Well, I had my little guy last Monday. I will post a birth story shortly, but wanted to share this part, since I wasn't expecting it. I was GBS+, so no problem, I will just get an IV of antibiotics at the hospital, right? Well, sort of...
The made me wait 4 hours from the start of the antibiotics till they would break my water (unless it went on its own), to give the meds time to get into my system.
The worst part was, that the IV of the drugs hurt like HECK!!! I could feel it burning in my hand and arm from the point it went in, it literally felt like the skin was melting off my arm. It was more excruciating than the contractions. I was not expecting that, and even the nurse was surprised at my reaction. She said it might sting a little, but nothing like I expereinced!
I don't want to scare anyone, just let you know, since I had no idea that this could happen
Re: Interesting result from GBS+ antibiotics
I wonder if they had the flow on too high. This happened to me once when I was being injected with something to look for kidney stones. It burned so bad I was crying because of that pain instead of the kidney stone pain. The nurse said that it shouldn't be hurting, basically called me crazy.
I talked to a rad. tech. guy I was friends with, he said that some drugs, even if they are gentle, can give you a chemical burn inside of your veins. Ever since then, ANY drug that I've gotten in that vein (morphine and anesthesia) have burned like a motha... but if I have the IV in the other arm, no pain!
Yup. I was GBS+ with my DD and I thought that the IV antibiotics hurt worse than the contractions, pushing, episiotomy and stiches. I was definitely not expecting the IV to be that painful.
I am dreading having to have them again if I am GBS+ again.