I was due to have an ELCS today. I was nil by mouth from 12am and asked to arrive at 7.30am. I was shown to my bed and met all the staff that would be doing my op - I was so happy because they were all lovely and I had met the midwife months earlier and she still remembered me (she recognised me first).
About 1.30pm, having not eaten anything and sitting in the post-natal ward listening to babies all day, I was informed that my op had been cancelled due to emergencies. I have no issue with this and had mentally prepared for it. What completely floored me is that they have pushed it back by an entire 7 days, by which time I will be 40+3. I was under the impression it would be the next day. I feel terrified that baby will come before then - I have been reassured I would still get my section - so I will have to rush into hospital and be treated like an emergency having not been nil by mouth, thus incressing my risk of aspirating stomach contents, etc. I think I reacted to the news quite well (maybe too well) at the time but it hit me an hour later and I started crying in panic. I feel thoroughly depressed now.
Has this happened to anyone else? How long did you have to wait for your c-section after the original date? Did you go into natural labour prior to your op or did baby wait?