C section-ers! How many weeks were you when your lo/s were delivered?

[Claire2009]

41+4 - Emerg Cs.
41+6 - Planned Cs the MW & Gynae/Obs planned it & told me 3 days before it was booked

[Mintyy]

40+4 crash c/s
39+2 elective c/s

[KristinaM]

40+19

[PurplePillow]

36wks Emerg CS

[Claire2009]

Mintyy, What's a crash cs? is that an emerg?

[paisleyleaf]

2 weeks before due date (elective)

[benfmsmum]

38+ a few hours - emergency cs

[Mintyy]

Crash c/s = baby in severe trauma so mum has to have general anaesthetic because not enough time for an epidural or spinal block.

[tokentotty]

Emergency section with first as labour was going badly. Elective cs for number 2 as was only 16 months after No.1. Booked for the week before due date but went into labour 3 days before. Should have been booked for 2 weeks before due date but that would have been New Year's Eve and consultant was going to be on holiday...

[PinkyMinxy]

41weeks crash/emcs

39weeks elcs

38weeks unplanned, not a crash like DS, but I guess it would be termed emcs.

[needsomesleepplease]

41+ emergency cs
38+6 elective cs ( sooo much better!!)

[PinkyMinxy]

Totally agree. Wish I'd had an elcs this last time, instead of being in labour and not knowing what to do for the best.

[Claire2009]

Tokentotty, 14mo between 1 & 2 here, hence why they wouldn't allow me to go any 'later' ..just wish it would've been spoke about more, I was told all the way through I'd be ok to try for natural this time, then told 3days before cs booked I was having that

Mintyy, Thanks I didn't realise it was called crash, my friend had one, severe p/e and a sudden g/a cs.

[tokentotty]

Claire2009, I was told right from the off that 'they' (medical powers that be) don't encourage natural delivery after CS without a 2 yr gap. Am still quite annoyed that they left my elective until only a week before due date, leaving me far more open to spontaneous labour which was exactly what happened forcing another emergency CS.

[cheesesarnie]

1st-41 weeks-crash cs
2nd-37 weeks planned but kept going into early labour
3rd-37 weeks planned but as above kept going into early labour so was moved forward.

[largeginandtonic]

29 weeks emergency section.

[Claire2009]

Totty, Both births were in France, I think they liked to tell me things that weren't true Ah well, both got her safe! That's the main thing
Your Dc's are gorgeous!

[MumGoneCrazy]

40+10 Emerg c-sec (induced 3 times in labour for 20 hours then had to have emerg c-sec due to him being in distress with cord wrapped around his neck)

40+5 Elective c-sec (choose that instead of being induced again as it was the worst thing to happen to me ever)

36wks Emerg c-sec (due to eclampsia)

Am currently 25wks pregnant and have a c-sec planned for 39wks although that date might change if my blood pressure rises again

[tokentotty]

Claire, moments of gorgeousness and No.2 has only narrowly avoided the workhouse thanks to some words of wisdom from TYG (Largeginandtonic will appreciate the wisdom of this wonderful woman!!)

[l39]

37 + 3 (Induced with twins, twin1 born vaginally, twin2 emergency section under general anaesthetic)

[theselegswermad]

35+2 Emerg c-section ( servere Pre-cla/Help)
37+6 Elective section (pre-clampsia)

[ilovesprouts]

30 weeks em cs due to really bad pre-clamp and 40+ 12 days due to failed induction em cs

[nooka]

My waters broke 12 days early with both my two. ds was born that day (it was termed an emergency section, but all very civilised, with no labour). With dd I was hoping for a VBAC so they left it until three days later in the hope of contractions and then induced when none materialised (argh, why oh why did I say I wanted to do that) followed by emergency c-section. I also had a sixteen month gap, but the consultant was still ready to give it a try (the senior midwife was very dubious when they hooked me up though).