Planned C Section During Covid?

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Hey all I hope everyone reading this is well
I have a elective C-Section booked for May and I was just wondering what happens before during and after? I've heard elective sections are different to emergency. I had an emergency section just over 3 years ago when the world was "normal". It was a pretty calm experience despite it being an emergency.
But has anybody had a c section in "covid times" what are the guidelines will my partner be aloud in with me from the minute I get admitted will he have to leave at certain times? Ect..
how long is usually the stay from a planned c section? I was in 2 nights with my emergency section.

No idea. I had a non c section though, dh was only allowed in after 4cm I think ( but I was on arrival so straight away), and had to leave 2hrs after birth. He wasn’t allowed back in at all. We stayed 2 days, so he didn’t see us at all in that time.

I had an elective c section in august 2020. My parter was allowed in with me from the minute we got there until I was moved to the ward (about 3 hours after delivery). I was allowed one visitor twice a day.

I had an elective at the end of oct 2021. DH was allowed in from 11am-11pm but not overnight. I was in a private room due to medical conditions (pre existing) but actually found it quite lonely. Very different from my first 4 years ago when DH stayed. I was given paracetamol and ibuprofen but tramadol last time (none this time) so was in a lot more pain this time than last so keep on top of painkillers. I’ve heard people say you can ask for help lifting baby to feed etc but our was so short staffed there was no chance. I stayed in one night, was desperate to get home but had to wee a good amount independently before they’d let me out. Went in at 10am on the Thursday, discharge on the Friday took a while due to staffing issues so I was told I could go on Friday morning but discharge wasn’t done until about 6pm that evening.

I hope that helps, any questions you can PM me!

I have one booked for next month, we both have to have PCR tests 3 days before and providing they're both negative he can stay with me the whole time until the end of visiting hours

If I'm positive they will push it back (unless I go into spontaneous labour)

I assume if he's positive I'll be alone ....

I had one pre-covid and one a couple of months ago. It was actually better a couple of months ago! We had to pcr test 72 hours before then I had to isolate. They also tested me each day I was in hospital (only 2 days). DH came in with me at 7.30am and I was sorted very quickly and down in theatre by 8.45am. We all went to recovery together. When I was moved down to the ward I actually got my own room (no idea why, I did wonder if it was because of covid they tried to keep people separate? But don't know- previous births I'd been on wards with between 3 and 6 others). Once there, dh had to stick to the visiting hours which were 10am-12pm and 2-7pm, although because we had our own room the midwife said he could stay between 12-2pm as well. Also she let him stay til about 8.30pm before kicking him out so wasn't too rigid. Overnight the staff were amazing- very prompt to respond to the buzzer and very helpful. No complaints at all! They also got me up and moving before dh left so I knew I could get around. The next day they said I could be discharged so once dh arrived they told him he could just stay until we were released so again it didn't matter about the visiting times. It was actually such a positive and lovely experience- I felt very well looked after and even though I'd been so worried about that first night alone, it all went very smoothly. Don't worry! I also think my trust has since extended visiting hours for birthing partners even more.

I had an ELCS in January.
I had a PCR a few days before and was asked to isolate until the day of the op. DH was asked to do a lateral flow test on the day.
He was allowed to wait with me until my turn and came with me to theatre and recovery.
The baby needed some attention after the birth, he was allowed to go with the baby.
When they brought the baby back we had time to ring each set of parents then he was asked to leave as they were bringing me to the postnatal ward.
We got hardly any time together as a new family.
The postnatal ward was understaffed, I'd been led to believe people would help quite a bit with lifting the baby to me to feed but that was not the case, after the first few hours there my catheter was removed and I was told to lift the baby myself.
The buzzer wasn't always answered and I couldn't reach my bag, the person who was sent to help me didn't want to unpack it.
DH wasn't given a visiting slot for the next day as I was due to go home. A complication meant we had to stay in some was allowed back for an hour about 28 hours after we'd last seen him.
I cried at having to stay in as the support was so lacking but it was where my baby needed to be, if it had have been to monitor me I would have taken my chances at home.
This might not be what you want to hear but I went in thinking I'd get help and support in hospital and it was so disappointing. A few people were very nice and kind but rushed off their feet. A few I wondered why they were in the job.