I had a great c-section. DS gave a bit of a yell to let us know he was in the world and while he was checked over DH had his hands on him the whole time and was talking to him, they had skin to skin for 5 minutes while I was stiched up, and once I was in recovery we had skin to skin and he was breast crawling away like a trooper. My milk came in the next day and we've been breastfeeding for almost a year now. As for bonding, that first hour, together or apart, does NOT dictate the rest of your relationship. I felt a link straight away, he was my son and he was so much more perfect than I could ever have imagined.

There are little things you can do to make it the birth you want, and the great thing is you have the time to work those things out. You can have a soundtrack, you can ask a nurse or someone to take photo's, you can have your DH do skin on skin or you can have your baby placed on you straight away. You have options. Definitely mourn the loss of your perfect birth, it sucks that you won't get that experience. But then work to make this experience the absolute best it can be. All Ziggy needs is love, and you have that in spades. You will meet your baby, and you will fall in love, those things will happen, the rest of the details are up to you.