My c-section was very rushed and I was shaking very very badly the whole way through it but I was not strapped down. I was scared enough as it was, I don't know how I would have coped if they had strapped me down. I already had an IV in though. They asked me a few times to try and hold still and not shake (my BP was giving very low readings and they weren't sure if it was a result of the shaking) but they still didn't strap me down.

They took my baby away after she was born for the first 15 - 20 mins and asked me if I wanted to hold her when they brought her back. I refused because I was shaking so badly, I thought I might drop her. DH held her until we got to recovery and I was on a bed where I was less scared about her falling off.