Is there anything you wished you had asked before the day

[Jennifer13]

Some of these are for the hospital and some for the ob.

For the hospital: I wish I had asked about having the baby with me in recovery and skin to skin in theatre. Also under what circumstances that wouldn't be allowed. I wish I had known to schedule the c/s for first thing in the morning, so the theatre wasn't so cold and I could have done skin to skin. It would also have meant the spinal had plenty of time to wear off before night time and baby wouldn't have gone to the nursery. I wish I'd have been able to bf in recovery.

Ask if your partner can stay with you for the night or not. What the policies are on rooming in with your baby after a c/s?

And for the ob: I wished I'd have waited until actually going into labour to give my baby the time to complete its gestation and choose its own birth date. So maybe ask if it's at least possible to wait until 40 weeks or labour starts (as long as it is not critical to have the baby earlier).

What kind of surgery the ob performs (make sure they do double layer stitching, in Australia most do, but this is not always the case in the US for eg). Ask about possible complications from all the procedures (spinal, op, catheter and pain relief) and what would be done if any occurred. I'd have also checked with my ob as to how many of his c/s patients had complications and what they were.

I would do lots of research into c/s and put together a list of qns to take in yourself to the ob, as it's a major operation and can have massive implications on your future health, pgs and birth. As I found out afterwards.

[Aussiegirl777]

Fantastic answer Jennifer! Every question I would have asked you have listed.

[MumtoA]

Thank you so much! Great list of questions and I will be def doing some further research before My initial app. Bengal that would also be great if you could post the plan your friend wrote! Xo