I never realised that having a c/s would be so painfulllllllllllllllll, thank goodness Mark was allowed to stay with me so he helped me get up out of bed, onto the toilet, off the toliet, showered, dried my legs and put on my undies. The pethidene did absolutely nothing for the pain except for making me totally out of it, once the drip was taken out they put me onto Panadene Forte so found some releief with that pain killer, they also gave me ponstan for the awful after birth pains I was experiencing.
What I was very unimpressed about is how each Midwife at my Birthing Hospital asked me WHY did I have a c/s???? With all the Midwives asking me I was starting to feel really uncomfortable that I`d had a c/s,I felt like they didn`t approve at all. As you all know it was far from my first choice but having been diagnosed day before the c/s as having a CPD my OB decided a c/s was the way to go, so I took his advice.
When Matthew was born my OB plus a couple of the theatre staff commented that there is no way I would have been able to get his head out vaginally. When my OB discharged me from my Post Natal Hospital he again commented that I`ve got a very big boy and that he`s glad he made the decision to do the c/s.
At my Post Natal Hospital, one of my Midwives asked how my labour went I commented 'Oh I had to have a c/s due to CPD" her comment was 'Well a c/s is hard work also" Now how different were the 2 hospitals I felt like a lot of extra weight had lifted off my shoulders by her comment.
It`s now been 10 days since my c/s and today I`ve only had to have 1 lot of Panadeine so the pain is no where near as bad as it had been.
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