Re: question for women who have had babies with

[Guest guest]

Devin ... I had no issues with spAsms during labor... Amazingly! I also had an

epidural. But everyone is different... I would definitely talk with your

doctor.

, California

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On Aug 20, 2011, at 1:18 PM, devin aeh <devinaeh@...> wrote:

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> Hi, everyone. I'm about 12 weeks from delivering my first child and I am

concerned that the labor pains my cause esophageal spasms to start up. I wonder

if the hormones that cause my uterus to contract could also cause my esophagus

to go haywire.

>

> For those of you who have experienced labor with achalasia, what was it like?

Did you have any esophagus problems? Did you have an epidural? Has anyone had an

unmedicated delivery without complications? Ideally I would like to do this drug

free, but I know that if my esophagus decides to steal the show I will probably

have to go right past pain meds to being completely knocked out. My doctors

don't know anything about achalasia and I need to be well informed so I can

educate them and we can all be prepared for whatever might happen. (There are no

doctors in a reasonable driving distance who do, and I'm not willing to drive

3-4 hours while in labor to get to a big city!)

>

> Any advice or personal stories will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

>

> Devin

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>

>

[Guest guest]

I had problems with spasms in the last trimester, mostly because mine are

triggered by gas and the pressure on my stomach happened more frequently when I

was really, really pregnant. Also, due to my myotomy, I had bad problems with

reflux and occasional aspiration when I was sleeping, during the third

trimester. I had to elevate a lot and eat early to avoid it towards the end

there. I also had a partial bowel obstruction that they think was caused by

adhesions due to my myotomy/fundo surgery. That kept me from dilating until they

gave me an enema. Because my labor was so long and I was having intestinal

spasms, I ended up with an epidural which I hated, and if I have another child,

I'm going to work hard to avoid having one. I did not have any spasms when I was

in active labor either, I think since my intestines were empty.

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> >

> > Hi, everyone. I'm about 12 weeks from delivering my first child and I am

concerned that the labor pains my cause esophageal spasms to start up. I wonder

if the hormones that cause my uterus to contract could also cause my esophagus

to go haywire.

> >

> > For those of you who have experienced labor with achalasia, what was it

like? Did you have any esophagus problems? Did you have an epidural? Has anyone

had an unmedicated delivery without complications? Ideally I would like to do

this drug free, but I know that if my esophagus decides to steal the show I will

probably have to go right past pain meds to being completely knocked out. My

doctors don't know anything about achalasia and I need to be well informed so I

can educate them and we can all be prepared for whatever might happen. (There

are no doctors in a reasonable driving distance who do, and I'm not willing to

drive 3-4 hours while in labor to get to a big city!)

> >

> > Any advice or personal stories will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in

advance.

> >

> > Devin

> >

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