# I'm about to become a mom of two! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288 "2007-04-23T09:15:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/1 "2007-04-23T09:15:29Z")
In about 3 hours. I’m not actually in labor now, but I’m about to leave for the hospital, where a scheduled C-section awaits. **Draax** , **BabyDraax** , and I are in for some big changes, so wish us luck! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/2 "2007-04-23T09:23:04Z")
Luck! Say yes to drugs! Remember it’s a lot easier to keep post-surgical pain away than to fight it back once you feel it. Prophylactic Dilaudid is the only way to fly. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/3 "2007-04-23T11:11:12Z")
We want pics! Best wishes 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/4 "2007-04-23T11:59:07Z")
Best wishes. As the father of twins, I can say with certainty that your life is suddenly going to be exponentially more interesting. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/5 "2007-04-23T12:28:52Z")
Wow! You probably have had them by now, but sending lucky thoughts your way! Wishing you a lifetime of joy and happiness with your new family! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/6 "2007-04-23T13:49:26Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Luck! Say yes to drugs!\*\* Remember it’s a lot easier to keep post-surgical pain away than to fight it back once you feel it.\*\* Prophylactic Dilaudid is the only way to fly. 😃 [/QUOTE] Preach it. My epidural didn’t take because they waited too long. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/7 "2007-04-23T13:55:30Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Preach it. My epidural didn’t take because they waited too long. [/QUOTE] Great googly-moogly! They did an epidural for a c-section and it didn’t take?! And they cut you open anyway? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/8 "2007-04-23T14:37:15Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Great googly-moogly! They did an epidural for a c-section and it didn’t take?! And they cut you open anyway? :eek: [/QUOTE] :: curls up and hides :: Wow. Women _are_ the tougher sex. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/9 "2007-04-23T15:08:31Z")
Woohoo for NightingBabies! Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/10 "2007-04-23T15:12:05Z")
My apologies, **Nightingale** … congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/11 "2007-04-23T16:46:23Z")
Sending good thoughts your way! ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/12 "2007-04-23T16:59:19Z")
Congratulations! We get pics now, right? ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/13 "2007-04-23T17:12:20Z")
Yay! Many congratulations! Is this your first C-section? I had three of them, and if you have any questions or I can otherwise be of assistance, you can even email me off-boards. BTW, I know it’s probably over by now, but for others and for future reference, if your nurse anesthetist offers you something in your IV, once everything is over, to “relax” you, say YES, YES, YES! That happened with my last one, and I don’t know what she put in there, but it was _nice_🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/14 "2007-04-23T18:05:55Z")
Hey Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of this hat. (sorry) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/15 "2007-04-23T18:18:20Z")
[QUOTE=norinew] BTW, I know it’s probably over by now, but for others and for future reference, if your nurse anesthetist offers you something in your IV, once everything is over, to “relax” you, say YES, YES, YES! That happened with my last one, and I don’t know what she put in there, but it was _nice_🙂 . [/QUOTE] That was probably the Dilaudid. It’s an opiod painkiller and euphoric. It’s also a street substitution for heroin and morphine. That’s what they gave me after my horrible-scary-no-good-very-bad emergency c-section at 23 weeks, and I was just happy enough to act like everything was normal. My friends who came were (I found out later) debating in the bathroom if I was suffering some sort of psychotic break because I was so bloody calm about the whole thing. “Don’t you think she should cry or scream or rant or be scared or something? She’s totally in massive denial, isn’t she?” “Nope,” said the experienced nurse among them, “She’s on Dilaudid. Let her enjoy it while it lasts.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/16 "2007-04-23T18:48:33Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > That was probably the Dilaudid. I don’t think so. I’ve had IV Dilaudid, and it _is_ nice, but it gives me a _very_ definite sensation that was not present at that time (it’s real strange with Dilaudid; it goes into my IV, and I get a dull ache in my shoulders and the top of my head; that lasts about 2 seconds, and then, _wham!_ totally stoned). Also, I’d already had Duramorph in the catheter in my spinal block. Duramorph, for anyone who’s not familiar, is a super-long-lasting morphine that is administered spinally. The pain relief lasts 18-24 hours. My nurse told me that sometimes it actually is not such a good thing, because post-ops feel so good that they move _a lot_, then when the Duramorph wears off, they feel like they’ve been hit by a Mack truck. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-become-a-mom-of-two/401288/17 "2007-04-23T21:11:34Z")
Well, you _know_ how it is with Babies! You can’t eat _just one!!_ 😃 😛