C-section - will I feel them make the cut??

[Lunamoon23]

I'm 3 and a half weeks away from my ELCS, baby is also footling breech.

I've gone down abit of a rabbit hole googling delivery of a footling breech baby with a csection but upon googling I've come across some Reddit threads where people are saying they felt the incision being made?!? Like no pain - but they feel the sensation of something running across there skin and knew that was the cut being made. It's freaked me out slightly!! Actually, a lot...

I was aware I made feel some pressure, tugging when they're taking baby out. But I was under the impression that besides that. I'd feel nothing else at all, sensation or pain wise. Have I been wrong? Need to mentally prepare myself.

Thank you all so much for your reassurance. Still nervous at heck but not panicking about feeling being cut open now at least! ❤️

It is quite scary when you’re sitting on the table, waiting for them to put the spinal in, but the anaesthetists will try their best to put you at ease. Mine were absolutely lovely, and tried to make me laugh to help me relax. They also talked through everything step by step. Just try to relax as best as you can, and let them know if you feel anything. (They tested this by spraying a freezing cold spray on me, and I felt it the first time, so they waited a little bit, then did it again, and I couldn’t feel it at all.)

No but both times I felt like I was about to fall off the operating table because I couldn't feel anything. Really weird.

Great