Caesarean General Chatter & Discussion #8

[scooby]

Hi girls
Thought i might join in, i am having a planned CS on 13 th of Jan, with Ds i had a bad 3rd degree tear with some ongoing problems, plus a very short perineum seemingly and my mum and nana both have fecal incontinence issues which is the main thing swaying my descion. Its been a really hard one at that i ive tried to get as much info as possible but havent really found anything relevant to my situation, but ive had 3 obs and 2 midwives all say CS is the better way for me to go. But of course ive spoke to a doula and been on a couple of forums and they say there is no reason why not a VB and if ti was only the previous tear i probably would go for a VB, but with the other issues i dont want to risk it, incontinence is aweful! sorry for the waffling, but i am really struggling to come to terms with the CS, i think with having IVF as well i really wanted to take control of some part of this journey, but i guess i will have the rest of my childs life (till shes at least 16 )
I to would love to hear any recovery tips and is anyone taking anything prior to the surgery to support recovery, ive started taking inner health plus and my vitamins of course plus i study homoeopathics so will be taking them before surgery?
Stupid question probably but are you taking more PJ's to wear in hospital or clothes and what do you reckon would be most comfy?
I get what you all mean about the ripped off feeling, i was induced with DS and then CS this time i would truly love to experience goign into it all naturally and although "yes" we are lucky to have our babies but i think we are only human and allowed to feel those emotions.

[mummy of many]

Scooby,just wanted to wish you all the very best. i had my fiest C- Section with bub number 5,due to medical reasons and it went very well,take care.

[ashie]

hi thought i would right in because i am having a repeat c-section.
their were problems they did not know about until after the birth of my son i ended up having labour pains for a week could not eat sleep or even move round and they told me to go home and have a panadol finally a week later i ended up dilating but my son was transverse which they never checked he might of never been head first after all, and his head was to big and he was too big for me he had ran out of room, so i ended up with a c-section which was great i felt good after i ate slept and i was up moving the next day healed great but i bled for 7 months which they could not explain, but i bled bad after i had my son they were not sure if it was normal or not. they found out i had an vaginal septum that starts off as one goes to 2 then back to one then cervix then i have a bicornuate uterus.
with so much problems i thought it is the best way but this one is bigger than what my son was at 6 weeks 4 days which scares me cause my son ran out of room. and they cant tell me if i will bleed for months again or not it only stopped cause i am pregnant, also i ended up with periods that lasted up to 3 weeks
i am also hoping to have the thing where you can control your own pain medicine once i was off that i didnt even need panadol after a couple of days and i had that pain med for 3 days. so i am hoping for everything to go smoothly and i have my baby the only way i know he or she will be born safely.

[~mamaspice~]

Hi Scooby, wear something compfy that wont sit and rub on your scar. Also as I think Tanstar said, support briefs are great.

I had milk supply probs and insomnia after my c-section and I think it was because of the bloodloss and subsequent lack of vitamins and minerals (particularly zinc). So next time (if I have a cs) I will be seeing a naturopath to get a tonic full of all that good stuff to take before and after the cs so that hopefully my body will recover from that part better. I have even contemplated eating the placenta because it's very nutrient rich but I'm not sure I could really do it so i figure a tonic would be the next best thing.
My advice is get up and get mobile as soon as you can. My physical recovery was good and I attribute it to that. I think if you don't move around you'll get stiff and sore. Oh and as Tanstar said, keep up the pain relief.

Best of luck to you all