C-section tomorrow! Tylenol PM tonight?

kimsy

I'm having my c tomorrow morning (eeek!) and have been too excited to sleep the last couple of nights. I was thinking about taking a Tylenol PM at 8:30ish to try to rest up, since I'll obviously be down sleep for a while. But I don't want to be too out of it tomorrow. Did anyone take anything the night before a scheduled C, and if so, do you have any thoughts?

I should mention that both my OB and the anesthesiologist said it was fine to take and that it wouldn't interact with any of the drugs. 

Thanks! 

mlf625

Have you taken it before?  If I take Tylenol PM (or any sleep helper) I feel awful and hungover the next day, so personally, I wouldn't.  If you have taken it and not had adverse results, then do it.  I barely slept the night before either of my c/s.

Good luck tomorrow! 

JENandJEH

Tylenol PM is just Tylenol and Benadryl combined.  If you have an adverse reaction to Benadryl (some people are totally knocked out/out of it for hours on end, others it has no effect on) then I may reconsider. 

christinbeatrice

I took Tylenol & Benadryl the night before - due to contractions, but it helps me sleep.

biblionerd

I definitely wouldn't take it if you've not taken it before. I took it one night in college to make sure I was well-rested for finals... I didn't sleep for way longer than 24 hours. Apparently I'm one of those people with an opposite reaction to it and it made me wired and twitchy like I was going to jump out of my skin. No way would I want that before a c/s!!!

stemms8810

I have taken it before not pregnant and it definitely helped me fall asleep and I don't remember feeling drowsy the next morning.  If you do take it, just take the smallest dose possible.