Pethidine.
When i first started teaching birth classes, i knew very little about this drug. I had no experience with pethidine with my 3 births.
Then mums recounted their birth saying “it doesnt work with the pain”
“Sakit jua masih”
“I was very very sleepy”
“I felt like i was drunk”
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Ah ok.
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Then mamas recounted how sometimes this drug is persistently offered. In other words, kana pajal, often times kana marah because mama said no thanks.
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Hmmm ok.
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Then i started hearing stories of sleepy babies and the effects pethidine had on their babies.
Not just from one mum. It became the same song same rhythm. “My baby couldnt feed properly, he was unwell a few days after”. “They tried to buka her baju, she didnt wake up and it concerned the doctors”.
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Alarm bells. Do mothers know this? Are they being explained of the risks? And the benefits if it is necessary?
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What effect has pethidine on your baby? Click on the link on our bio. Very easy reading not too technical, interesting article. #geteducated #notignorant
