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I had the internal dissolvable stitches as well, but I do have a fairly hefty scar!! It's quite noticeable still.
I think in another thread we were talking about the length of scars etc, and mine was around 20cm long compared to others which was somewhat less!!
I had staples as well. I was terrified of having them removed. The nurses came around home and one of them was a trainee. They asked if it was ok for the trainee to remove them and I thought 'why not' , she did pretty good too.
Only had one staple that hurt when they took it out, but they said it was put in a bit funny.
My scar has faded really well, can hardly see it. But when they stapled me back together, right at the end of the cut they kind of overlapped the skin, so I have this tiny lumpy bit that sticks out.
Did anyone else keep their staples?
Nic
I hope you don't mind me jumping in but I came across this thread and just wanted to share my experience thought ect.
I had an emergency ceaserean after being in labour for 12 hours, my recovery from the c section was really, really bad. I was in so much pain and even to this day I stii get some pain if I over stretch or dd jumps on my tummy. I have no idea if this is normal or what, it has now been 11 months.
I am absoloutly petrified of having another baby because I just don't think I can go through it all again.
I was initially dissapointed with having the c section but now can appreciate it was for the best. The main thing is a healthy baby and a health mummy ( who wasn't to healthy after it)
I just hope and pray that next time around I can hace VBAC
Sorry just thought i would add some more now I have read the whole post. I went to a Private Hospital and the midwives were fantastic after dd was yanked out of me the ob held her up for me to see and then the pead took her to clear her airways and once he finished all his checks (which were done in the room) she was wrapped up and the midwife stood there and held her in front of me so I could have a good look at her she then gave dd to dh to hold while I got sewen up with dissolvable stitches.
That night I think she spent sometime in the nursery more to let me recover because I had a bad reaction to the anesthetic that was given to me during the c/s because I felt them cutting and they had to top my epidural up so I was paralysed from the neck down.
But they brought her in for me to feed everytime she cried and they left her beside me as I wanted her with me. I think the midwifes had 5 patients to look after so that is probably why they were so good.
I did have 1 who was an agency nurse and she was a *****, because she had twins to look after as well. I was buzzing her for ages to come and help me to the toilet in the end dh had to help but i got stuck between the room and the toilet because I was in to much pain to move dh went to get her and she snapped at him about how busy she was next minute I was on the floor. I colapsed bacause of the pain. She quickly changed her view then, And gave me a shot of pethedien which she left in the room, something else we had hanging over her, so she was extra nice to me.
Hello - I have a bit of a personal question to ask...this might be graphic to some...so please ignore if it is!!!
I know that you bleed after a c/s and this bleeding stopped on day 5 for me and was very light. Yesterday (day 15) I started to bleed again and it is quite heavy. Is this normal? Did this happen to any of you? I don't feel any pain - but I just think that it is strange that it went away and has now come back with avengence!
Sorry if this is TMI!! 8-[
Megan
Hey Megan,
I'd ask your MCHN or GP about it just to be on the safe side. I know that my bleeding would come and go quite a bit......some days I thought "great, it's gone" and the next day, woosh! I know the MCHN explained it to me this way: where the placenta was attached to the uterus, it is raw there after it comes away after birth. Over time it heals over, but as the uterus contracts down and returns to normal, the wound too is getting smaller, but just like you have knocked a scab and get some bleeding, so the same applies to the spot where your placenta was attached to the uterine wall. Make sense? Anyway, I was concerned about things coming and going and found it good to get some reassurance from the MCHN about it.
HTH!
Megan - I`m feeling fine now but if Matthew kicks my scar I am totally aware of it then, I also had bleeding like you described at day 6 I thought yippee I`ve stopped, it decided to come back a couple of days later and was on and off like this for a while until 4 weeks then it got heavy and stayed that way for about 10 days then slowly went and it stopped altogether a couple of days short of 6 weeks. I did do a bit of housework at 4 weeks and a lot of bending over into the bath so I thought that was the reason why it suddenly got heavier but it could also have been a coincidence. It is amazing that they can get such a big baby out of a small space, when Matthew`s head came out my anaethestis said to me his head is out so thats the biggest part.
I don`t know what I had in the way of stitches, I had this long nylon like fishing wire thread with two beads on each end that the midwife on day 5 cut off one bead and pulled it out, ouchy it hurt as it cuts you again, she did tell me if I wanted her to stop to tell her no way I just wanted it out so I put up with the awful burning sensation. So were mine staples or something else????
