Having an elective c section

[CathyandHeathcliff]

I’m hoping to have an elective c section. I have an appointment with the consultant midwife discuss this next Friday.

Is there a higher chance of haemorrhaging during an elective c section? This is one of my biggest fears.

I have bad anxiety and suffer with panic attacks, plus the scans are showing a large baby which is obviously part of my reason for wanting a section.

Do they normally do them at 29 weeks?

Depending on how big the baby is you might want to mention shoulder dystocia as a potential complication that would be mitigated by a ELCS.

DS1 was 4.39kg - very large and very overdue. Got stuck and had lots of intervention after shoulder dystocia. I chose ELCS for DS2.

I had an ELCS due to previous surgery and a big baby. It went pretty much as badly as c-section can go, barring death (haemorrhage, needed extra emergency surgery to remove a large undetected cyst, baby got stuck and had to be hauled out with forceps while 6 of them held me down etc etc) and it was still totally fine and pretty relaxed. I would do it again happily. Recovery was fine although I wish they'd given me another transfusion as my low iron levels really impacted my mood. But otherwise all grand.

@peachgreen that sound traumatic, why did 6 of them have to hold you down?

@CathyandHeathcliff Just to haul her out! It honestly wasn't that traumatic, I was unaware of most of what was going on as they gave me extra pain relief which made me pretty high! I was aware she was in danger because the room got very serious very suddenly so that part was scary but once I'd heard her cry they could have done anything to me and I wouldn't have noticed, I was so happy and relieved.