So today I was lucky enough....

[PumpkinZulu]

Oh yeah, don't tell me about the Alp Umm, did it look painful? Were the gentle? I know it's keyhole surgery yeah? How long did it take? Sorry to be such a sticky beak! I'd love to see both the lap and the sections for myself, so cool you got to observe!

[blessedatlast]

Yeah it's keyhole surgery. She also had a hysteroscopy which is going through the cervix. Are they gentle.... Ummm, no. They had the camera up through her cervix and then as they were pushing the instruments through her belly button and on the side, it was weird being able to see it pierce through the skin. Then she was just laying there with these silver pipe looking things sticking out of her belly to keep the holes open while he cut out a piece of tissue. I did hear the surgeon say that there was a bit of endometriosis, but I couldn't see anything that looked out of the ordinary and he didn't remove it, so must of been only a tiny bit. She was laying covered from the ribs to her head to keep the area sterile so all you could see was from her belly down. It was strange seeing them put her legs in stirrups and stuff while she was knocked out. It was a bit creepy TBH. I mean I know they are doing their job, but just to see someone naked from the waist down and knocked out was really weird, she was just so vulnerable.

The whole procedure took about an hour.

Jax - The youtube link isn't working? Unless it's my internet..

[jax]

YouTube - ‪The natural caesarean: a woman-centred technique‬‏



ok think i have fixed it, for some reason it starts playing from the end so you need to drag it back to start. If not search for The natural caesarean: a woman-centred technique. It should come up first. It is worth watching

[blessedatlast]

Jax - That was fabulous! Thats what I want, all c sections should be performed like that. I have my booking in appointment in 2wks, I'm sure I will be having an interesting discussion on how c sections are performed at that hospital lol.

[jax]

Blessedatlast: Hope you have more luck then me. I tried to discuss it and was told NO to everything except babe can come to recovery with me. I really hope you have more luck, let me know how you go. I will be having more 'discussions' with them

[Me+him+bub]

i so hope u get what u want blessed. Also perhaps ask whether they ***** poor bubs foot to check BSL, they did that to my little boy the minute he was born, I never was told until later that they had to take him away quickly coz BSL was low, then I thought, why would u be checking it?, I never had diabetes. Perhaps it was necessary but not nice to think thats the first think he experienced!

[Fleur]

i so hope u get what u want blessed. Also perhaps ask whether they ***** poor bubs foot to check BSL, they did that to my little boy the minute he was born, I never was told until later that they had to take him away quickly coz BSL was low, then I thought, why would u be checking it?, I never had diabetes. Perhaps it was necessary but not nice to think thats the first think he experienced!

How big was he hun? Pie had the same, went straight to SCU on a drip because of low BSL - apparently it is routine to check all babies over 4.5kg.