How long did you stay in hospital after a c-section?

[rosedevine]

Hi ladies,

I have opted for an elective c-section because I am absolutely terrified of giving birth, the thought has been keeping me up at night and giving me nightmares for about two months! I'm just wondering how long I will be in hospital for after? It would be great to know how long other ladies have been kept in for. I am 24 and healthy in most respects, unfortunately just not mentally strong enough to give birth!

Would appreiciate any answers the mumsnetters could offer

Xxx

Emcs at 3am Sunday, out 5pm Tuesday. Would have been Weds but I insisted on going home.

Found the recovery absolutely fine.

@rosedevine I'm not sure if you'll still get this! But I'm in exactly the same position as you and would love to know how you got on. Hope it went really well. Thank you!

Had baby at 6am, catheter out at 6pm (begged them to do it earlier) then home the next lunch. They wanted to keep me in 2 nights as was protocol for an emergency section (it wasn't really an emergency, I just went in to labour before my section date). But I refused, and said unless they could give me a valid reason to keep me or baby in I was going home. They had to concede that there was no reason and so discharged me.

Baby born 4.28am was out it it for a good few hours catheter out at 3 managed a wee within 30 minutes and straight in the shower discharged at 4pm the next day but I could of gone in the morning it just took so long for all the checks and for us both to be discharged