how does the magnesium drip make you feel?

I'm 28 weeks, on hospital bedrest, and contracting through procardia and a T-pump. The nurses are saying the next step is a mag drip. I don't know much about a mag drip, but I do know I've heard it makes you feel awful. I'm the type of person who would rather imagine the worst (and then it's usually not as bad as I pictured it being) rather than go into it blindly and have a horrible experience. So......if you've been on a mag drip please tell me, honestly, what the side effects were for you. Thanks in advance.

 

Congratulations on making it to 28 weeks That is a huge milestone. How long have you been on bedrest for? Since you asked for honestly, I will give it, but let me tell you up front as you already know that there is nothing nice or fun about mag. It sucks, it really does. But it's effective! I went into labor at 20 weeks and dilated 3 cm before they discovered what was going on. They tried a few things to stop the labor, but quickly moved to mag because my babies were coming. At first I didn't feel so bad and told my doctor that this wasn't awful after all! He told me that until I feel like crap, it wouldn't really work. The first thing I remember was feeling really hot. I ended up stripping until I was naked, but I had no modesty, I felt so sick I just didn't care. The next step was nausea, uncontrollable throwing up. It was so embarrassing because my body was getting weaker and weaker, so I would lose control of my bladder when I was throwing up and I just wanted to die. The nurses were lovely though. The next step was extreme loss of muscles. To the point that I couldn't see anymore, everything was double and blurred and it was easier to just close my eyes. I think I mostly slept at that point, in and out for the most part. Once they had effectively stopped my labor and placed my emergency cerclage, they lowered the dosage and I felt MUCH better. I was able to eat a little and even could see again. They had weaned me off it within a week I think and my contractions were then able to be controlled with procardia and terbutaline. I went for 11 weeks on hospital bedrest before they were born. Keep us posted!!

:youcandoit:

 

I think I was one of the lucky ones... magnesium wasn't great, but it wasn't horrible for me either. At first I felt so hot that it was just bizarre. Like I was boiling from the inside out. It wasn't actually painful, just really really weird. And I was slightly nauseous and shaky, but that was it. The hot feeling went away in a few hours and then I pretty much didn't notice the magnesium.

 

I was also a lucky one. It made me groggy and kind of in a haze... but bearable.

Good lick

Sue

 

I guess, I am one of the lucky ones too. I have been on Mag for 10 days now, and I don't notice it that much now. At the begging, I had burning sensation where IV goes in, and I have sort of HOT FLASHES all the time. I sweat like a pig.. I also have had a headache for the first couple of days. But now I don't feel anything. Maybe my dose is not that large, because sometimes they are giving me terb shots if I have contractions.

Good luck to all

 

Made me feel drowsy and want to sleep alot, but it wasnt the nice restful sleep. It was not horrible, but it did make me have a few hallucinations while sleeping and smelling a bakery for some reason. ardon: :crazy:

 

I didn't have to have mag until after delivery (pre-e developed then) and was only on it for a day, but the only thing I remember from that time is I don't remember much of anything. That's the only thing I remember (or don't as the case may be... ardon: )