Does anyone know how long?

[agalch]

I'd need to be in hosp if i had a cs? Had 2 normal vaginal births then a normal vaginal birth with no3 but had a 3rd degree tear with that one.Someone told me the mw or docs may suggest a cs in case of more damage down there. Would prefer a vaginal birth but want to prepare myself just in case they tell me this at booking in visit.
TIA

I had an ec with dd4 and was kept in for a week. I had lost a lot of blood though, so they may have kept me in longer than usual. I imagine each hospital is different as is each case.

Hopefully someone will come along with more helpful information!

Hi agalch,

I had an emergency C-section for DS and they kept me in from Thursday 8.30am until Sat afternoon. They said they would keep me 4 days but I guess I was allowed out a bit early due to good behaviour. They were especially pleased once I got up and managed to go toilet all by myself. This was at St. Thomas' in London.

Oh god,my dd is still bf and i don't see her giving it up anytime soon. It would be a nightmare if i did have a cs as she is super clingy and hates staying with her dad in the evening,great all day but bed times are just for mummy.I know it's a long way off but i do tend to panic a bit about situations out of my control.Will need to start praying then.

Hi Tia

I had ecs with ds1 on a Thursday and was home on the following Monday, he was let out of scbu on the sunday so way delighted we came home together

I had dt's too by ecs on Friday and got home on the monday, felt though they oushed me to leave and I should have been more firm as I had quite an infection after the twins. They came home though 8 weeks later

I had ecs on Friday night and was home on Tuesday (would have been Tuesday morning but they couldn't get hold of a doctor to discharge me until Tuesday afternoon).

If I have one again I'll press to be allowed home sooner (assuming no infection).

I honestly had no idea that women who had a cs had to stay in hosp so long.What a thought,i really hate the idea of any longer than a 6 hour stay which was the plan until a couple of friends said they knew someone who was in same situation and had to have cs.How long were you in pain for after your cs? And do you really feel no pain at all?

When I had my cs, the minimum stay was 3 days - if the op is in the morning they'll count that as 1 day, but if it's in the afternoon the count starts the next day!
It may be different in other hospitals though.

I have never had a cs myself but a couple of my friends have & the time to stay in was 5 days!

Goodluck & congratulations hopefully you wont have to have a cs

The current NICE (NICCE?) clinical guidelines state that post-CS, if all is well, and the mum is not feverish, you should be let out after 24 hours.

With DS1, I had an elective CS, it happened Wednesday noon, I was out Friday afternoon. But I signed myself, and DS1 out, against medical advice.

With DS2, I had an "emergency" CS (nowhere near crash), early in the morning on a Friday, and we were out on Saturday afternoon, without any stressful signing-out procedure.

One night is necessary, as you'll still have the catheter in then. After that, it depends on how things went, or are going.

Toothyboy is right about the whole counting days thing - if your CS is before noon, that counts as a different day. So if you want to spend a minimum amount of time in hospital, make sure your CS happens before noon. Hospitals are weird.

How much help are you going to have when you get home? Because the most I could manage for a few days afterwards was a hobble up and down the ward. I couldn't manage the corridors and lift to NICU where ds was - had to go in a wheelchair. And that was a normal cs with no labour beforehand. There is no reason why you can't go home - but when you get there, you need to keep your pjs on, lie in bed or on the sofa, and get dh to wait on you hand and foot!

Pain - you don't feel a thing when they do it. Afterwards, take everything they give you. Moving from lying to sitting hurt a bit and your muscles don't work - you have to roll sideways and push yourself up for a few days. If I overdid the walking about, it hurt. Which it needs to, or else you um, overdo it!

Oh, coughing hurts, sneezing hurts, etc etc.

And when you get home, if you have a loo and bedroom on the same floor, that's best. So you can just live on that floor for a few days. Anything you can do to take it (reasonably) easy in the first few weeks helps.

I had an emergency cs with DD. I had the cs on the Friday evening and I was home before lunch on the Monday. I went home earlier than planned (despite losing a lot of blood and a slight infection at the very start) as they had to close the next door ward due to shortages, and also because I had someone to look after me at home! I was very glad to go home though.

As for the pain. My painkillers stopped most of the pain, bar a few twinches. I stopped taking regular painkillers by the time I left hospital, just taking the odd one where necessary after that.

But I was unable to do a great deal for the first week or two, and I wasn't allowed to drive until 6 weeks after the birth. Much of that was down to the anaemia though - I lost a lot of blood and my iron was very low. And a for housework - ooh, that was far too difficult to do for such a long time

I had my second section late Tuesday morning, stayed in Tuesday and Wednesday nights and went home first thing on Thursday morning. I really wanted to and was glad I did.

I think I could have gone home Wednesday night tbh.

I had an emergency cs (crash) with a general anaesthetic, and was in for 4 days. I actually felt like I needed to be there for the first two. By the end of day 2 I was off all painkillers, but needed help at home for a couple of weeks - my older DD was still not walking, and I couldn't lift her for a while.

I had DS on a Tuesday and was out of hospital on the Saturday. Would have loved to get out before that but was feeling v unassertive. Don't think I slept once in all that time, but I honestly felt no pain whatsoever (it feels a bit strange when they're rummaging around inside you, but it doesn't hurt)

I was in 5 days with dd and 4 with ds. Dd was an emergency C section, and I had been in labout for 2 days. Ds was an elective secotion

I had ds by not-very-emergency cs after 50-odd hours of labour on a Tuesday morning, and got out on the Friday evening. Most of the delay was because of ds's jaundice - they would have signed me out much earlier on the Friday, but no-one suggested to me that I could get out the day before and I was too shell-shocked to ask.

The op itself doesn't hurt, obviously, but your tummy muscles will be very weak afterwards which makes getting out of bed, sitting yourself up in bed, and even standing pretty uncomfortable.

I also had v little sleep because of ds's bizarre night-time feeding frenzies and the noise on the ward during the day. Get as much help as you can for when you get home, because you'll need a proper rest in bed.

Thanks for sharing all ure experiences.I think that having 3 vaginal deliveries i've just never given a thought to recovery period to for a cs.I am still hoping for a vaginal delivery but if not i feel a bit more prepared and i realise i may have to get my dd weaned off bf before i go into have baby.Thanks again

I only stayed in for 2 days after my recent c/s it was 4 days with by son 6 years ago!