Meema, I met Peter Lee for the first time yesterday and he will be doing my c/s. I understand what you mean about meeting him so late in the pregnancy for him to perform major surgery and get your baby here safely. Honestly I was a bit worried to meet him, but he was really good especially seeing as it was 6pm and he had delivered a baby at 4am! lol I am booked in for the 8th (originaly 14th,but had a call this morning to change it to the 8th) and I will be 38w6d. Thank you for sharing your experience, it has definitely made me feel a bit more relaxed about everything.

Nixon, I was the same as you when this all came up. I couldnt visualise the birth at all without ending up in tears thinking baby will taken away and I'll be left in recovery by myself. I have been told over and over again I will have to be firm and insist baby stays with me (providing he doesn't need to go to SCN obviously). Thankfully I raised this again at my midwife appt yesterday and she has told me to give her a call today and let her know when I am booked in, she will check who is rostered on and leave a note on the board that I am coming in and would like to breastfeed in recovery so hopefully they can shuffle a few things around. This would be the ideal situation, but slowly I have come around to the idea that if our baby is taken away it's because he needs to be in SCN, or he is safe getting skin to skin cuddles with his Daddy. DH has promised to keep him entertained! lol Good Luck with your OB. If you're anything like me, it's hard to be firm when you request something like this, but it's important to you so I hope you can make it happen.