Csection- calm before the storm?

[xkatyx]

First of all I want to appologise for the numerous threads about me being so scared about having a csection!

I'm 36 weeks with identical twins and having a csection this Wednesday (21st dec)
This is my biggest fear for many reasson, I'm scared of the operation, something awful happening and just many many many things!

I have 3 children already all by VB so this is all new.

So i have 3 days till what I have been dreading is going to be happening, an strangely enough I feel ok and counting down the hours till I can get there and have our babies.

It's very strange and I'm thinking it will all come out on the day and I will proberly have a nervous break down!

Inherent web able to get excite about the babies as it feels there is this big hurdle I have to face first!!!

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

I've had two c sections and I found the staff at each were absolutely brilliant. They were so calm and professional that they calmed me down. In a way, the worst bit is the waiting beforehand. Once they start the operation it will only be a matter of minutes before the babies are born. After a quick check over mine were passed to DH who was sitting at my head and I just watched DH and the babies until the operations were finished. One thing I didn't realise until afterwards was that I could have chosen what music they had on the sterio at the time of the operations. I'm having another c section in March and will choose something calming to go on the cd player.

I hope I'm lucky enough to have lovely midwives about.

I'm dreading the waiting, I think I will properly just shake the whole time!!!

Intact thinking about it now I get nervous and whole body shakes

ive had 3..im the biggest wimp!agree the waiting is the worse bit but once your in there it all goes quickly!
my only advice is to remember to shave/wax or theyll do a dry shave for you which isnt nice!

How did you cope with your nerves cheese?
Did you both have a long wait?

I have been told to come in at 8am

with 1st it was emcs so i was in a room pushing one minute,next id been put to sleep,so no time for nerves.
next 2 i was in hospital from 10 weeks before due dates so by the time they said it was ok to do cs and deliver i could have kissed them!no 2 dh was there so took my mind off it a bit,the last one dh didnt arrive till just before they took me in,that wait seemed to go on forever!signing the disclaimer thing whilst waiting made me shake uncontrollably!
no idea how long waits actually were.sorry.

Oh gosh, so scarey!! And blimey you sound like you have been through alot!!!

no not really.but i do have 3 adorable children,so all worth it!youll be fine!l'll be waiting for updates on the babies after xmas!my youngest is 6 tomorrow-christmas babies are great

Aw aren't they, i can't believe I will have two new babies!

I just came across a thread that woman were saying them tearing in labour was worse recovery than csection. So that is reassuring to know.

:)

any ideas on what your having?do you have names?very exciting!

We are having identical girls :) no names we have stuck on yet.

I think we will have to wait to see them!

It is very exciting.

I want to go now and get it over with

wow!how lovely!

Recovery way easier than after forceps.

I went in for 7, theatre at 12. Was 3rd on list with twins and 4th section + sterilisation ahead of me.

Honestly, I enjoyed it (but had awful first birth with DD1).

Good luck.

my planned cs was brill.

went in for 7am, in theatre at 9ish and was all over in under an hour. theatre staff were lovely and i had a midwife that met me in the ward where i was waiting and stayed by my side until i went to recovery.

recovery was much easier than my emcs.

ask for disolvable stitches when you go in, i had the ones with a bead at each end and that are removed a week or so later and had no end of trouble with them.

The first c section was an EMCS. The second time round it was an elective and I'm afraid I had a lot of waiting as they performed the sections in order of need and as the only reason I was having a c section was because DS2 was breech I was low priority. I had to be at the hospital very early in the morning and DS2 wasn't born until 4.45. At one point I was told that I may have to go home and come back the following day. I'm sure you'll be higher priority though because of the twins.

I really hope I don't have to wait that long, my goodness I would of passed out waiting!

Thank you all for the positive stories, they are making me more and more excited.

I had an ECS, went in at 8.00 & had my baby at 3.53. I had to wait as emergencies kept coming in, and the reason I was there was because DD was breech.

I was TERRIFIED, but it was honestly just amazing & so quick. The staff especially the anethatist (sorry, can't spell that) was amazing. She told me they had started, and then literally 30 seconds later, my baby was out. I had no idea they had even started.

My recovery seemed much less painful and easier than my friends who had VB. I would beg for a c section should I ever have any more DC, it is easier & less painful than having a filling at the dentists.

Good luck & please don't worry.

Don't worry about passing out. They put me on a drip mid morning to prevent that.

Big congrats on getting to 36 weeks!
I was booked in for 36 weeks with my girls and went into labour at 34 weeks. They made me push for a bit then decided it wasn't happening so ended up with a emcs.
Even though it was not the planned section it was still a positive exp. Everyone was lovely!
Recovery wasnt half as bad as I was expecting. Learn to sneeze with your mouth shut!!
Good luck and I look forward to seeing your "yah I have 2 beautiful baby girls and don't know what to name them" thread.
Merry Christmas. .

I've had 3 sections. One was planned with a singleton and 2 were emergency ones both times with twins.

All fantastic and relaxed even though they were emergency - both times twin 1 wanted to vacate before eviction date lol.

I have excited butterfly's in my tummy.

Honestly thank you all so much this has really helped me.

I can't wait to update you all :)

I think I had the "storm" today.

Spent most of the day In tears, completely unable to cope with kids, snapping at everything, and Im sure I have made myself feel sick and I have a horrible headache!

Feel really depressed, and generally crap can't believe how quick my mood has changed

katy Hopefully you're back to being excited. Everyone on the January antenatal thread's thinking about you...
FX for a joyous birthing tomorrow and speedy recovery!

You've come a long way, Katy, and you've done really well. Good luck for a pain-free, no-hanging-around section tomorrow, two gorgeous healthy girls and a rapid recovery! Take care!

Aw thank you all so much! Today I feel not as bad but very sick with nerves .. I'm going to see if eating will help!!

I'm such a drama queen.

oh best wishes. i had one VB then one elective C and the EC was so much better.

It's weird going in cold but I just kept thinking how much more comfortable it was than labour and that my beautiful baby was nearly there and that worked quite well. x