LOL Lindie - that's cute!!!
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LOL Lindie - that's cute!!!
Hi - I call it taking the short cut, sometimes.
All puns intended !
Barb.
LOL Lindie
I usually advie no driving for 2 weeks and no housework for 6 weeks.
Also most places do not put a drain in.
I leave the baby with mum as soon as she is back on the ward and I try to encourage/help her to breastfeed as soon as possable.
If mum is very sleepy I offer to look after her baby for a few hours so she can get some rest, but the decision is hers to make.
Lindie, my friend from work tells people his baby came out via the sun roof!
ROFL Barley!!
Love all the names everyone is calling it!Sunroof!!hehehe and emergency hatch, was kaking myself laughing as I never even thought of these to tell people when they asked me how the birth went!
The sunroof!!!! LMAO - Hubby thinks that one is tops!!! Good one Barley.
It seems that if you tell someone something funny like that it distracts them from the actual event, Maybe less negitivity that way?
Lindie
Yeh I know what you mean Lindie.I wish I knew these before I told people that I had a c/s as it would have made them laugh instead of frown and say oh you had the easy option then!ARhhh!
Corey only managed to get one week off and even then he had to keep going into work to check on things as there is noone else to do his job.We stocked up the freezer with those micorwave meals, they were a god send!Otherwise I probably would have not have eaten at all when he wasn't there!
I was lucky in that DH had a month off work. It was a real help!!!
I quite often refer to the c/s as "the pouch" LOL like a reference to how Kangaroos carry their Joey's LOLOL.
DH said to me after i had Alexander that they should just put a zip in so it easier to get the baby out next time.
Do you mean watching as in being awake or actually watching? I didnt think they let you watch?
I definately could not watch the next one. I didn't like the fact that Dh watched the first (neither did the theatre staff, but they could not stop him).
OMG - I'm going to ask about that next time!! I'd love to watch!!
Ewww I couldn't watch!I'd probably faint!Corey watched Gemma being born(um pulled/yanked out!)and I was nervous just watching the reactions on his face!
Hi guys,
I am due for a c/s in about four weeks due to complete placenta previa (grr - blasted thing didn't move like i'd hoped!). Did anyone have their babies under a general? I would prefer to not be awake because there is also a chance i may have to have a hysterectomy if the placenta doesn't come out easily and i can't stop bleeding. This makes me really really sad but i have to prepare myself for the possibility.
Anyway, what happens after a general? Do they put the baby onto you to B/F while you are still asleep? Or will they make me wait ages till i can feed my baby? (Poor thing - it would be starving and i don't want them to give him/her a bottle).
Any advice/tips greatly appreciated!
Yep you can watch! If my vbac goes in the direction of needing a c/s I plan to have the screen down. I know that they are trying to introduce a new trend where mothers actually help deliver their c/s babies by helping to pull them out... How amazing is that?!!!!
*mwa*
Cailin
Wow, good for all you guys who are so informed about the whole caesarean issue!!!! Im having my first in 6 weeks and am pretty nervous with the whole prospect!! DH want to be in there so I am going to try and have a spinal/epi but if all else fails ill have a general :cry: DH would love to be in there so I must tell him if it happens to kick up a stink LOL.
I wasnt aware that you didnt have to have the sheet up? I thought that that was just a standard thing? My OB is prolly a bit reluctant to do that as I dont have a strong stomache for that sort of thing but when you put it in perspective?
Well thats all from me just glad to see some movement in this thread!!!!
Lindie
Sharon, re the breastfeeding straight away, have you seen this post? If they could attach a baby straight away 20 years ago they can still do it today. Maybe you should put it in your birth preferences in bold and get them to put a big fluro post-it on your file requesting that the baby is attached while you are still asleep. Also you can get your DH to make sure they do it.
Sharon I'm not sure about having a general but I know that I started bf before they were even finished cleaning me up post c/s, check out that thread that Dachlostar linked its pretty interesting. Sharon just a thought but with the care of bubs have you & your partner made decisions? After Matilda was born DH knew how important I felt having skin to skin straight away was and he took his shirt off when they took Matilda away so she could have that with him... just an idea. Also when I was wheeled into recovery & they put Matilda on for bf he stayed until I told him to go & get changed & have a shower because he was covered in goo LOL...so there is opportunities if covered ahead of time with the staff of the hospital if you are not under a general... but I could understand fully your reasons for wanting one.
Like fortestaffords I am a vet nurse and seen heaps of c/s on dogs, but I actually asked them to move the curtain up so I couldn't see my own bits. DH watched some of it because it was right there LOL
Brooke
I agree with you - how they arrive makes no difference but that you get to take them home. I am sorry some people gave you a hard time for your birth choice -which was what DR recommended in the end.
