I found out recently that the hospital can prescribe you oramorph to take home! A lady I know got it to take home, I wish I knew as I would have definitely asked for it too as it was wonderful in hospital (this is in norwich) not sure if you can speak to your midwife about this.. x
I don't remember the pain relief tablets being overly big. I was given dihydrocodeine tablets alongside paracetamol, once your home you can always half them x
@Charlotte yes, will pack paracetamol and ibuprofen at a minimum. Thanks 😊
@Amy interesting! Will ask about this, thanks 😊
@Natalie ah, see... what is big to me may not be big to others that don't struggle 😬 looks like dihydrocodeine isn't ok while breastfeeding?
After I had my section i was given liquid paracetamol and ibuprofen because I could swallow tablets. Coming home I was given dihydrocodeine but I found it made pain worse for me so stopped taking them x
I had codeine prescribed for pain relief - I remember it being quite small to take and I bought myself nuromol for home
Ibuprofen and Paracetamol... only and lactulose for constipation
I had the same issue and ngl they give me the tablets I asked for a spare cup and water just let them dissolve in water and take it that way as they can't crush them... But in regards to coming home I had ibuprofen and paracetamol didn't touch my pain at all... had to have my codeine from when I cracked my rib when coughing I crushed them took them worked wonders for my pain
@Katie I've no idea, I didn't breastfeed with any of mine. I'm not the best at swallowing pills either to be honest but found the tablets to be okay. There's a brand of ibuprofen called Flamingo, I think from Home Bargains. They're coated so they kinda slide right down and they're small as well x
I was given Oramorph to go home with but you can also get dissolvable paracetamol. Doesn't taste great but you just down it 😂
@Katie you can take dihydrocodeine while breastfeeding but speak to the midwives first, my midwives told me I could but only take them for 2-3 days but I didn’t breastfeed in the end x
I’ll be taking my own paracetamol in with me And ibuprofen