'I woke screaming in agony': New mothers reveal how they were sent home with only paracetamol after traumatic births - despite begging for morphine. And how staff callously replied: 'You've just had a baby, what did you expect?'

'I woke screaming in agony': New mothers reveal how they were sent home with only paracetamol after traumatic births - despite begging for morphine. And how staff callously replied: 'You've just had a baby, what did you expect?' By Jo Macfarlane Published: 02:47, 16 June 2024 | Updated: 02:47, 16 June 2024 e-mail View comments The new mother who woke up ‘screaming in agony’ after being sent home from hospital after a caesarean section with nothing more than paracetamol. The women left exhausted from traumatic labours – and in so much pain they couldn’t walk or look after their newborn babies – told by NHS staff they could not have stronger painkillers because ‘you’ve just had a baby, what did you expect?’.

The mum who sobbed and begged for morphine days after an emergency C-section but was refused as she ‘might get addicted’ – and others in a similar state simply discharged and told to pick up some tablets from the supermarket on their way home. These horrifying tales, from postnatal wards across the country, have emerged after a prominent GP wrote on social media of her outrage that women having caesareans were routinely being discharged with only the most basic pain relief. Caroline Farrow, with second baby Imogen, was discharged with paracetamol each time after four caesareans Mother-of-five Ms Farrow, 49, who lives in Surrey with her priest husband, recalled waking up 'screaming in agony' after having Imogen at the Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton i.