hey Brianna, my intention wasn't to terrify people. Best of luck with your birth. You'll be fine sweetie.
kate07 - Yup that's exactly why they use their hands or blunt ended scissors. Although there has still been many many cases of bubs being cut :(
I had a friend with a transverse baby (due to a uterus that was heart-shaped, can't remember the correct term) who needed a c/s and she had an extreme reaction to all of the amniotic fluid leaking into her abdominal cavity. She ended up with a massive infection and serious abdominal adhesions. The infection led to her being in intensive care with a collapsed lung. Three years and several operations later she's finally at a point where she's able to ride her horses again and not have to take strong painkillers every day.
It was a rare and extreme situation (and she didn't have a choice wrt the c/s), but it's interesting that amniotic fluid is not really supposed to end up in your abdomen and there's no way to avoid this with a c/s.
I also bless my dr with being careful and thorough. I've seen women after c/s in a lot more pain than I (I didn't need painkillers at all after a few hours) and I have to wonder how much of it is due to rough handling while on the table.
(Now you need to explain how an epidural/spinal is performed in detail - because that was my major issue, I had a spinal fluid leak and do just about anything to avoid an epidural again!).
Jennifer, Oh your poor friend. That must have been such a rare occurance. Oh and I think it might be called a bicornate uterus or something like that???
Yes my recovery was virtually painless too and I also credit my Ob for that. Apparently if your Ob is one of the ones who actually takes your uterus out of the abdominal cavity to suture it you're much more likely to be in more discomfort afterwards - makes sense.
Hmmm, you really want me to research and explain the details of administering a spinal block or epi or even a GA as well???