Scheduled C Section Reasurance Wanted
3 Replies
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ok I have a planned c-section to deliver our daughter on Wednesday 9th of may, I have not come on here to hear bad stories or experiences, because believe me I have read and heard enough of them to last a life time...:), what I am after is people who have had a c-section (non-general) and whom didn't have a horrid experience, this is not to encourage myself that nothing can go wrong, coz believe me I know things can go wrong, this is more to get rid of my nerves, and settle me down a little before the day, and I think stories of encouragement may be the only thing that will do that...I understand if you may think this is a bit stupid but I think stressing over this is the last thing me or baby needs I only have 4 more days to get through so any stories of encouragement would be great right now, I think the main part that is stressing me is that I am going to hate the needle and feel all this pain (which I know is very unlikely) but I guess I just can't stop thinking about it, anyway I will stop rambling and leave you all to right your GOOD experience stories......thank you so much for reading this post...i totally understand if some of you would not like to leave your stories
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
hiya well ive had 3 c-sections 1st was emergency so was kinda not knowing what to expect all went well though then 2nd one was planned and it was so much easier and nicer i even recovered a lot faster was up n out of bed the next day 3rd one was also planned again was much easier and recovered quite quickly the only part i didnt like was having the drips in my hands but i concentrated on the little present i got at the end of it and got through it gl for the 9th :-)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hello- I had a scheduled csection 4 weeks ago. I had had a emergency section with my first. The scheduled was a piece of cake compared to my first. I was nervous the morning of. But, not too nervous that I wished I could eat. Usually when I get really nervous I don't want to eat. Of course you are not allowed. The only thing that kinda hurt before was the IV. Right before I got my spinal I got scared and cried a little bit. I feel REALLY stupid now!!!!! The needle he used to numb me was REALLY tiny. It did not hurt at all!!!!! The only thing that weirded me out a bit was not feeling my body from the waist down. I felt fine once my husband came into the room. I just looked at him the whole time. The Dr. did not tell me when he was starting. I am so happy he didn't. I was asking my husband when were they were going to start and they were already pulling my son out. That was cool. I thought I was going to be in a ton of pain afterwards but I was not. they have REALLY great drugs now. The dr put in a drug called Deramorph(sp?) before I even left the surgery room. It last like 24 hours. They also gave me Demoral(sp?). They brought my baby to me in recovery like after 10 min of being in there. We were skin to skin for 1 hour. I nursed him in that hour with no problems. It was awesome!!!! The next day they had me get out of bed. That hurts a bit. Make sure you stay on top of your meds. Don't let your pain level get past a 5 before you ask for more. Also make sure they give you something for gas. The gas pains hurt more than anything after the surgery. With the gas meds I was fine. I went home after 2 nights. I did not need any more strong meds once I was home. I just took advil. My incision looks really great. just a tiny line. I felt so great that I over did it and now I am starting to feel a little pain on one side. My husband took 3 weeks off and that helped SO much!!!! Hopefully you have someone to help you. My dr said if I wanted to have a pretty scar then to just basically do nothing and be bored. I would do it all over again. It's so awesome having my baby here after a LONG 38 weeks!!!!!! Good luck to you!!! Post your birth story when you have time and let me know how it went....
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
thank you ladies, just reading your posts makes me feel so much better,dmk you mentioned you were home after just 2 nights great work!!! I am having our baby girl on wednesday night and I was sort of hoping I would be out by saturday arvo but dont think my doc is going to agree, see my hubbies uncles 50th is on saturday night, and hubbies whole family is going to be there, and it is only half hour from home, where as they live over 3 hours away (the whole lot of them)so if they dont get to see her now they probably wont get to see her at all for months, and its not as easy as them all coming to see us as most of them are only coming for the party then going back home, I really want them to meet our new baby.....oh well I guess I will see how I feel...anyway thanks again for your great stories makes me feel so much more at ease.
|
