I had an elective c/s and the main thing in my birth plan was about keeping my baby with me & attempting to b/f in theatre (& if not in theatre then in recovery). I asked that a midwife be made available in order for this to happen. On the day they started going on about how busy they were and it might not happen but in the end the theatre midwife just did it. My DD's apgars were really good so they put her onto my chest fairly quickly, then we unwrapped her for skin to skin and offered the nipple but she just nuzzled around. Then the midwife came up to recovery so DD could stay with me, & took the extra time (even tho she was supposed to go straight back down to theatre) to help DD to latch on & she had a good feed. I wasn't in recovery long and was seperated from DD only as long as it took for the orderly to arrive and wheel me up to the ward.

My point is there is no good reason why you can't be supported to bf in theatre or even in recovery except midwife availability (and established hospital routines). It helped that I was in a big public hospital which is accredited as BFing friendly. I also had a really simple birth plan with only a few things on it and this point was bolded and underlined so it really stood out as the most important thing. But in the end it came down to the willingness on the day of that midwife (bless her) to make it happen.

I would really encourage you to start asking for this as soon as you can, bring it up at every visit at the hospital if it's what you want. I was in a daze of happiness for days and I think it also helped me to stay positive even tho I went on to get a wound infection that lingered on for weeks.