I've been day-dreaming today about what I would put on my birth plan if I ever had DC2.
On my birth plan for DD1 I had: As natural as possible - preferably a water birth, I'll see what I feel at the time wrt pain relief, no Keilands forceps.
I had: A bit of my waters broken by midwife (a bit had already gone), was told I'd need syntocinon drip, had an epidural, they took blood from DD1s head twice then had an emergency c-section at 2.50am. DD was wrapped up and DH held her, then my mum, then she was placed (still wrapped up) on me while I was wheeled up to the ward (at 3.30am) and left there.
I had an awful night of terrible care.
I do not want a repeat of last time and have decided that, if I ever have another DC, I will request an elective c-section at a time where DH and I will have quiet time with our DC before I'm wheeled off (as elective c-sections occur during working hours).
I'd like something like the birth at the beginning of video.
I'm not asking for opinions on elective c-section vs vbac. I'd just like to know if anyone has achieved a so-called 'natural c-section' on the NHS? If so, how did it go? How did you go about organising it? Whereabouts in the country were you at the time?
Thank you.
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Has anyone had skin-to-skin during a c-section?
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ChunkysMum · 16/03/2013 22:04
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