The mechanics of a Caesar - this had me clutching my previously sectioned tummy!!!

[Laranna]

I find it fascinating too. Any surgery isn't going to be pretty and if they put all the gory details in a brochure it would freak people out. Tan, I agree, it's amazing that we have these options and I'm also glad I'm not pregnant even 100 years ago!

One thing I found interesting though was

The bladder is sewn back onto the surface of the uterus

I didn't think the bladder was actually attached to the uterus so why would they need to sew it back? I thought they just pushed it aside out of the way?

[Kitt3n]

gimme a tear anyday. this might sound silly, but i cant handle needles - and the thougt of this happening to my body petrifies me.

i think a vaginal delivery actually sounds like the easy way out!

[~mamaspice~]

Hi Guys,

it is quite facinating really isn't it. It's just when you think about the fact that this has been done to you it makes you feel a bit icky.

LOL, Limeslice. Tearing was always my greatest fear too. I even bought one of those EpiNo's but it ended up not being an issue anyway because I had a CS. My friend has told me though that when she tore she didn't even feel it and everything healed well so the prospect of tearing doesn't seem quite so bad now.

Danielle, I had a pulling stinging pain on one side of my tummy too. Now I know the reason for it

Laranna, before they peel the bladder out of the way I think your bladder is kind of fused against the uterus so when they put back in place sometimes they stitch it back to endure it stays in the right spot.

PS: Tanstar Good luck for your VBAC - You go girl!

[Mother Goose]

I think it is actually quiet "cool" actually. I'm not intimidated, concerned, or grossed out by any of that... but then I've seen much worse surgeries There are a LOT of proceedures where they simply dump your internal organs onto your outer body so they can get to the bit they want or achieve what they need to achieve. When they put it all back in, they often just push it in - amzingly the body is able to realign the organs to where they need to be (of course, there is some order in what goes back first!). For me, the worst part of ANY surgery is the diathermy. The best way I can describe it is to say it is like a welding iron but it is used to zap small bleeding blood vessels. To me, it smells like Pork and it is DISGUSTING. I can't stand it!

Great article!

[~mamaspice~]

Bumpity

this is interresting . . .

[Ryatha]

Great to read about... after the fact, but just reaffirming my VBAC plans for July! I'm thinking a small tear is nothing compared to the great ruddy scar on my tummy!

[Nadine216]

That was a great read!! I had two c/s, first under GA and the second with a spinal and really ... after reading it, I would have thought there was more involved But then again ... after the baby was out I stopped trying to constentrate to feel what they were doing and lost track of time ...

The thing that got to me ... were the spinal! NEEDLES!!! But that also was not as bad as I thought it would be