I know it is more likely twins will be born by c/s so why would I try a VB - more risks to bub (or actually 2nd bub) to be put through long labour and then emergency c/section. I have nothing to prove . I had a vaginal birth with my DD.
Each of us makes our own informed choice and also guided by OB's & MW.
Dachlostar thanks for that info- I will ask about it but might be more difficult with twins.
MY DH only wants to be there to make sure we get our babies (not kidding) after he heard stories of a baby (several) sent home with wrong parents but he might faint at what they do by the sounds of it .
Goodluck Sharon - =D> wow I can't believe you are so close already it seems just like the other day you got the BFP.
Hi all
Finally got up the nerve to come and post in here, and although I don't have any issues with a c/s I still have faint hopes that I'm not in here for good!
My placenta is low and hasn't moved far enough (yet, but there's still a slim chance, it's got a couple more weeks before a vb is completely ruled out).
I'm really interested in everyone's comments about having the baby with you asap (since this will be scheduled I don't think I'll need a general) and I read that some of you had your bubs with you in recovery. Does this depend on the hospital, the paed or ob or how bubs is? Any extra info would be great, as the idea of spending half an hour on my own while someone else is cleaning up my baby with my DP would have me crying the whole time! I'm disappointed enough as it is...
Hope to get to know you all better! Or maybe not, no offence meant!
Jennifer I hope that you get have a vb as thats what you had planned! I believe that my hospital is very very breastfeeding driven and would do anything to get the proper attachment and bonding as first priority. So while they took MAtilda to do the tests which took 2 minutes they brought her straight back to me. And DH held her next to me until we moved (around 10 minutes later). at which time they put her on me.
When it was decided I was to have a c/s the midwife on duty looked through my notes & saw my plans for post vaginal birth and tried to do everything she could for that to happen even with a c/s. HTH!
I think it would depend a lot on the hospital, but most are very pro b/f, so they will go out of their way to get it happening ASAP. Let them know how you feel. I didnt b/f until after recovery, about 1 1/2 hours after delivery, and I dont feel that hindered us at all. Of course i would have rathered it sooner, but it didnt cause any actual problems IYKWIM.
Good luck - I hope you do get to have a vaginal birth!
Sharon, I had a general after being in labour for awhile, and having an epidural that didn't work.
It was something that I hadn't even thought about happening, so we didn't have any plans on how to deal with it all. After DD was born, they took her back to the maternity ward with DH, waiting for me to wake up and give permission for DH to give her a little bottle feed.
Even though she had a bottle feed, she was still hungry, so when I got back to my room, they put DD in bed with me and luckily enough, she latched on straight away.
So, probably for us, our biggest downfall was not discussing all the possibilities that we could think of. Dh had a bit of a hard time dealing with the fact he was 'leaving' me to go with our DD, but looking back, I'm glad he did.
Goodluck!!
Brooke - That is one of my fears with having an elective c-section next time, that the epidural won't work and I'll still need to have a general. How do you think you'll approach a c-section if you have another one? Would you go straight for a general or try the epidural again?
Nic
Thanks guys for all your advice about generals and epidurals. It is great to hear everyone's honest experiences. Still don;t know what i'm going to choose!
I have placenta praevia as well and I have been having constant spotting since last Thursday which is a bit of a worry. Everythime i check i am grateful that that is all it is and that it hasn't turned into a huge flood. I am seeing my ob tomorrow (Wed) and i think he may admit me to hospital to stay. He wanted to do that last week but i wanted to be at home. But since i have have this bleeding every day, i would much rather be there in hospital rather that at home if something did happen.
My caesar date looks like being Mon 27th Feb or Mon 6th March. They have to do a Monday cos that is the day they do the planned caesars.
So i wish you all the best guys, in case i am not allowed home tomorrow! Big belly rubs to everyone!!
Sharon, All the best for tomorrow. Will be thinking of you.
Nic
I had a c/s just over 2 weeks ago and I was able to breatfeed my angel within about 40 minutes after she was checked out by the paediatrician and weighed etc. I was lucky they didnt really even take me into recovery, they let me stay in the operating room for 15 minutes or so after the c/s and then took me straight up to my room to be reunited with bubs and DH.
You just need to push for what you want!
Hi,
I'm booked in for a C section on the 20th April I have a broken coccyx bone - I am a bit scared of not knowing what to excpect afterwards. I am fine with the cutting me open part and the epidural - but i am a bit worried about the recovery part. Can some of you lovely girls explain what it is like and how long till you are nearly functioning normal.
