Did you have a scheduled CS?

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Mamma Mia - I would be FINE with 38 + 5 to have her! lol tis a lot closer to 39

arghhh

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oops and I just realised I hijacked Miss E's post!

sorry Miss E! Thought twas the one I posted about a c section at 38 weeks!

[courts&munchkins]

I've had two scheduled c-sections. Ds2 had apgars of 9 and 10 and no breathing issues whatsoever. Dd also had apgar scores of 9 and 10. She had a little issue with her oxygen stats when I was in recovery but it stabilized really quickly and she didn't require anything for it.

[Miss E]

oops and I just realised I hijacked Miss E's post!

sorry Miss E! Thought twas the one I posted about a c section at 38 weeks!

That's ok hun, I'd hardly call it a hijack!

Don't stress too much about it now. You can always refuse and just stand your ground. You won't be very popular, but hey you'll be having your baby delivered when you want them delivered which is far more important. GL for your appt.

[Just Me]

I have had two c/s - one emergency - 45 mins of labour, 9cm dilated, baby was footling breech, her APGARS were 4 and 8. She didn't cry immediately but her birth was very traumatic for us both. My c/s scar was also incredibly numb and I had so much pain after her birth (including bruising all along my c/s scar).

The other c/s I had was 'elective' (I didn't want it but that's a story for another thread) - everything was calmer and done so much better. Baby was born with APGARS 9 and 9 and I think because they had the time to do everything properly, I had no where near as much pain, no bruising and I had more feeling on the skin below my tummy button than I had in the 18 months since my first c/s. DH reckons now that my scar is also much much neater and not as jagged looking as the first time they sewed me up.

I hated having a second c/s but it has left my body better healed and more neatly sewed back together so all is not entirely lost and having a scheduled one is far less traumatic for me and the baby than an emergency one was.

[peanutter]

Just Me - how far along were you when you had your second c/s?

and (if you don't mind me asking) was it a risk assessment? ie: you or the Drs decided that the risks associated with c/s were less than the risk to you and/or bub of labour and/or vaginal delivery? or was it something completely different?

not meaning to pry about the exact reason - just whether it was a risk assessment or other...

[belfie]

I had an elective cs at 38+5 for my DD last year. I was warned that bub could be more likely to have breathing issues due to GD + insulin as well as the C/S. She was fine, APGARs of 9 & 9. Equally my son born 2 years before (forceps & suction) was also fine with identical APGARs. The only difference was that she actually breastcrawled & fed much better after the CS than he did after the (admittedly induced) VB.

[Just Me]

Just Me - how far along were you when you had your second c/s?

and (if you don't mind me asking) was it a risk assessment? ie: you or the Drs decided that the risks associated with c/s were less than the risk to you and/or bub of labour and/or vaginal delivery? or was it something completely different?

not meaning to pry about the exact reason - just whether it was a risk assessment or other...

I don't mind you asking at all

Both my c/s were performed at 38w3d

I really wanted a VBAC for DS2 but because of the baby looking overly large on the ultrasound (which I never believed) and having GD, they said I needed a c/s. I had the appointment at 36w with a registrar where everything was decided, went away and decided that I was going to talk to the ob about it and ask for an extra week to deliver on my own since I felt like labour was around the corner. The next appointment I had was the day before Yasi hit and my Ob was off trying to clear beds in the hospital so he wasn't there and I saw a registrar who wrote me up for the bloods but couldn't answer any of my questions. Yasi hit the next day, 3 days before my scheduled c/s. There was no opportunity to discuss it again and due to the stress on hospital resources as it was, I didn't feel that it was right to just not front up for my c/s so I went.

I got all ready for theatre and they put the canualla in and the ob came and actually felt my tummy (rather than just relying on an ultrasound). He said to me "You're not expecting a big baby are you" ... I could have killed him right then and there. The only reason I was there was because I was expecting a big baby apparently. And if it wasn't for the pressure of having a c/s that day and the stress from the cyclone, I really thought my body had been trying to go into labour for about 3 days by then. If I had just been allowed to do it in my time, he would have come. The whole thing is incredibly frustrating.

He was 3.7kg - my smallest baby. My other babies have all been 3.8kg but they have all been 53cm long. Why they never account for length when they say that my babies are 'large' I will never know. Their weights have been 200-300g over the average but their lengths have all been 3-4cm above the average. I really don't get why this is never taken into account. DD2 had a HC of 37cm and DS2 had a HC of 36cm ... both things that are also never considered when taking weight into account even though, they too are above average sizes. Small vent there ....

But looking on the bright side, my body is better off for the second c/s because of the reasons stated in my first post

[AnyDream]

Nope, my dd2 was born very close to 37 weeks but she yelled feistily and got perfect apgars, unlike my dd1 who was born vaginally and who scored low on the first one.