I am 37+4 and will most likely be having an ELCS due to polyhydramnios and breech baby. (the CS isn't booked yet but that's an entirely different thread!)
Anyway, I am looking for information of what happens before, during and after a CS (first birth was natural).
Is it scary? I'm not fearful of it, perhaps a tad anxious but nothing that you wouldn't expect me to be.
Someone told me today that for 6 whole weeks after you can literally do nothing and for the first two weeks it is impossible to lift your own baby. That the MWs shower you because you are so incapacitated? Were they just scaremongering and exaggerating or does it sound like she was giving an honest/accurate description?
I want to be prepared mentally for what to expect, what the spinal is like, how it feels to feel them rummaging inside you and mostly about the recovery procedure so if anyone would like to share their experiences I'd be very grateful :)
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An idiots guide to ELCS :)
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ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 14/09/2011 20:41
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