I've had similar feelings as Selina and Leasha. I had an emergency c/s under general anesthetic at 36+4, and so it was totally unexpected and I really didn't have time to think about it when it all happened. The fact it was under general anesthetic made it a lot harder to come to terms with after... One minute i'm being put to sleep, the next minute i'm awake and handed a baby and all I could think was 'is this my baby, it could be anyones'.

Such a hard thing to come to terms with. And I definitely felt disconnected, and only now, almost 8 weeks later can i look at her and think 'this is my daughter' and feel absolute complete love for her.

I look at the photos DP took just after she was born and feel a lot of sadness that I didn't get to share that experience with him, that first look at our child. I still find it hard to think about the birth, because it feels like my body failed me, although in the end, if I had had a normal birth, she probably wouldn't be here, and that it much harder to think about.

I too have made peace with the fact that I had c/s. I'm still disappointed, but in the end i'm ok and my daughter is ok and that is the most important thing.