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having it before lunch so it seems a long time in bed compared to the previous 2.The leaflet they gave me is slightly out of date as they have changed from an afternoon slot one day to a morning slot another day so that may account for it.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.

Planned cs at 9am. Was sipping water by lunchtime and had some soup and around tea-time. I stuck to soup and herbal teas mainly, and chocolate. I screwed up my insides by eating too much after my previous em cs, second time round I kept food to a minimum.

In high dependancy ward until 11pm then moved to the postnatal ward that night. Cathetar taken out about 10am the next day and I got XP to help me to the loo. I refused to let them take the cathetar out until XP arrived as I knew they wouldn't help me to the loo, the staff hated me. I recovered much faster than when I battled on after my em cs.

Stayed in a provate room for the next 2 days and did bugger all.

I asked at my pre-op and they said drinks of water after a couple of hours and tea &toast late afternoon. My slot is around 10:30 so not as long to wait as I feared.

Get up the next day when they unplug everything

I had an em cs at 10pm at night. Was wheeled back onto a ward at 2am (no beds before then). I was not allowed food (kitchen closed). Was caring for dd all night (so up and down gingerly through the night) to fetch nappies and things (dd in bed with me).

I was discharged in the morning at 10am, so 12hrs post cs.

My hospital were keen to get me up and rid of me asap.

Ouch SOH! I don't want to stay long but 12 hours isn't enough!

They were signing the papers, throwing iron at me and stripping the bed and I was standing there with the catheter still in situ. They really needed the bed!

And you were the 'fittest' person there? Thats awful! Did you cope ok at home?

I was the only person who had a spinal as opposed to an epidural. The ones with epidurals still had them in (so couldn't be herded out). And as they were short staffed and any care throughout the night had to be carried out by myself (changing the bed pad, changing dd's nappy, getting fresh water etc), they wrote on my notes that I was 'managing self care well'. I should have written under it 'did I have a choice?' They were atrocious and it was a horrid time. They did some despicable things like removing my catheter by the nurses station, on a chair in full view of the ward and visitors and then giving me a cloth to clean the floor where I'd bled slightly. I think the ptsd I suffer from was largely down to their shoddy care.

But yes at home I was just fine. I have a dh who did everything he could and somebody to talk to.

Sorry, this thread isn't about that.

I will say though that what they say about getting up as soon as possible to aid recovery, must be true. I needed no painkillers and was physically very well, very quickly.

Hi-jacks are fine :) just shocked at how little care you got!