How long did you stay in recovery after c-section?

[sarah13xx]

I’m having an elective c-section soon and I know my partner is allowed in with me until I leave recovery to go to the ward when he has to go home. Just trying to establish how long we will have after baby arrives before I’m moved to the ward and he will have to go.. is it about 30 minutes to an hour or longer? Just thinking how I want some time to bond with baby and feed him but he will also have to make phone calls to family to say he has arrived. Will all be a bit of a rush if it’s under an hour 🙈

About 90 mins to 2 hours i think with no 1. With no 2 it was 5 days - long story they wanted me next to theatre as were worried they were going to have to get me back in there with not much time to spare.

@im2sad maybe a text would be a better idea then, suppose he could text saying he’d arrived then phone later with the name etc x

@CatherineCawood oh no, that sounds scary! Glad it obviously worked out okay though. Nearer 2 hours would be good 😊 x

In recovery for a Couple of hours with 2 planned C sections. My blood pressure was a bit off and I don’t react well to morphine type things so was quite nauseous/sick. So waited until blood pressure was better and anti sickness stuff had kicked in.

I might be unique in this but after my births I didn't really want to phone anyone. Time went so fast and I just enjoyed staring at DC, watching DH with DC etc.

Think it was about an hour both times.

DD2 was last summer, so we'd briefed everyone that DH wouldn't be calling until he was thrown out, that they were to take no news as good news, and he'd phone them as soon as he got to the car. We didn't want them to be worried. In the end, we were bursting to tell our parents, so DH rang them from recovery, possibly while I did the first breastfeed, I actually can't remember. But it was nice to be doing it out of choice at a convenient moment, so I'd recommend doing the same and not putting pressure on yourselves.

@MindyStClaire that’s probably a good thing to say in advance at least then you can phone earlier if you want. We’re keeping the date a secret so they won’t know we’re in hospital til he’s phoned (unless there’s a big delay and we need my mum to go and let my dog out 😂 but if that happens we’ll just kid on I’ve been taken in for something)! I kind of want to be there when he phones but only really to hear how shocked my mum is.. not too bothered about him phoning everyone else 🙈

@sarah13xx it was an interesting fortnight in hospital! Good luck with your delivery, enjoy your squishy lovely newborn baby 😍

He can wait and call family later! It's not like they will see you straight away! (Which would've been a relief believe me!). I think I was in recover for a couple of hours, but other women were in and out after me.

Think it was about half an hour. Feeling came back really quickly in my legs and I was able to sit up and move after 15 minutes or so so they wheeled me off.

With dc4 (elcs) I was in recovery for about 2 hours. With dc5 (emcs) I had complications so I was in recovery for 2 days.

I didn't go to recovery, straight from theatre to high dependency as I was very poorly. Went to theatre at 6.05pm, ds was born at 6.22pm, out of theatre by 6.50pm is, I know my dad & pil came to see me in hdu & they left by 8.00pm taking my mum & husband home. A lot of it is hazy as I was drugged up to the eyeballs due to pre eclampsia & hellp syndrome.

I was in recovery for an hour. At my hospital partners can stay the whole time but are not allowed to return if they leave! Mine stayed 3 days.

I wouldn't bother with phone calls. Just enjoy that first hour all together with the 3 of you. Plus it's nicer to tell people once you are feeling a bit more with it yourself. You will have loads of time after your husband's gone - use that time to tell people instead. No one needs to know immediately. If you want to manage expectations tell them you might be last on the list so not to expect news till later. Nothing worse than excited people hassling you when you are feeling nervous before hand!

1 hour for my first two. 6 hours for the third as my blood pressure was so low and 2 hours for 4th as baby was a bit grunty and were observing as to whether needed a trip to special care. It all depends on how well it went. First two were emergencies and I was out of recovery faster than the planned.