I'm due a c-section next week with DC2. I didn't have one with DC1, so don't know entirely what to expect.
I'm having one due to previous trauma, rather than medical, so I might be bumped down the list. Having said that, my consultant has said becuase of my anxiety, it also might push me up the list - so who knows!
DC1 goes to nursery and my mum will have to collect him that morning as we need to be at the hospital at 7:30 AM. Obviously, I will be in for at least 24 hours - we've decided that we don't want DC1 coming to the hospital. He's quite a nervous/shy child so think it will all be a bit overwhelming for him.
However, we don't know whether it would be best for my husband to collect him from nursery, take him home, do bath/bedtime etc. Which means I'll be in the hospital for about 3 hours without him on the same day as my section, or whether we ask mum to do collect/bed/bath etc. She does do these sometimes anyway, so it wouldn't be completely out of the ordinary. I'm just feeling really conscious that his life is suddenly going to be really disrupted and I don't want him to feel pushed out at all.