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3/24/2009
4:32 pm
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Sister in pain
Hi Dr. Camann, My sister had a natural birth at home (she was not able to make it to the hospital). Afterwards the Paramedic would not give her any pain killers and she was in A LOT of pain. Why was she not able to take pain medicine after she gave birth??? |
3/30/2009
7:32 pm |
Hello: It really is impossible to determine why no pain medications were used. While pain medications are used more routinely in the hospital than in out-of-hospital settings, the exact details of your sister's birth are not known to me, thus it is impossible to answer this question. Just as pure speculation, perhaps the paramedics did not have any pain medicatio.... Read More  |
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William Camann, M.D., is the director of obstetric anesthesia at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, one of the most respected health care institutions in the world. Dr. Camann is also an associate professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, immediate past-president of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, and co-author of
Easy Labor: Every Woman’s Guide to Choosing Less Pain and More Joy During Childbirth (Random House, 2006).
