To be terrified!

[outnumbered4]

I'm due to have my 5th c section tomorrow morning and the fear and anxiety has well and truly hit!

Has anyone got any words of wisdom to help me calm down?

[EmmaJR1]

Congratulations!

[TwatteryFlowers]

Glad everything has gone well.

[outnumbered4]

Thank you she is just perfect I'm absolutely besotted with her, I haven't even put her down yet and she's nearly 12 hours old we are still skin to skin and she's feeding like she's been here and done all this before.

[inmyshoos]

Congratulations outnumbered! Lovely happy ending. Enjoy your little bundle of joy. X

[Awwlookatmybabyspider]

Congratulations. Did you know she was going to be a girl or was it a surprise.

[iamyourequal]

Congratulations. That was a lovely post to read. So pleased your baby girl has arrived safely.

[FoodGloriousFud]

How lovely! Congratulations. Hope you're both doing well :-)

[FuzzyOwl]

Wonderful news and congratulations!

[outnumbered4]

To update; my little girl was born safely this morning c section went brilliantly and was probably the most positive experience I've ever had with any of them! Surgeons and anaesthetists were absolutely fantastic and I am still feeling great, no pain still although I know that is coming!

Thanks for everyone's support!

[outnumbered4]

Thanks everyone for the kind words! Tomorrow is definitely the big day, I've just got home from the hospital pre op all done and had a long chat with the anaesthetists and surgeon. They were very confident and well prepared so everything is as ready as can be! Just trying to focus on the end result and cuddling my new lovely little girl

Also, they said they can put some anxiety meds in my drip if I'm too nervous in the morning so that made me feel better!

[ElizaDontlittle]

Love the "you can't have more than x sections" myth - if it's not wise to labour after 2, how the heck do people think it suddenly becomes safe after 5.
Hope you have another nice "last meal" tonight and can manage the anxiety until baby is here tomorrow. Totally natural and ok, maybe just accept, this is how I feel today, tomorrow might be different. No shame in our feelings though we often think so.

[Clandestino]

Milliepede, that was brilliant!!!

I only had one section but I had had three deep tissue surgeries before and had to have another deep tissue surgery into the C-section scar where the tissue apparently started tearing again so as the consultant performing the ultrasound cheerfully informed me, no surgeon will ever want to touch me again unless I'm dying because they want to fix people and I can't be fixed anymore so I get you, I'd be shitting myself too.
On a more cheerful note, you'll be fine. You know the drill and mainly, you will have your beautiful little baby so no worries there. And get the bikini wax .

[EmmaJR1]

Just rtft- tell anyone who will listen how you feel - hand holding is a given at times like this! Don't hide it. Fingers crossed for you x

[EmmaJR1]

@outnumbered4 just take one step at a time and don't focus on the big picture. You'll be fine - well you'll have 5 kids so you'll be knackered but apart from that - fine!

[EmmaJR1]

@Milliepede 😂😂😂

[outnumbered4]

I'm waiting to hear about going down for another pre op today and confirmation tomorrow is ok to go ahead, wish they would hurry up and ring!

[Papafran]

I thought you could only have 3 c/sections, 4 at a huge push

I think that Radford mum has had about 15... Good luck OP, the doctors won't let anything happen to you and you will be in good hands- they know what they are doing.

[Usernamegone]

Hope things are ok Outnumbered4

[NorksAkimbo72]

Aw, outnumbered sorry to hear it's been put off...i hope you're ok! I wish you were in my area...I've been craving squishy newborns lately...I'd so be up for loving on your baby while you napped and recovered!! Good luck...let us know how it goes!

[outnumbered4]

Luckily the MRI appears to be reassuring, they can't see any sign of accreta and c section should be going ahead on Thursday at the bigger hospital. Thanks everyone

[MorvaanReed]

Sorry it's not going according to plan, hope it gets sorted soon.

[AssassinatedBeauty]

Oh that's so frustrating for you. I'm sure the consultant was only concerned with what's safest and best for you. My understanding was that the placenta can shift a fair bit as it grows and it might not have been possible to check earlier iyswim.

[outnumbered4]

I'm still sitting in the hospital (the bigger one) waiting to be told what they're doing and when. I feel a bit like the consultant this morning just didn't want to do my section as it would be a pain in the arse.

I don't understand how no one at any point in the pregnancy has been concerned about this, I've been admitted to hospital multiple times for different things and no one has ever been worried about any of the things she said today.

I feel sad and frustrated and very disappointed my baby still isn't here!

[TanginaBarrons]

Oh outnumbered I'm really sorry. I can't believe that this wasn't established long ago in the pregnancy! Mine was all cleared at 20 weeks.

On the other hand they are just being thorough and you will be in very safe hands - they will want to make sure there are no nasty surprises and will be all prepared with blood/consultants in the theatre. I found it really reassuring reading how rarely these things go wrong when I was worried about the placental site (I had a lot of bleeding up to 20 weeks). Best of luck and keep us posted.

[outnumbered4]

They've just been to tell me they won't do it now it's too dangerous apparently and I have to have an MRI to see if the placenta has grown in the last scar which is high on the womb and I have to go to a bigger hospital to have it done I feel awful