Management of Post Cesarean Pain

Abstract

Post cesarean pain relief is important. Good pain relief will improve mobility and reduces risk of thromboembolic disease. Pain and anxiety may impair the early interaction between mother and infant, it may also adversely decrease the ability of mother to effectively breast feed the baby. It is necessary that pain relief be safe and effective that it not interfere with j i mother's ability to move around and optimally care for her infant, and that it result in no i adverse effects in breast feeding women. I This brief review will focus on commonly used strategies such as systemically j administered analgesics^ and neuraxial techniques as well as new drug applications, for I relieving pain after caesearean deliver.