A bit late, but congrats bump .
Sorry for those of you waiting with BH and babies in no rush.
Thought I'd share my story for those that are worried about a c section. sorry for the length: it's the first time I've described it in English so I'm using alll my words!
I'd gone to the doctor on Tuesday due to reduced movements, fully expecting to be sent back home like the other 40 times I've gone to check. On the scan, her amniotic fluid levels were low and her heart at the low end so got sent away for a juice and to come back for the heart monitoring. For half an hour it was slow, then sped up when I turned on the left. In the meantime, the Ob had reviewed my file and seen a cone biopsy I'd had 5 years ago. she decided all things considered that she didn't want to risk waiting for things to start naturally: I'd been having contractions for almost 2 weeks but everything was still closed, which was a risk of the biopsy. This was at 8 and surgery was scheduled for 9am the next day. Arrived at the hospital where MIL was waiting (great). A nurse prepped me, shaved me, attached the canula and drugs etc. Then I was wheeled off to the OR. The anaesthetic gave me the spinal block, which was more uncomfortable than painful as you have to draw your knees up quite high. With a giant belly, not easy... As someone else said, it's a strange feeling when the lower half goes numb as you can still feel the presence of things. It took a while to get used to not being able to move my legs but was fine. I felt dizzy, so the anaesthetist added some other drug to the mix and it went straight away. They added a catheter which I didn't feel at all. Everyone was happy, chatting, very relaxed. They asked if they could put music on, which made it even more relaxed.
Then DP arrived, and the only reason I knew they'd started the procedure was his face! the doctor told me there'd be a pushing feeling on my abdonen, and then suddenly a big cry! It was much faster than I thought- the baby was out within 15 minutes. They held her up straight away and put her on my chest. I cried more than her. After taking her away for her apgar test, they brought her back to me. My hands were strapped down and was convinced she was going to roll off my chest so they unstrapped me. Baby was taken away to the incubators, hand was left roaming , at which I accidentally rested it on my stomach like the 8 month habit I had-oops. The next part for me was the worst as just wanted to see the baby and it took longer to close up than to take her out.
Back in recovery, MIL was waiting (excellent 
. It took about 2 hours to get feeling in my legs back, then about 10 hour later, they took out the catheter and made me walk a tiny way. It was painful but not unbearable. The next day was a shower, which I hated. and then home that afternoon. Now, a week later, I'm walking around. (slowly) and it only hurts in certain positions or if I do something stupid like pick things off the floor. The scar is fine, is a strange sensation because you it's numb to touch but still bruised. Stitches out on Saturday!