To think the gynae might have said something or anything during CS.

I was in the labour room for 24 hours, had an assisted delivery at the end, then had to be stitched up. The gynae doctor didn't say a word to me either.

I was too exhausted to chat, I guess she was too tired too. We'd both been up all night. I don't hold it against her. She did a good job, DS & I both came home healthy. That's all that really matters in the end.

I was sort of relieved that the surgeon was concentrating on what she was doing. It’s quite a complex surgery. There were so many people in the room, two midwives, theatre nursing staff including the senior charge nurse, two midwives, one for me and one for DS, the paediatrician with the house officer and the senior house officer who had looked after me for 4 weeks ( she asked if she could watch and spent the whole time by my side talking me through it) and of course the lovely consultant anaesthetist and her registrar who kept my DH busy. She lives in our village so they were swopping gossip throughout.
I doubt the surgeon could get a word in edgeways.
My own consultant gyni and the two others who looked after me during the four weeks I was in the anti natal ward all came to visit after I’d had DS to congratulate me. I think I’d become part of the furniture so they were a bit invested. Most of the midwives who’d been looking after me also popped in while we were in the NICU and transitional care for 10days.
It was a massive joint effort to get me to 36 weeks so I suppose I wasn’t just a set of notes.
There were two midwives, in particular, who saved my sanity, often sitting and chatting with me at night when I struggled to sleep. And another one that had a complaint against her while I was on the ward. I’d witnessed the event and the patient who’d made the complaint had been completely unreasonable. So I was happy to make a statement.

However this was 20 yrs ago and different times. Sad that we no longer see that level of care.

Presumably the obstetrician will be concentrating on the operation itself, the rest of the team in particular the anaesthetist will be the focusing on you and your well-being. Whilst the midwives and paediatric staff will be dealing with baby. Each person in the theatre will have their role to play.
My obstetrician said a brief hello and then she got on with it after the go ahead from the anaesthetist, and I’m not quite sure who said it’s a boy may have been the midwife or the surgeon.
One of the midwives on the ward said to me later, good to see your surgeon was x - she does a very tidy incision, and stitches. Personally rather have someone focussed on doing a good job than talking to me.

Not gynae, but I had a spine surgeon present (I was told) during an operation to remove a lung tumour that was near, possibly entwined, with/on my spine.

I really didn't care. I cared very much about the outcome, but as I made clear to the thoracic surgeon, not the details of the actual op.

Exactly my experience. With my second section I didn’t even realise the surgeon had arrived until we were starting.

My sons were born ELCS and the surgeon were absolutely brilliant. Asked me what music to choose and both came for a chat in recovery asking about names etc.
This was 1995 and 2000.
Both surgeons called in the next day to see the boys,am guessing they got job satisfaction back in the day!!

All the other health care professionals in the room were lovely, the surgeon was behind the screen over my abdomen

I didn't expect any convo with my surgeon either. The baby was passed to me and that's all was foccussed on. The surgeon was still continuing his work.

I've had 4 c sections and never spoke a word to the surgeon and until reading your post I didn't question it!

Awful. Just not good enough.

It's like the "Hello, my name is" campaign never happened.

You are not a piece of meat and we all deserve to be treated better than this.

Congratulations on your little one.

Its surgeons.

If he did a good job thats all that matters and in 6 months to a year or so thats all your going to care about.

I dont think mine said many more than one sentence before we went in and we never saw each other again.

She said ‘no babies for two years’. I was like ok. And off she went.

Yet years on I still think about her to this day sometimes. She did such a bloody good job. Incredibly impressive work and super grateful to her and her skills.