Von thanks for telling us your story, sounds like most of your midwives were lovely, except for 1 awful one. So sorry to hear after 11 months you still get pain.
Take Care
Deeanne
Dee you had a continous stitch, staples, are metal, and look just like the staples in a book, There are 2 types of stitches, individual ( which I had, 17 in all) and continous, which is one long thread, weaved in and out.
Megan - I was told that the bleeding would come and go but I would ask your MCHN just to be sure.
Von - welcome and thanks for sharing your story. Sorry to hear your c-section was so traumatic for you. Have you asked your Dr. as to why you are still feeling pain? I would get right onto that because it doesn't sound right to me.
Thanks everyone! It has subsided a little which is good....
Dee - glad to hear that you are OK. I haven't been kicked that low yet - something I'm sure will happen...it is only a matter of time!! LOL!
Megan
I found part of a stitch still in and they told me they should have desolved. I got DH to cut it off as it was starting to hurt and pull.
Thanks Vanita
I was thinking today, do any of you worry that your c-section may cause difficulties in conceiving your next child? It's something that has been playing on my mind a bit lately, that's all...
Nic
Nic, there's no link to it as far as I know. I have friends that have had no problems conceiving 2nd, 3rd & 4th times all with c/s.
I know my problems with conceiving this time around have been due to PCOS so its totally unrelated.
*hugs*
Cailin
Nic - I had no problems conceiving and my sister is now pg with her 2nd after having a c/section 5 months ago.
Nic - my Mum had 4 c/s's and fell preggers accidently with my youngest sister so I doubt it has any impact on your fertility at all.
Yeah, was just wondering what everyone thought. I had read an article where it said that a c-section may cause future difficulties in becoming pregnant, think it may have been due to scarring?
Nic
I was thinking that too nic, that maybe there would be scarring in your uterus, but really it shouldn't be affected at all by the surgery unless they were really ruff iykwim?
Hi, my caeser didn't affect my fertility or my mums(3 caesers). I think back many many years ago it could as you said nic due to scarring, but these days the doctors know what their doing too well.
Still, I'll be attempting vbac this time, just so there is a shorter recovery.
The csec musnt have interferred with my fertility either, as was BF and on the mini pill when this one was "created"
Hello, I am new too this thread, I stumbled upon it and I am quite excited that I did...I to gave birth to my son, now 20 months by c-section and I don't regret my decision at all. At 38 weeks my son still had not engaged and I was sent for a scan to determine fetal size and well being....it was at the scan that I was told that they approximated his size to be 9lbs 4ozs and that he was not laying in the right position and was presenting the largest part of his head at the top of my pelvis and was stuck. After a chat with the doctor and a very long and late night chat with DH we decided to have an elective c-section at 39 weeks. His birth was calm and relaxed and quite enjoyable, although he was not as big as they estimated he would be (8lb 7ozs) the doctor still had to use the suction to get him out as he was well and truly stuck. At my 6 week checkup the doctor told me that I definately made the right decision as there would have been no way he was coming out the way he went in (lol). My decision for next time round is the same. I don't feel cheated in any way and I wouldn't change a thing. The biggest disadvantage to me with having a c-section is the recovery time as I guess is the same for all of you, especially if you have had a length labour before hand. I understand the risks involved with having a c-section and the increased risks with having subseqent c-sections, but having a baby CAN be life threatening even having a natural delivery, pregnancy and delivery puts a huge strain on the female body and I am just thankful that I have a happy and healthy baby boy!!!
Welcome Karen to the c/s thread, Samuel sounds like he was in exactly the same position as Matthew, hence why he wouldn`t engage plus the size of my pelvis, Matthew was born at 9lb 4 ozs even 9 weeks after birth so many people can`t get over I carried such a big baby, I`m only small myself. Glad that the c/s was a good expereince for you.
Take Care
Deeanne
I had an emerency setion at 34 weeks becuse I had pre eclampsia. I knew i would be having secton,but when it actually came down to it nothing could have prepared me for it.
I had a spinal, which wouldn't work for ages and it was quite painful. That took 45 minutes to get right. Then, during the section my blood pressure dropped and I could feel myself passing out. I was given ice to help, to try and ease the sickness. I could barely open my eyes, and when my baby was born I couldn't make sense of any of it.
I was then taken to recovery, and I was violenty sick for a while. I didn't know what was going on, and felt very out of control and poorly (probably more due to pre eclampsia).
