I've had a vaginal birth
I've have 2 emergency we have to get this baby out now type CS.
I've had an emergency no huge rush type no distress for baby CS.....( just not happening time limit type) that I called because i felt that this was headed down the path of no return to end in a full on emergency type
& my last CS was an elective.
Emergency ones were a big rush. It was stressful but also quick no time to think things through and the enmorous relief and feeling of love for my baby and husband and gratitude to everyone concerned was huge. Recovery no problems.
My first emergency CS was a bug rush my waters broke but labour did'nt start, so i was induced! My son got into distress stright away it was very stressful but quick.
My second emergency CS I had a trial of labour that went really well. I enjoyed my labour I was in a really great place and coped realy well I got to 9cms before she got into distress but when she was born I could see why she was'nt coming out she was a big baby who had presented in a difficult postion.
Both of those i was in shock, I had good recovery times, but milk was very slow to come in which strated a chain of events that ended in comp feeds then bottle feeding.
Next baby I wanted a trial of labour, i felt confident that I could do it..I was in labour from approx 6pm I thougth my waters had broken so i went in to check and then had to stay on, I was 3cms.
At midnight I was still 3cms with a lot of back pain at 3am i asked for another internal to discover I was only 4cms that was it for me i asked for the CS and got it done around 5am..epidural relief from the pain was amazing the pleasure to meet my baby was huge i did'nt have the stress of the baby being in distress & I felt like I had given it a red hot go, recovery was fine, milk came in on time, no shock.
Last baby was told I had to have an elective section, for me this was stressful i worried the baby would be made to come before she was ready so i hung out to my last chance in the secret hope labour would start & I would know for sure she was ready my CS was performed 3 days before her due date.
I dreaded the thought of the epidural & surgery I was extremely stressed about that for weeks beforehand and on the day was emotionally /physically drained and very anxious. But my baby was delivered quickly & as soon as she was there my stress dissappeared. I had written a birth plan for my CS and they enacted that plan for me which meant I got to hold my baby skin on skin as soon as she was born, we took photos of her birth my surgery and stitching up which i looked at weeks afterwards (I would say that is worth considering, you may never look at them but then again you might) she came with me to recovery and i feed her straight away.
If I had to do it again my choice would be to do a trial of labour (that way you know baby is ready to come) & a vaginal birth is going to be a huge bonus.
I would aim for minimal intervention & if it was'nt working out or I was'nt coping pull the pin and go to a CS.... the epidural is less daunting under those circumstances it was'nt even painful to me it was a huge relief. I would aim for photos of the birth and getting the baby given to me to hold straight away skin to skin to enable the bonding process, i can't see any reason why if the baby is healthy that you can't start that doing all the things you would if you had a vaginal birth I view it as essential for mum and bubs...best of luck with whatever you choose we are all very different and when you loook at all the options you will start to lean a certain way...hopefully this has helped.
Thanks everyone. I've had another good chat with my ob and he thinks a natural birth will be the best option. It will have to be heavily monitored due to complications we have had with this baby's health and I am ok with that, in fact I think I would worry too much if I didn't know she was doing ok in there which could prove distracting. They have radio ctg's so I'm hoping I can at least stand, and as much as I don't like the idea, I can do the fetal scalp thing. I've been lucky enough to have two natural births so far so I know I can do it, it's just the added issues that this bub is coming with.
I am concerned that my ob won't be present in labour. I am public and seeing a specialist at the moment but I'm guessing when I go in that it will be whatever ob is on the labour ward at the time. So I am going to talk to my ob now and get him to write some sort of plan in my notes for the labour ward.
I figure if I expect that a c-section may happen, at least it won't be such a shock.
Hello, I know this thread is a month old now but just wanted to add that within my mothers group there seems to be a big difference in terms of recovery from emergency c sections depending on whether mum had an epidural or not.
I had an emergency c section for a breech baby after a natural labour as baby had no plans to come out in stage two. It's only classed as an emergency c section as I was in labour, there was no actual emergency and took about 30-40 minutes to get to surgery after the decision was made. My recovery was really easy and quick, I felt fine the next day.
The mums I know who had an epidural then an c section for failure to progress describe the recovery from their emergency c sections as feeling like they were "hit by a truck" - and are very much looking forward to elective c sections for their second babies so they don't have to go through it again. I know this is only anecdotal evidence from a small group of people but if you are thinking about going into labour before having a c section, the method of pain control you use for the c section (epidural / spinal) may make a difference to your physical recovery?
My first I laboured for 14 hours then emergency c-s
Knew no different recovery was what it was.
My second planned CS but also after they stitched me up I was knocked out for keyhole gallbladder surgery.
I hated my planned CS, I felt seasick , I believe it was because the epi was so fresh I was not the same numbness across my body I felt lop sided, it was horrid, I was actually relived when they knocked me out.
The recovery is hard to compare because it was two surgeries in one, but I thought it was more painful.
Am wondering how I'll feel with number three CS at a different hospital with no gallbladder to fail and need removing.
My first I laboured for 14 hours then emergency c-s
Knew no different recovery was what it was.
My second planned CS but also after they stitched me up I was knocked out for keyhole gallbladder surgery.
I hated my planned CS, I felt seasick , I believe it was because the epi was so fresh I was not the same numbness across my body I felt lop sided, it was horrid, I was actually relived when they knocked me out.
The recovery is hard to compare because it was two surgeries in one, but I thought it was more painful.
Am wondering how I'll feel with number three CS at a different hospital with no gallbladder to fail and need removing.
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