I had an awesome c-section. We wanted it to be as close as possible to out original birth plan, so we got one of the nurses to take pics so DH could just be with me and not worry bout that stuff, DH cut the cord, Sammy had immediate gooey skin on skin with DH first, DH stayed with him (not sure if he was holding him or not) when the agpar testing and all that was being done, then I had skin on skin once I was wheeled out (I was a little shaky), we had heaps of time for Sammy to do the breast crawl and latch on, we just asked to be left alone so we could sort it out and it all went really well.

My c-section was elective so I had time (well, 3 days) to get used to the idea and sort out what I wanted. For me it was a head space thing more than anything else, letting go of what my original plans were and making the best of what did happen. I don't regret anything and am totally happy with my choices