@MyGrassIsBrowner
Hello! yes, survived the section :).
It was ok, not an enjoyable experience but I am a control freak and things are happening to you that you have no control of so it's understandable.
We went in at 7 am, but were only taken to the theatre after 2 pm. I was starving by then and was a bit sick as I was so anxious. The staff were lovely though and everybody introduced themselves and explained what they will do.
Once in the theatre, I had the spinal. It took a few goes which made me anxious, but the Dr knew what she was doing, as I say, I am a control freak. It did not hurt though, just some pressure and she just kept giving more local.
The legs started to go a bit tingly, lied on the table and they waited for a bit. The anesthesiologist kept making sure it's working, alternating the cold spray and prick test. She really made sure I was happy that I couldn't feel anything.
Then the cloth came up and they called my husband who was sitting in the corner by to come to me. They started, it took around 20 mins to get him out. I was surprised it took that long and thought something was wrong. As you can see, I am really mental:)
Nothing was wrong and the surgeon actually commented that there was no scar tissue after my previous section, all was really good. I asked for a tummy tuck but was declined:)
When I heard the baby crying that's when I realized I a having a baby and started crying. Finally, the emotions were there.
My husband went off to the weighing area, I haven't seen the baby for about 20 mins actually. I didn't really mind, I heard him and it made it more exciting to anticipate what he looks like. I didn't ask them at that point to show him to me, I am sure that is not normally a problem if you would prefer that.
Then my husband sat down next to my head with him and I could touch him and watch him.
My uterus wasn't contracting well, they kept pushing on it but it wasn't getting the tone. The anesthesiologist gave me some hormone drip to help with that and anti-sickness medicine. I lost just over a liter of blood so was told I might not be able to go home so soon, might need a transfusion. It was all fine though, it wasn't an emergency, apparently, this is not uncommon.
They rolled us to the recovery room, checking my pressure and heart rate all the time. It was all good, didn't look like the blood loss affected me too much. I was very tired and cold thought which was actually quite nice after boiling for so long in this pregnancy:)
As all was good, they took back to the postnatal ward, the husband had to go after around 2 hours. They took my blood at around 9 pm to check my iron levels and I was up and about at 11 pm. It was much easier than with my emergency section.
The night was hard, I was soo tired and had no milk so this was exhausting. In the morning I found out that my iron levels were actually still within the normal range (go figure!) so was able to go home on Saturday.
It was a good experience, just looking forward to the pain ending so that I can move around properly.
Keep going! nearly there!:)