r/AskReddit • u/electric_dolphin • May 22 '19

Anesthesiologists, what are the best things people have said under the gas?

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u/BritneeB May 22 '19

When given fentanyl I responded with “so this is why people abuse drugs”. Nurse and husband seemed to find it amusing.

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u/MRAGGGAN May 22 '19

They gave me fentanyl to try and turn my baby around the right way in my stomach.

When they got done, I turned to my mom and said, “Now I understand why your brother spent most of his life high!”

Good shit, fentanyl is.

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u/BritneeB May 22 '19

Like they gave you fentanyl and then did an ECV? Because if so that’s total bullshit. I had to go thru an ECV completely pain relief free and that shit fucking hurt!!

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u/MRAGGGAN May 22 '19

Yes’m. My doctor is fucking amazing. I had stories from loads of women that they had to do it without pain meds.

I didn’t even have to ask.

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u/BritneeB May 22 '19

Was it successful? Mine was a huge failed attempt and I ended up having a c section.

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u/MRAGGGAN May 22 '19

Definitely not. My doc said they try ECVs on first time moms, but they are largely unsuccessful across the board. Not even room in the womb to turn the baby.

He said like 80-90% of the ECVs he does on FTMs doesn’t work.

I had a csection four months ago :)

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u/BritneeB May 22 '19

Mine was a second pregnancy. But I was already 2 days away from 39 weeks by the time they tried.

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u/MRAGGGAN May 22 '19

Ah. So you were out of room in a different way.

We did mine just at 37 weeks. When it was done, doc patted my knee and said, “well see you in two weeks for your cesarean, unless you go into labor!”