elective caesarean - how long did you stay in hospital?

[Cristina7]

I know experiences will vary with reasons for elective c/s etc. But I'd like to get a rough idea of how long you'd expect to stay in hospital after an elective c/s. I'm 35 weeks pg and I am thinking of all options as I have gestational diabetes and my first baby was big at 38 weeks (no gestational diabetes that time, just waters breaking, difficult birth). I also had a stillborn baby at 35 weeks so I'm getting very anxious these last few weeks. Many thanks. Cristina

10 days...

alisonjane,

your partner will be subject to the same visiting hours as everyone else's partners.

there will be no where for them to sleep and it's not really fair on other ladies who have just given birth to have unknown men about the place.

you will be confined to bed for a while due to the spinal block/epidural so you will need to ring for assistance until you are up and about.

the best thing to do is to try and get on a morning c-section theatre list and better still to be first on the list. This usually menas that your partner can then be with you all day until chucking out time at about 9pm in the evening.