What's involved in a c-sect pre-op?

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I'm booked for a c-sect on the 17th Dec so I'm having my pre-op the day before. Now the midwives have explained what happens on the day of delivery but not on the pre-op so I was wondering what they will do?

Will they put me on the monitor?, scan me?, take bloods? Just curious.
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bump I'm due the same day for my c section i can't remember what happened at my last pre-op so bump

Iv not had one but from what I'm told they do your height, weight and bloods to check blood group and if your annemic they give you a tablet to take( something to do with your stomach acids I think) and swab your groin to check for mrsa.

Swabs for me, gave me tablets to reduce heartburn and prevent vomiting, and also scanned the baby - and found out DS was transverse breech.

Short appt, was in and out.

Good luck!

Ok, I don't like the sound of being swabbed! Is that a vaginal swab?!

I just got weighed, height measured etc. Blood pressure, pee check. Then took bloods, discussed the section - had a swab in arm pits to check to see if I was susceptible to hospital virus, can't remember the name, because if u are you get antibiotics before hand.. No vaginal swab and would be surprised as it's a section so nothing happening down there!

I also got the heartburn tablets and listened to babies heart beat but no scan, had a scan morning of section to check he was still breech through.

Really useful thread- thanks for starting it OP and thanks for the responses. My pre-op is on Christmas Eve!

Groin swab, but not vaginal - just run the swab yourself over the area where your leg joins your body in the crease if you see what I mean. In fact I think you do all of the swabs yourself.

They take bloods just to check iron, platelets etc. They lost them, and I had to have more day of the c-section which pushed the time back. I never had a scan (baby turned out to be breech, ha ha!) and I was told to go buy my own rantidine..!

No height or weight, in fact it was all a bit of a letdown!

I suspect places vary. I'll be interested to see what my current hospital does with ELCS this time round. I'm already on omeprazole for heartburn so I don't know if I'll need a premed.

I had this today, in prep for my section tomorrow.

I had to do a swab of my nose and the perineum to check for mrsa

They did my weight, took bloods, asked some questions about preferences for vitamin k, and catheter.

Then I met with anesthetist to discuss op and the risks etc

Was all ok

Nothing to add, but I like what is being described. So different than a emcs! I really want to have a planned cs if I have 2nd DC. This has convinced me even more that a planned cs is what I really want. Thanks OP