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Postnatal health

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Quick question Post C Section

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Toots2412 · 31/08/2022 22:56

Hello!

Weird question about my C Section, honestly just out of curiosity.

I had mine about 9 weeks ago, it wasn’t emergency or elective a bit of in between. I just had enough after 2 days of my induction going nowhere and it was pretty much about to be headed that way.

The whole day and ever since had been chaos, I’m only just now starting to unpack the day and reliving the memories.

I had read alot about what to expect from natural birth and a C section so I was prepared.

What I haven’t heard anyone speak about and something I’m wondering if it was normal or not?

Quite soon into the surgery the surgeons were right up at the curtain to the point it was in my face and I felt very violent pushing. I had one on either side of me and the curtain was touching my face and I could feel their bodies through the curtain on my. It very much felt like they were leaning on me, head in the curtain and felt extremely forceful ramming in my stomach.

My husband and I looked at each other like what the hell and I asked out loud what was happening, a voice from around me no idea who said well we need to move the baby down to get her out.

Anyway it stood out to me as very odd and not something I had heard anyone else mention in their retelling of a section.

Anyone else have this experience?

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Bootsandcat · 31/08/2022 23:00

Yes that happened to me too! Baby was very high up and they pushed on my belly a lot and ended up using forceps to get him out of my c section hole!

RoseslnTheHospital · 31/08/2022 23:02

I think it's probably not unusual for them to have to reposition the baby if they can't get a safe grip on them after creating the incision. In my EMCS they couldn't get a safe grip on my baby and had to use forceps to hold onto him and get him out. I had no idea that sometimes forceps are used in a c section too.

You can request a birth debrief from the hospital where they can answer questions like this and explain what was going on.

JenniferBarkley · 31/08/2022 23:11

In one of mine the curtains were positioned better than the other.

In the first, big baby and failed induction, the curtains were far away from my face. She was wedged in and they needed forceps, so there was a bit of forceful tugging if that makes sense.

In the second, the curtains were really badly placed and right in my face even before they started. She was transverse so they had to do an inverted t incision in my uterus and turn her, so again plenty of movement.

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Toots2412 · 31/08/2022 23:37

I had no idea this was an option, I’m in the U.K. if that makes a difference. At the end of the operation I looked around for the surgeons (by the end of it when they were stitching me and the baby was in my arms they started talking about a TV show they both had been watching and it
felt very weird in the moment) anyway I looked around for them and they just walked out of the operating room chatting together not s single glance my way. I had thought they might have said something even just it went well congrats but didn’t know a debrief was possible
to ask for

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Toots2412 · 31/08/2022 23:39

Had no idea forcepts could be used in a caesarean! I wonder if that happened to me. Wish I knew a bit more about my surgery

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MallampatiCatty · 31/08/2022 23:43

Anaesthetist here. Yes very normal :)

Yellowblanketofdoom · 31/08/2022 23:45

They used forceps with my youngest when he had a csection. It depends on where they cut you open and where the baby is, whether or not they use them.

RoseslnTheHospital · 31/08/2022 23:45

Have a look at the NHS website for maternity services where you gave birth and there should be information about how to access the birth debriefing service. They go through all your hospital notes and you can ask questions about what's normal, what went differently with your birth etc etc.

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Toots2412 · 01/09/2022 00:09

That’s good to know!

My Anaesthetist during my section ended up my rock through the whole thing we were best friends in that 1 hour! More so than my midwife or surgeon, she was at my side beginning to end and reassured me. She even had a peak behind the curtain a few times when I was asking to make sure everything was ok.

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Butterdishtea · 01/09/2022 00:09

Yes we found this too.

snowflake29 · 01/09/2022 00:19

I had an elective section 9 hours ago and there was lots and lots of pressure and tugging and felt like the surgeon was fully leaning on my chest/top of tummy.

The anaesthetist made sure to warn me this would be the case and told me over and over again while it was happening that it was completely normal. Feels very weird though and a lot worse than "feels like someone is doing the washing up in your tummy"

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Toots2412 · 01/09/2022 00:49

Congratulations! I agree the ‘Washing up in the tummy’ comparison didn’t fit my experience at all. I didn’t feel a thing other then the violent pushing down on my belly at the start once that bit was over I felt absolutely nothing.

Hope you have a good recovery, enjoy your new baby!

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