Recovery from the section was ok. I was walking the next day, although slowly! It took a good 4 weeks before I could feel my body properly recovering from the section stiches.
I hope that next time i'll have a natural birth. O:)
xx
Welshgirl, I was very sick during the caesarean as well. I vomited 3 times whilst Jacob was being born actually. It was awful. The anaesthetist told me it was due to my blood pressure dropping. The first time I told him I felt sick, he told me that it was normal but that it was unlikely and quite rare that you would actually vomit and at that point I said "I'm going to be sick" and he promptly put a surgical tray beside my head LOL!! I was shaking quite violently for around an hour after the procedure as well.
I was sick too, but it was while they were stitching me up - I actually spewed on one of the nurses. Oops :-$
I was asleep for mine (GA) but i imagine I would have been sick had I been awake, just from the fact i was cut open, im such a wimp .... i was supposed to have the spinal but ended up in hysterics so they knocked me out ..
Gwen, my BP also dropped due to the spinal block I then became nauseous and very lightheaded they gave me oxygen and put something in the drip for my sick feeling, it took a few minutes to work but stopped me vomiting and they also gave me a bag in case I was sick.
Anyone find that they feel sick after eating ??
I keep feeling sick and sometimes need to rush to the toilet sorry TMI.
DH says it could be because of having the c/section but i am not so sure.
Part of me thinks it could be that or the pill i am now taken.
I would just like to be able to eat or drink something without feeling so YUK.
I wouldn't have thought that it would be related to the c/s now Michelle, since Alex is nearly 2 months old.
I didn't think it would it was just DH put the thought in to my head.
Looks like a trip to the DR's for me.
Yeah, it always pays to get those things sussed out Michelle.
Oh, and I should have said that since Alex is 2 months old, not nearly 2 months old! LOL Time flies!!!
WOW Teresa thats an amazing story. My cousin's c/s story is pretty familiar to your & she was a maternity nurse in America and dealt with premmies, so the guilt compounded for her, =D> at turning 1!!!
Theresa - thanks for sharing your story.....happy anniversary! :)
Just a quick question girls...do any of you still have tenderness or feeling over your scar? I had a c-section 6 weeks ago and can still feel some sort of sensation when I touch it. Does anyone else experience this?
Megan
Theresa - thanks for sharing your story. Wow @ moving to a new town just 3 days before!! It all must have happened so quickly! The value of hind-sight is great, isn't it? At least now you can kind of mentally prepare yourself for the next one.
Megan - even now, 4 months later, I am still a bit funny about touching my scar. I am still afraid that if I rub it too hard, my guts will come pouring out, LOL.
Welshgirl - I was sick and actually vomitted during the procedure. It was funny because the nurse said "Tell me if you start feeling a little yuck". Just the mention of it made me feel sick! I said something to DH and straight away a kidney dish and suction thingy were next to my head. It was "interesting" when I had to vomit laying flat on my back and to the side. It was just because I had had some water earlier that day. Lucky they didn't let me eat my lunch!! Ewwwww! I was fine afterwards tho - just a bit dazed. The whole experience was sooooo bizarre!
Karen - thanks for sharing your story too. It goes to show that c-sections can be a positive experience and we shouldn't feel like we have failed just because we didn't have a "natural" birth (even though they vary greatly n e way!). Having a healthy baby at the end of it is the important thing!
Did anyone see Today Tonight last night (gee that sounds weird!!). For the first time in Australia a woman assisted with her c/s! When the head & shoulders were out she reached down and pulled the rest of him out & laid him on her chest herself!!! Apparently it happens quite a lot in the UK, but this was a first here.
What do you guys think of that idea?
I saw it on the Today show this morning Sarah. I thought it was amazing!! Apparently she suggested it to her OB who was in contact with a UK OB about it....they actually showed part of it on the Today show this morning and it was pretty incredible!!!
Oh wow that is amazing. I really hope it starts becoming the norm in Australia..that would be fantastic. :D
Jo
They showed it last night as well & it was pretty amazing hey Mel! The article isn't on the TT website yet, but as soon as it is I'm going to post it in the Current Affairs forum, so will let you all know when.
Hmmm... not sure how I would feel about doing that, Sarah. I guess if it became the "norm" it wouldn't seem so odd?? I wish I had seen the story... ah well.
I missed both of those shows! That does sound interesting - but not sure how I would feel about doing it myself...would love to know when the article is available though...
Megan