Thanks
I went from a c/s due to placenta prevaia to elective c/s - because I didn't trust that the placenta had moved. I bf DD in the recovery room and was home after 9 days (tooke every pain relief provided, had bubs in nursery over night each night) and started on my post c/s excercises when I got home. I found the whole process to be excellent. I will be booking in for an elective c/s this time around!!! Woohoo.
Brooke, Thanks for the Info. I was hoping to play netball by the end of the season and you say you were doing aerobics after 6 weeks.
I have listened to soo many stories about how you can't do this or that - I have heard about the not being able to pick your baby up. I was thinking that maybe if i went about my usual business just at a slower pace then i would be fine. Thnks heaps for that.
Magic - will remember to take the drugs privuded ;)
Brooke - I understand how you want your DH to experience what he missed out on last time. My DH was the same, just as he was about to walk into the room, they told him there was a problem and he couldn't go in! Then they brought DD out to him in a humidicrib and told him he had to go back up to the maternity ward with DD. It wasn't until a month later on that I realised that my DH didn't get to cut the cord. Something I was so looking forward to. Lets hope we can both be awake next time and have our DH's there as well :)
Jacci - My DD was born early on a Sunday morning, and I went home on the Tuesday or Wednesday? I can't remember now! I had terrible headaches after my c-section, more like migraines! We think it might have been a reaction to the epidural?? I was having trouble keeping food or water down as well. But it eventually passed.
DH was home with me for the first 2 weeks, so when DD woke in the middle of the night, he got up to her, changed her nappy then passed her over to me to feed her. Then he would burp her and put her back to bed. He changed all the nappies for the first 2 weeks, I had a bit of trouble getting down on the floor to do it. I was so nervous when I first changed her nappy at 2 weeks!
He still bathed her for a little while, not sure how long, maybe a month or so?
I don't know how long it was before I drove a car? At least 6 weeks. I think it may have been a couple of months/
I would try to do some washing when DH went back to work, but only managed 1 or 2 loads a day. Problem was, when DH got home, he would get cranky with me for doing the washing when I shouldn't have been!
I was never shown any exercises to do after the op. I was told that they also show you how to cough up all the phlegm. But they never happened with me??
Goodluck with your c-section Jacci, hope it all goes well. Can't wait to hear about it!
Nic
Another QST??? - Is your DH allowed in there with you whilst you have a c/s?
Nic - I am booked in for a thursday and DH has taken 2 RDO's then he will take holidays the following week but only for a week, I will get him to bath the baby, I have a change table so hopefully the changing won't be too hard - but i do like the idea of getting DH to get the baby in the night when he is off - to save me getting up out of bed and stuff. I will have to tell him about that.
I really hope that i don't have to have a general - Last year i had both my feet broken and the Dr gave me a general - I was sick for 18 hours after it - I don't want to miss out on my babies first 18 hours because i am so sick.
Heh Theresa,
Good on you for wanting to watch the proceedure, You have done it before so you know what its all about, If hubby cant watch make him focus on your face for the actual delivery and ask for sheet to be back up whilst stitching etc... so hubby doesnt have to watch and you guys can just focus on the baby while its happening?
Never had a c/s but will be in 5 weeks so just a little thought I am prolly wrong but seems like a good idea to get what you both want out of it?
Lindie
Hi,
I will be a 1st timer and I am really wanting to have an Elec C/S I will have private health insurance and am thinking of the Freemasons (Melb), but I don't know where to start with a doctor and asking for a C/S, people have been telling me no chance they only do it for medical reasons, any advice on if this is true and recommending a doctor anyone?
Just wondering if I could get a hit on this thread as I have 9 days and counting and getting nervous LOL, anyone??? any takers LOL.
Just re-reading through this thread for tips and hints!!!
I am now 2nd on the c/s list for that day and will have to be in there early LUCKY ME!!!!
Lindie
I had a c-section in October 04 but it was due to my son being 13lbs 1oz so id say that was the safe option. I was lucky that I had no other choice but to have a c-section (seeing as though Jy's head hadn;t even engaged) so I didnt cop any slack about it.
Id like to know how they say its the easy way out though? :fuming: Seriously it took me about 6 weeks to recover from my c-section but if you had a natural birth youd be up and about the same day.
At the end of the day as long as mum and bub are fine and healthy thats the only thing that matters.
:p
Well said Megzy,
Thats a big baby, Hats off to you that would have been a difficult labour ;) ,
hope all is well now and from what ive read and been told bigger babies sometimes are as delicate as prem babys at birth!!! So hope little Jy is well
Lindie
MadisonRose, you are more likely to get an obliging Ob if you go private. Try Nick Lolatgis who will probably do it for you at Freemasons.