RANT: I seriously hate taking pain medications because I feel like people will judge me, but in the hospital they were giving me oxycodone when I needed it and I never missed a beat with my baby boy. He was fed and burped on time, changed pretty much as soon as he dirtied his diaper, held all the time. He hardly cried except when I was changing him. But I still feel like people judge. It just hurts so bad making it hard to move and I can't take care of my son if I can't move. I just wish people wouldn't make snap judgments about stuff. I would never take anything if I thought it would impair my judgment and make me not be able to take care of my baby boy. I love him more than anything.
@yesenia5, Exactly. I tried not to take any but I couldn't even roll over in bed. I had a vaginal birth so they said it shouldn't be too bad. Yea right, induction, more than 48 hours of labor, no medicine was helping, had a hot spot with the epidural, tore, giant hemorrhoid (sorry, tmi), and crippling back pain making it difficult physically to walk. I know it could be worse, of course it could be, but it still sucks. Lol. I just hate that people try to make the assumption that you're a bad parent if you take pain meds. If you can't move or function from the pain then how can you take care of your child?
@lizzilarson, lol wow everything I had! barely 3 weeks on Saturday and hemorrhoid barely went away my epidural only worked for 6 hrs and nothing helped the next 12 hrs: ( back still hurts but I ripped too felt like I got hit by a bus lol. use that cream and tucks constantly lots of fiber and take those meds refill if u have to lol babies need us at our best