Guest guest Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Congratulations Judy... I started having my attacks after a 12 month break of them when I was 9 weeks pregnant. The doctors told me that Phenergen was pretty well okay for me to take, as is Reglan. They had me on demerol for pain saying it was safe enough also. But then the demerol was enough to help ease my pain. I was hospitalized 6 times during my 9 months of pregnancy (my daughter came 3 1/2 weeks early..possibly because of the pain meds) and when they weighed me after she was born, I was 10lbs lighter than what I weighed before I fell pregnant. I estimated that I lost about 40lbs during my pregnancy. My daughter was born healthy and normal at 5lb 13oz... My GI was concerned during my whole pregnancy, and told me that he would be prepared for an emergency c-section in case I had an attack during labor. After all the pain I suffered because of the pancreatitis, I felt it my duty to myself to not have to suffer through the pain of child birth also, so opted for the epidural...but the doctor concurred that this was a good idea for me because if I did have an attack, they wouldn't have to worry about me trying to stay still during severe pain to put the epidural in place. Mind you, I never uttered one sound for the 8 hours of pain I had before the epidural...it honestly didn't hurt me as much as the pancreatitis did... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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