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Can you keep your glasses on in an ELCS?

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MyCatDrinksFlatWhites · 20/08/2019 16:17

A slightly random question about c-sections and specifically electives: has anyone here been allowed to keep their glasses on in an ELCS?

I had an EMCS last time and despite much agonising around VBAC, I think I'm probably going to go for an ELCS this time round despite being terrified.

Last time, I found it very scary not being able to see anything (I'm very short-sighted and I find being without my glasses seems to affect my hearing as well, weird as it sounds). I'm trying to think of stuff that could help me feel calmer this time and I think being allowed to keep glasses on this time could make a huge difference. But I wondered whether anyone had been in this position before and had been allowed glasses?

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BottleCrow · 26/08/2019 07:46

Depends on the surgeon - my first one, no, my second one, yes.

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