Planned caesarian

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Can someone please tell me their experiences with planned caesarians.

When did you know you had to have a caesarian? Reason Why you had to? How many weeks were you when the consultant booked in when the caesarian would be? And how many weeks were you when you had the caesarian? How did it feel? How did it feel when you seen your baby? Did you have skin to skin contact? How did you find the recovery?

If you can't answer all questions that's fine, I ask a lot for them haha x

I had a planned caesarian because when I had my first baby I had an emergency section and it was discovered that I have abnormally shallow hips.

The section was planned from the first visit to the doctor.

I was booked in immediately. The section took place at 38 weeks.

I felt fine. I was glad to know that this birth wouldn't be traumatic and scary like my last.

I felt fine all the way through and very happy when the surgeon lifted my baby up to show me.

She was taken to be cleaned and checked and then I held her whilst they stitched me up.

The recovery was fine. I was up and about within a few days.

Breech baby
Booked at 37 weeks
Had baby at 39 weeks
Straight forward recovery

I've had two, both because of breech babies. Booked about 36 weeks, had them at 39. First one we attempted manual turn that didn't work. Second time didn't even try as have oddly shaped womb and their heads just got stuck! Procedure - first time I felt sick, my blood pressure bottomed out and I fainted, but they sorted me out quickly. Then DS took a little time to breathe, but all was well. More scary for husband than me I think! Second time went perfectly. They show you baby briefly then do clean up and bring baby to Dad as hard for you to hold at first with everything going on. Skin contact with me as soon as I was in recovery. My experience was pain (managed) for first 24 hours, then can get up/walk about slowly and gingerly. Fairly fine after a week, scars are fine.

Had c/s with ds3 due to severe shoulder dystocia with ds2.
Saw consultant at around 16wks to request c/s then again at 33wks to book it. Had it when I was 39+2.
Procedure itself took a little longer than normal apparently as they had to make the incision bigger due to the size of ds3 (was 10lb 15.5oz!) and then they had trouble stopping the bleeding and sealing the wound.
Recovery pretty straightforward despite two separate infections which were sorted with antibiotics.