and had to leave because I was about to fall out of my
wheelchair.   He was going up for a palliative procedure, I didn't know if
I'd see him alive again, and yet I couldn't even hold my head up. I know I
would not have been able to hold him!  Some time later, I had suspicions of a
conspiracy theory, that they doped me up so much because they knew beforehand
that he had a heart defect!  (Of course, they didn't.)  I just couldn't
imagine that they did this to all of the poor mothers who had a caesarean!  I
am so glad I saw your posts on this subject. So I guess we can say that at
least some mothers who receive Duramorph will be unable to care for their
baby.  Now I wonder: is there a big difference in whether it is given in a
spinal or an epidural?  Thanks for your collective wisdom.  I will go back to
lurking.  Bye @-',--------      [log in to unmask]