Urinary catheter, Painful??

missjess · Jan 17th, 2008, 15:30 PM

Ok, I've been freaking out on how painful giving birth will be. I'm planning on having an epidural but I can't stop thinking about when they insert the urinary catheter... Is it painfull? I've seen the procedure on youtube and it looks terribly painful.

I'm so scared!

luckyme225 · Jan 17th, 2008, 15:42 PM

The epidural will make you numb from your waist down so you shouldn't feel it when they put it in I believe.

**Wobbles** · Jan 17th, 2008, 15:49 PM

Didn't feel a thing

ablaze · Jan 17th, 2008, 16:03 PM

does everyone get 1 of these with an epi??i cant remember gettin 1!

luckyme225 · Jan 17th, 2008, 16:08 PM

I think it depends on hospital policy. At our hospital you have to have a cath when you get an epi but at the hospital 30 minutes away they don't make you get one.

ablaze · Jan 17th, 2008, 16:30 PM

how wud i know if i had one

sarah29 · Jan 17th, 2008, 17:16 PM

Hi, I didn't feel anything as I was numb from the waist down!!

Jenny · Jan 17th, 2008, 17:18 PM

I got one in before I got my epi done, it hurt but it wasen't terrible. Its quickly done too so you only feel pain for a bit if you get it done without the epi. Which would probably be the case if it was in a situation similar to mine. I wasen't allowed to get up to go pee because of fear of my water breaking since it was preterm labor, so they put it in. But like everyone else said, if its a normal labor/delivery then you won't feel a thing since you'll get the epi beforehand.

Lil_Baby_Boo · Jan 17th, 2008, 17:20 PM

I had an epidural, and I didn't have a catheter until hours in to my labour as I couldn't wee. They made me wee a few times but once I couldn't feel to wee they put one in emptied my bladder and took it out........I didn't feel a thing.

When they took me to theatre they gave me a diff kind of epidural (for c-section even tho i didn't end up having one) which I believe is slightly diff than normal epidural then once Noah was born they put a catheter in and it was taken out about 6 hours later and I had feeling back it was just like a tiny scratch, I had ben told by a friend it hurt rly bad but it didn't at all!

Seriously I wouldn't worry about it.

xx

Tam · Jan 18th, 2008, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Dippy Yvanne

how wud i know if i had one

You wouldn't have been getting up for a wee

I had one without an epidural the first time round, and although it was uncomfy and a slight sting as far as I can remember, it really was nothing on the grand scheme of things.

I never even realised I had one with Alfie until I saw the bag on my shoulder on the way back from theatre

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missjess Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Montreal Posts: 4,794	Urinary catheter, Painful?? Ok, I've been freaking out on how painful giving birth will be. I'm planning on having an epidural but I can't stop thinking about when they insert the urinary catheter... Is it painfull? I've seen the procedure on youtube and it looks terribly painful. I'm so scared!

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luckyme225 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Washington Posts: 6,111	The epidural will make you numb from your waist down so you shouldn't feel it when they put it in I believe.

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luckyme225 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Washington Posts: 6,111	I think it depends on hospital policy. At our hospital you have to have a cath when you get an epi but at the hospital 30 minutes away they don't make you get one.

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sarah29 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 149	Hi, I didn't feel anything as I was numb from the waist down!!

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Jenny Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) Posts: 2,122	I got one in before I got my epi done, it hurt but it wasen't terrible. Its quickly done too so you only feel pain for a bit if you get it done without the epi. Which would probably be the case if it was in a situation similar to mine. I wasen't allowed to get up to go pee because of fear of my water breaking since it was preterm labor, so they put it in. But like everyone else said, if its a normal labor/delivery then you won't feel a thing since you'll get the epi beforehand.

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Lil_Baby_Boo Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Holywell, North Wales! Posts: 2,870	I had an epidural, and I didn't have a catheter until hours in to my labour as I couldn't wee. They made me wee a few times but once I couldn't feel to wee they put one in emptied my bladder and took it out........I didn't feel a thing. When they took me to theatre they gave me a diff kind of epidural (for c-section even tho i didn't end up having one) which I believe is slightly diff than normal epidural then once Noah was born they put a catheter in and it was taken out about 6 hours later and I had feeling back it was just like a tiny scratch, I had ben told by a friend it hurt rly bad but it didn't at all! Seriously I wouldn't worry about it. xx

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