As the time gets closer, I keep having more and more questions/what if's pop into my head...
For those that were able to have skin on skin while they were being stitched up, how was it facilitated? Was bubs popped straight there the minute they were out with the cord still attached, or was it after the paed had checked them out? Did you get the paed to agree to it before delivery? Were they worried about it being cold in the theatre?
If your bub had to go to SCN, how soon after the delivery were you able to join them?
If you had a maternal assisted delivery, how exactly did it work? Was it hard to get your OB to agree to it? Were there conditions placed upon it?
I think that's all for now, but I'm sure there'll be more TIA
I had my csection last week and I was really opinionated the whole way thru
I made sure my support person, student midwife and midwife all knew my wishes before we went in. The most important things to me were: seeing him come out, having my student midwife 'catch' him, my mum cut the cord, visual contact while the paed checked him out, being informed of all his stats and then skin to skin as soon as the paed finished with him.
His apgars were quite low and the paed wanted to take him to scn but I insisted on skin to skin before he went. But when he was with me his vitals picked up and he was able to stay with me in recovery.
I found as long as I am firm and tell them what I would like I didn't have any problems with them granting my wishes. Good luck with your csection, I hope it is everything you hope for.
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I’ve had 2 sections, first was emergency, second was elective and both times bub was pulled out, cord cut (and then trimmed by dad) checked by the pead really quickly (I could see the second time but not the first) then wrapped up in a blanket and given to me for a cuddle.
I let the pead know with my second that I wanted her asap because they took my first to SCN (after a 10 minute cuddle) for 3 hours even though nothing was wrong with him (he had apgar scores of 9 and 9!) So I wanted to have her in recovery with me and that’s when we did skin to skin & first breastfeed. I’d suggest making sure the pead and midwives that will be with you know that you want skin to skin asap and anything else you want to happen. They do try to make it the best experience they can for you Goodluck!
I had an emergency cs so hadn't discussed my wishes with them beforehand. But it was still ok. DS was delivered., held up for us to see, checked by the paed then daddy cut the cord. After that he was wrapped and placed on my chest. I found it hard to hold him and was weak so someone took him when I asked (as much as I wanted to hold him). He went to SCN while they fiddled around with me for a few hours, that part wasn't routine though so doesnt apply to you Daddy went with him. When I went to recovery they brought him back and I was able.to hold him and BF.
Having time.on your side is a good thing. Discuss your wishes with your carers and hopefully you can have all or most of what you want. Good luck!
I didn't have skin to skin. I had an emergency c-section and didn't even know it was an option. I had visual contact, then DD was taken away. I was stitched up and then put in recovery. I didn't see her for a couple of hours. If I did it again, I would do things differently (now I know!)
2 emergency c-sections here. One spinal, the other under general.
I made the rule that the baby is not to be put in a crib (unless they need to), DH or the midwife is to hold the baby if I cannot. First time, I had a quick hold, then DH took her and held her for the 3 hours till I came out of recovery. Second time, DH held her (inbetween the Paed doing all his stuff), then the moment I was slightly awake she was snuck into recovery and put skin to skin whilst I was lying down for her to feed.
Hey miss E, with my second cs which was planned, I had a firm birth plan that I went through in detail with my Ob and student mid. I asked for the screen to be lowered to see ds come out. The anesthetist helped me lift my head up so I could see better otherwise it can be a little hard when you're lying flat. I wanted a maternal assisted caesarean and I nearly had ob agree but he was worried about the contamination factor. So he held bub up to me so I could touch his little foot then he was passed to the midwife who dried him off quickly and bought him straight around to me for skin to skin in theatre. To be honest it was a little difficult holding him as the spinal had given me the shakes but dh supported his head and my student mid pulled down my gown for skin to skin and they placed warm blankets over us. He didn't go to the paed table straight away The paed could see he was fine and just kept a watchful eye. I agreed for the mw to take him while I was moved off the table and as soon as they wheeled me in recovery he was actually weighed and measured right there beside me then given back to me for first bfeed and cuddles whilst being wheeled to our room. I had an ob who was a firm believer in the benefits of prompt skin to skin and breastfeeding. And also the hospital I went to was in the process of obtaining their baby friendly certification so were also very mindful about reducing separation.
So all I can say is write a birth plan and discuss this in length with your care providers and make sure they are aware that it's very important to you.
mine went straight to special care as he had such low blood sugar. I saw him after 4 hours on the ward but daddy went with him from theatre to SCN and stayed with him. I did get to see him and kiss his forehead before he was taken away. Not ideal but if bub does need to go to SCN just be prepared for a little bit of a wait. Sometimes it can be a little difficult getting bub out depending on position etc so they might not be able to let you assist with delivery (I have worked in theatre) so go in with the mindset that assisting with delivery would be a bonus but its not a guarantee. Everything else should not be a problem at all.Hope everything goes smoothly and your experience is wonderful.
Bengal - yep baby gets unwrapped, your gown gets pulled down/pushed back and then baby goes onto your chest. I then had a warmed blanket put on top of him as his vitals were a bit down.
Yep Bengal. You how usually in theatre they are so tightly wrapped up you can only see their little faces. When ds was given to me he was loosely wrapped and they tore down the top of the hospital gown so we could have skin to skin and put a warn blanket over us.
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