Caesarean birth live in Channel 5 tonight

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Just for anyone who is interested, I got this info through the NCT, recommending anyone who teaches or is interested in the facts, record it.
No more details sorry!
I hope it is done in the UK not the USA though.
xx Kiwi

still made it the last resort for me, not the first. ugg all that tugging on her stomach, oh we prefer to tug it so it rips, rather than cut it...
I appreciate that the mum isn't seeing it though.
The surgery on the foetus though, how totally amazing was that!
WOW and on the beating heart.. incredible

As a veteran of two electives I really enjoyed this, (nice to see Sheena MacDonald doing some presenting again after that hideous accident).
Tex, I think most surgeons do lift the uterus out to get a better view - but others believe it is less stressful on the uterine muscles to try and stitch it in situ. I tried not to think about what was being shuffled around afterwards.
What really made me turn white was seeing the spinal being done. Eeeurgh...now I know what my Doogie Howser assistant anaesthetist was up to last August. I did wonder why he kept pummelling my lower back...
And I cried buckets when little Bailey emerged. That moment when they could see all his hair through the amniotic sac...a split second between his old and his new lives. Magical.
Huge improvement on most of Channel 5's usual output!

Didn't see it but have seen loads before on things like Discovery. Was this any different? And yes, the yellow is fat. I think celebs have flat tummies because they don't eat and have personal trainers the minute they leave hospital. There's nothing about a section per se that would make you have a fat tummy.
re the scar I had a scar there already due to previous surgery on my ovaries, and they just went through it again. It doesn't look any different to before.

Yes, have to say although I was clutching my two "war wounds" throughout, I would have liked to see more of the operation (doing everything back up again).

I also thought the foetal surgery was remarkable -the work Prof Nikolaides does to save unborn children is amazing and I thought what he said about c-sections was very reasoned.

I also cried when the baby came out.

Can't wait to meet my new little one....

But I do hope not to need a c/s or an epidural, I just don't like any messing about with my body! And this programme only confirmed what I felt before.

I was interested to hear the comments about elective c/s but the doctors steered well clear of that. I suppose it was v. professional for them tomake any comments, but I was just curious to see hwat they would have said...

Mummysurfer : i thought they were a bit rough with baby.

Actually I have seen 4 "real" sections (i.e. not for tele!) and they were far rougher.... sorry but you could see this was done for the tele
I have seen forceps used for getting babies out as they were stuck or sheer force. You didn't see the placenta, stitching - up, the way they swob women and all.... this is surgery - not ballet... it can be a hell of a lot rougher and bloodier! But it doesn't have to be....

And WHY did they have to weigh baby ?????? He was a good size but full of vernix so clearly not yet ready...

Nikolaides said that 1 in 4 babies (25%) born by sections sounds about right.... well tell this to Holland and other countries where the rate is still below 15%!
I like him but I thought that you could see he works with high risks cases - which need section....

pupuce, does amount of vernix mean baby not yet ready? both my girls were covered and 42 weekers.
loved the programme, made me cry too, remembering both my c/s

sorry to jump in... a friend of my sister's knows prof nikolaides and his view on vaginal birth is apparently 'keep your fnny for f**g'... but he's clearly greatat what he does.