How quickly did they get you out of bed after your ELCS? And when did you eat?

[nymphadora]

I'm going for my third next week and the leaflet they gave me says the next day for both but I'm going to be having it before lunch so it seems a long time in bed compared to the previous 2.The leaflet they gave me is slightly out of date as they have changed from an afternoon slot one day to a morning slot another day so that may account for it.

dd1- had her at 2pm , ate in the evening and up next am.

dd2- born 11:30pm up for breakfast the next day.

I haven't got me pro-op appt til Tuesday so hoping for some info before then.

Dd2 I had her at 11.20am, ate that afternoon (though we got conflicting advice on this, a couple of people we asked before the c/s said "Ooh no, you musn't eat the same day". Then a lovely midwife said in the afternoon, "Of course you can eat, I'll go and get you a sandwich right now". I was starving).

Got up properly the next day - though about 6 hours after the c/s they kind of got me sat up on the bed to have a wash but I didnt actually get out of bed then.

Good luck

Thanks, Thats more what I was expecting. light meal at tea/supper time.

DD2 was born by ElCS. at 8.30 in the morning. no food at all for 24h, I had some clear soup and yogurt at 18h though because was starving, I had to beg. It depends on your doctor's order and how scared of him the nurses are .
They let you get up as soon as they take your drain out, so it can be longer than you hope for.
DD1 was emCS, it took 3 days, DD2 next day (still more than 24h).

EMCS at 8pm, no water until morning. Liquid diet until lunchtime. However was encouraged to lift my bum off the bed during the night (feet & knees pulled by bum, bum up) - encouraged to stand/move self in to chair at 8am.

I asked for toast straight away - I was starving!!! Baby delivered 4:35pm ate within the hour. Up for a shower the next morning.

Home the following morning.

10.15 birth, ate toast and coffee around lunchtime, up the same night about 9pm.

Second ELCS tomorrow. Am hoping for the same timetable!

9am birth

couldn't eat all day as it made me puke so was evening when i managed a few bites of a sarnie.

they tried to get me up lunchtime but i was too dizzy and sick so it was the next day i was up and about, very slowly.

recovery from my first cs(emcs) was better but i had different drugs then, it was with a different PCT.

DD born at 4:39pm. Begged for toast as hadn't eaten all day. Got tea and toast about 7pm. Breakfast in bed the next morning then up and showered.

9am birth 3rd time round.. (SO much easier than the 2 prev emergency sections) toast by 11.30.. Hubby brought in lunch about 2.30 and I had my dinner.
Up by 9pm for a shower.

Real mix then!

I'm keen to be up & moving though not sure how easy it will be as im on crutches & struggling st stand at the moment! Consultant says at least a few days for that to improve but if I'm moving it's better than staying still in bed.

I had to fast from the evening before my elcs so by the time I got out of theatre the next afternoon I was starving hungry. I had my baby at 1512 and was eating in the recovery room within an hour.

I was also very thirsty and first had some water - I threw up after the first small glass and was given an anti-nausea jab, had more water a few minutes later and was fine - then got given the wonderful roll and jam.

I got up the next morning for my shower, remove dressing, start walking about etc. The catheter and iv tap were removed 24 hours after my op which made things much easier.

Hugely simple in comparison to the previous forceps birth.

Hi, good luck to you, I had my daughter at 1.04pm, had toast a few hours afterwards then a light tea about 6, got me up the next morning and after sitting for a while was allowed to walk to shower with hubby, bliss!

DS1 - born 8:46, ate at 2pm, out of bed at 3pm and every hour after.

DS2 - born at 10am, at at 12pm, out of bed at 3pm.

DD was an EmC section, had her at 11pm, got up about 7.30 am next morning. I was dying to go to the loo and didn't want to haul myself onto a bedpan. Midwife I asked said the quicker you got up the better. I also had breakfast, I been in labour for the previous 18 hours and vomiting the whole way through it, so was starving.

Ds was a planned section, starved from 6pm the night before, section was booked for 7am. Had a general, with an anti nausea tablet, and as allowed a light snack that evening. Had a catheter for 24 hours after so wasn't allowed up till that had been taken out.

No catheter with DD, and I felt a lot better a lot quicker after the first one.

I actually discharged myself 36 hours after having Ds, and felt a lot better once I was home.

You should be OK to eat within a few hours of the op, but take it slowly - toast, sips of water etc. You will usually have a catheter in for the first 12 hours or so, and most women IME choose to stay in bed during this time. If your catheter is due out during the night then at my local unit, it would normally be taken out early the next morning when you would be encouraged to get up and about/shower etc.

If you want to get up sooner then this should be OK once you have fully regained feeling in your legs. It is a good idea to get up as soon as you feel able as it helps prevent DVT.

IV should be removed as soon as you're eating and drinking, so long as your urine output is OK and there are no concerns over blood loss. (Many midwives are a bit old-fashioned and leave it in until catheter taken out)

Good luck!

My DD was born about 12 midday and I think I ate that evening. I was walking about 200m to SCBU by about 9pm too as DH had to go home and that was the easiest way to get there to feed DD!

Born at 11ish and I was stood by the side of his incubator at 1430. I had some toast and a cuppa as soon as I came out of recovery.. I was starving!

Was hobbling about the hospital the next day.

DTs born at 9.30am and I was eating jelly babies lunchtime. That being said they only made it half way down and go stuck (the jellybabies not the babies!). Maybe I should have waited longer!
Hospital got me up and out of bed next day for a wee.

DS was born at 4:25am and I was in the recovery area until about 9am. Got onto the ward and had some toast shortly after (they were doing breakfast). Was eating regular lunch and dinner that day, up and about in the afternoon and shower later on that day.

lucybrad- I think I was on a TTC thread with you, end of last year?

Had T at 11.25, and soup and a butty at about 1pm! Why would you need to fast AFTER surgery? I was nil by mouth from midnight the night before.

Encouraged to drink as soon as I could, sips then glasses of water. Baby born mid afternoon and had to ask to be brought some food late evening. That was an elective.

I wanted to get out of bed that evening, certainly felt I could have done, but they said oh it's late, you've still got catheter in, best wait until morning. Which was ok.

Baby born at 8.56am, unable to eat or move for 24 hours. Had plenty of fluids in small sips. I had a GA though, and was very ill with sepsis so probably felt rougher than most.

My DS was born at 11.10am and I wasn't allowed to eat till the next morning. I was so thirsty in the afternoon and drank some water only to be very sick shortly afterwards! Was soooo hungry though.