Best medications to give postpartum woman after vaginal delivery?

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Working on the women's and children's floor of my hospital and we are trying to figure out the best medication, best things to give postpartum woman mainly after lady partsl deliveries. Right now we give motrin and T3. Reaching out to see what the best out there is. Thank you!

Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.
I see a lot of IV Toradol given and I know it works great for c-section pain. We'd love to give it to all sections but were told it interfers with breastfeeding. Any advice?

Are you being told it's unsafe for breastfeeding or that it somehow affects milk supply? It's an NSAID, which is not known to affect milk supply.

According to Dr. Hale, who's considered the go-to guy for meds and breastfeeding, Toradol is considered a category L2 (generally considered safe for breastfeeding). We give it to our BFing c/section mamas all the time and no untoward effects noted in anyone. We only give Toradol in the first 24 hours post-op, at which point we switch to Motrin PO.

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Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.

I can only speak from personal experience as I'm not an OB nurse. I was given 600 mg ibuprofen and T3 after my first baby; 600 mg ibuprofen and oxy or Percocet after babies #2-5. (well, the one that I was given oxy with, I did take my own tylenol, so same as Percocet) First baby was more perineal pain from her crowning for 2 hrs. After the others, the pain was from postpartum contractions...horrendous, almost-like-labor postpartum contractions. In the case of baby #4, I didn't sleep for two days after having her b/c as soon as I'd get sleepy, she'd be ready to nurse and the pain would increase. I'm not a wimp either...of my 5 deliveries, I didn't have anything for pain with 4; and of those 4, one was induced. :no:

Percocet def. worked better than T3! I requested meds as often as I could have them, Percocet staggered w/ ibuprofen so I would get something for pain q 2-3 hrs.

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Specializes in Critical Care, LTAC, Post-Partum.

C-section: IV Toradol first 24 hrs then 500 mg Naproxen q 12 or 600 mg Motrin q 6; 5-10 mg oxy q 4 PRN or Norcos q 4 PRN

Vag: 500 mg Naproxen q 12 or 600mg Motrin q 6; Norcos q 4 PRN. Oxys if severe tear

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i recently had an unmedicated vag delviery and got 600mg motrin every 4-6hours. I got to self administer it. Also had the lidocaine spray which was awesome! That worked way better than the motrin

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