Planned c section

[mommabear2017]

Hi I'm having a planned c section in a couple of weeks and wondered what people's experiences were. Thanks

Thank you, hope all goes well for you x

I had a chance section at 31 weeks to deliver my son. I wasn't able to hold him as they had to stitch me up and from chest down I was numb! But after the checkedge on him and bundled him up they wheeled his incubator over for me to see him before bringing him to SCBU. I wasn't able to hold him until he was 5 days old but actually not sure if there was any reason I couldn't the first day. When I finally asked I was told "yes of course". He had complications discovered at 2 days hold and blue lighted to St Thomas in London for surgery but otherwise his lungs were well developed thanks to the steroid injections and he was healthy.

Thanks thats good to know. I'm sure it was hard for you. Hope he is ok now. They gave me steroids at 26 weeks as they thought they might have to deliver earlier so blessed to have got this far.

I had two, both wonderful experiences. I was out of the bed in 24 hours, and walking about as normal on day 3-4. A week later I was carrying DS in a sling and getting on with things. I breastfed both DCs with no problem, my milk came the second day both times.

With visitors, DH should have been with me from the ward to the ward (he arrived in time for the spinal block to be put in; I'd been admitted 10 days earlier). I was at a hospital with very strict times (5-7.30 pm only) for any visitors who weren't a partner or your own children. Check with your own hospital what their visiting rules are.

It was hard, but after a couple of hours a midwife finally had a lightbulb moment and put me in a private room so I didn't have to be with everyone else and their babies. Maybe see if that will be an option for you? It's very hard to be in pain and hormonal and not have your baby with you.

And he is 4.5 now and doing wonderfully, thank you!