Yep, with DS I was scheduled for a c/s but my waters broke a week and a half before I was due to go in. I went straight to hospital (private) and after checking things out the midwives gave me something to stop the contractions until the ob arrived.
This happened to my next door neighbour - her waters broke earlier than the date and she was given the option of VBAC or c/s when she went in to hospital.
Ive had 4 c/s...and yes 3 of them were elective adn with all 3 I went early.
DS2 - waters broke in therate as I was being place donto the 'slab'
DD1 - I was booked in for the utesday with 2 of my friends...seems she didnt want to share her bfday and went into labour midnight friday....had emergency c/s at 3.30 in the morning.
DS3 - labour began 3am the morning of the booking.....was ment ot be last on the list, ended up being first at 7am.
Let your doctor know your feelings at your next appointment.
FTR - my best c/s was with DD even though it was a hard labour I had no pain ect after my c/s at all
I went into labour 3 days before my scheduled C-Section in my last pregnancy. I progressed really quickly and they ended up performing an emergency C-Section 6 hours after my first contraction - at 4am! I have spoken to my OB about this potentially happening again in this pregnancy and we have worked out a contingency plan (my last experience was a mess - it messed with my head and it messed with my breast-feeding) because I don't want a repeat episode! I would discuss these concerns with your OB earlier rather than later x
yep
my third bub was due on the 17th(friday) cesarean booked for the 15th(wednesday) went into labour on the 12th(sunday should have stayed at home and laboured!!) went into hospital (could have handled contractions at home easliy as soon as i got to hospital i couldn't handle them??) cesarean done afew hours later....
Oh Thanks girls. I was so worried, think I might be okay then. Just picture me going into labour and them saying "it is too late baby is coming now" So far from what you ladies have said I feel so much better, I had no idea there was something to stop contractions.
To be honest scared by this C section but not near as bad as the 8 months and then some, it took me to recover from the birth. Feeling heaps better. Thank you!!
It happened to me with DD2. I was scheduled to have a c/section at 6am and woke up in labour at 2am. It all happened very quickly. I got out of bed with my first contraction and tried to figure out if this was it or not. 10 mins later, my second contraction hit and 10 mins later a third. I didn't know what to do because the contractions seemed quite a distance apart but I was meant to be fasting for surgery so I didn't want to take panadol. DH suggested I have a shower and see if that eased the pain. I got in the shower and my contractions started coming on top of each other. I got out of the shower, convinced I was still in the early stages and called birth suite. They said to come in and they would check things out.
We arrived at birth suite 45 mins after the beginning of my labour and discovered that I was 9cm dilated. Pretty much all hell broke lose at that point. They would not let me deliver naturally because DD2 was a footling breech. People came from everywhere to do all sorts of things to me - the main thing was a injection straight into my tummy to stop my labour - it did stop it (though lead to a couple of issues later on with my uterus not shrinking properly because it would not contract by itself for a few hours after surgery so I was hooked up to a drip with a lot of syntocin pumping through it for a few hours after my surgery, ouchie!). My waters hadn't broken yet and I was told to lie completely still on the bed because if they broke I would need a GA. They gave me an ultrasound to check on the position of the baby, shaved my tummy etc, dressed me in a gown for surgery, gave me some awful drink and took me in for an emergency c/section. It was another hour after I got to hospital until they had DD2 out, but they managed it.
I think it was a bit more stressful because it was an emergency c/section rather than planned - both emotionally and physically - but it all worked out in the end.
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