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Want to see a cesarean on the internet?

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pupuce · 12/08/2006 22:50

Well this website does show one.... it took about 3 mins for it to download (though it did not look like it was downloading on my computer) so don't despair if it takes a little while.
It's a US film and some of its contents is debatable but you can certainly see well what they're doing!

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pupuce · 12/08/2006 23:02

Fascinating!!!

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singyswife · 12/08/2006 23:04

OMG, thats horribel.. No wonder the poor c section women are so sore afterwards. Thank god I didnt have to have one. Oh those poor women, That is horrible. Dont think my facial expression changed throughout that.

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pupuce · 12/08/2006 23:10

I have to say it's a medical broadcast and NOT an advert for sections..... well not in my eyes!
I think it does highlight something a lot of people do NOT realise... a ceasarean is not easy peezy for the baby.... they are quite manhandled to get out!

I did like the docs emphasing that it is surgery and it does take a while 4 to 6 weeks to recover...I know plenty of women (some mumsnetters) who feel they could be out and about in 1 week but the reality of what has been done to your insides is there!

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singyswife · 12/08/2006 23:13

Yeah it really made me so glad for me and my 2 dd's that I had natural births. Poor baby and how sore must the mum be. Definately made you think.

UrsulatheSeawitch · 12/08/2006 23:14

With my 3rd section it took aaaaages, and a lot of manhandling, to get DS1 out, and he looked very pissed off about the whole thing.

(Was about 2 weeks before EDD by scan, and possibly up to 5 weeks before he would have been ready by dates/family history)

broperponkers · 12/08/2006 23:14

Oh, this will kick off.

Jimjams2 · 12/08/2006 23:20

I had such bad brusing on my stomach after my 3 sections. That was a surprise, I expected the scar to be sore, but not where they thump you. The second and third one were worse as the scar tissue makes it harder to deliver the baby, poor ds2 and ds3 were really manhandled.

Jimjams2 · 12/08/2006 23:43

gosh the baby took a while to cry! They didn't seem to push down on her stomach during delivery- I suppose that's because the little girl was breech.

Thankk god dh has had the snip! no wish to go through that again.

expatinscotland · 12/08/2006 23:45

Yikes. I was born by repeat Csection, but the cut made on my mother - back in 1971 - was vertical.

My elder sister was a footling breech.

Elf1981 · 12/08/2006 23:52

I haven't watched it as I cant seem to get it to download properly. BUT...

I had a section. I felt crappy for a while - esp struggled with walking upright without getting a bad back for a while. DD was breech & a large baby - docs wanted a section due to those reasons plus being first baby, they said they'd be more comfortable if she was my second and I'd experienced labour before. Plus I had "boarder line pre-eclampsia". She was delivered 6 days before her due date.

I hope to have a VBAC next time. I dont feel like women who have sections should be pitied. I agreed to the section believing that my child would be born safer than a "natural" delivery, and I would do the same again if I had my time over.

bubble99 · 12/08/2006 23:56

I'm booked in for a C-section on the 26 October. I had an emergency C-section last year and was under GA, so I'm looking forward to seeing my little lad being born this time, albeit from behind a curtain.

asur · 13/08/2006 10:55

I just watched this and he said something about choosing to leave the uterus in situ in the pelvis (when sewing up) Just curious, where else could he have put it? I didn't really get it...

I had emergency section in May and I'm guessing my surgeon wasn't as good as that guy as the whole thing was over within 20mins!

Thanks pupuce, very interesting to watch

Jimjams2 · 13/08/2006 11:14

you could lift it out to sew it up, then pop it back in! I suppose you'd get a better view (but nausea and vomiting).

Highlander · 13/08/2006 11:16

ooh, this will kick off, won't it?

personally, I can't wait for mine

hoppybird · 13/08/2006 11:17

I've not watched this, am 38 weeks+ at the moment, would rather not put myself off in case I have to have another one.

Noticed your comment though, asur, about 'leaving the uterus in situ'. During my em CS, the surgeon said "let's take out the uterus" (to examine it - but he didn't say the last bit). Fortunately, I wasn't particularly aware of much at that point, and didn't hear this or what followed, but my husband did, and as you can imagine, got extremely worried and upset. He questioned the staff about it, and they explained that it was a routine check they do in certain circumstances. He didn't tell me about it until sometime later.

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pupuce · 13/08/2006 12:57

Uteruses are often lifted out when they are stitching them back.
To be honest I don't think this should be a case of a thread that kicks off... it's a web documentary and it's a question of knowing what happens when you have a section! One can always choose to bury one's head in the sand .
Make it as romantic as you want it remains an op!

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blueshoes · 13/08/2006 13:16

Can someone show me an episiotomy and forceps/ventouse delivery with the stitching thereafter? I'm am still making up my mind and don't want to get a onesided view.

Quootiepie · 13/08/2006 13:23

ha! Ill tell you all you wanna know blueshoes!

Jimjams2 · 13/08/2006 13:26

the last thinkg I'd call a section is romantic!

I'd recommend Odent's book on sections though (originally recommened to me by pupuce). It made me happier about having a section with ds3 (especially as it was an in labout section).

I remember during the first one they said "we're just going to check all yur bits, ovaries, oviducts.... all present and correct"

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pupuce · 13/08/2006 13:27

You don't necessarily get an episiotomy with a ventouse.
Depends how much work there is to do to get the baby out!
You also don't really get a choice of ventouse OR forceps... it depends how high the baby is!
forceps , the ventouse is lower down.
If this isn't your 1st vaginal birth the chance of either being used is VERY small.
episiotomy but again there are two kinds and some practitioners do one or the other! And here

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MissyCocker · 13/08/2006 13:35

I had my 3rd section 10 weeks ago (pelvic disproportion in all cases) and I had asked to watch as much as possible. Once they had got down to my uterus, they raised the head of the bed and lowered the screen so I could see dd3 being born. I saw the waters go as they cut my uterus, and heard her cry (well, gurgle) immediately. I was already in labour, and luckily a large contraction pushed her out rather than the usual manhandling. She was handed straight into my arms. It was a fantastic experience, I hated my previous 2 sections where my babies 'appeared' from behind the screen.

blueshoes · 13/08/2006 13:36

Can someone show me an episiotomy and forceps/ventouse delivery with the stitching thereafter? I'm am still making up my mind and don't want to get a onesided view.

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pupuce · 13/08/2006 13:38

Blueshoes - look below.
Missy - that sounds great

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suzywong · 13/08/2006 13:38

I am tempted in answer to OP, but is it very very horrid, or am I better off just remebering the awful after pains?

Quootiepie · 13/08/2006 13:41

in the UK I think they do mediolateral episiotomys... thats what I had. And a ventouse.

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