With the birth of DD, after her birth I held her after she was checked over, she then came into recovery with me in her crib....once I was cleaned up she was given to me so I could BF'd her. It was absolutely fantasic.

If this is what you want, request it....just because you are having a C-section, doesn't mean you can't have that contact with bubs in recovery. With my first C-section, I held my DS only briefly before he was taken to the nursery to be weighed, measured and bathed....I was extremely upset that I didn't get to see him again until he was more than an hour old (while I lay in recovery) and horrified to learn that I had missed out on his first bath. Second time round I requested what I wanted, I made it known and I got what I wanted....it added to the experience and made it all the more enjoyable. Remember this is YOUR baby.