Have you recently had an Elective C - Sec?...

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If so how long did you stay in for? Was your husband /partner allowed on the ward after?
Just would like to know with things the way they are with covid what your experiences where

Thanks 😊

Hi! I had a C-Section back in August. I was actually only in the hospital for one night (I think the hospital would have preferred I stayed for two but my experience with the after care on the ward was not really a positive one so I just wanted to be in the comfort of my own home!). The visiting hours for my partner at the hospital was 9am to 9pm. (I had baby at 5:16pm so partner was allowed on the ward until 9pm) I am not sure whether you were planning on having other visitors but I am pretty sure my hospital was allowing two visitors at a time as well. Probably best to check with your local hospital what their regulations are as things are always changing where COVID is concerned!

My C-section experience was positive, the staff were amazing and informed myself and partner of what was going on the whole time. We had music playing in the background and I felt like I was in safe hands. Unfortunately, the care on the ward afterwards wasn't great... The staff did seem understaffed and couldn't really get to patients quick enough and I wasn't given any assistance with getting up out of bed / help having a shower until I asked for it myself. As first time parents, it would have been good to have some support on how much formula we should be giving baby, nappy changing, the basics really, but we had no assistance so I was a bit disappointed with that as the care through my entire pregnancy and birth were brilliant. Not sure if the poor after care was due to COVID though, I think it was just the ward that I was on!

Visiting is restrictive in most hospitals. Good luck with yours.

Had mine in August. I lost a lot of blood and was very unwell so hubby stayed with me on the labour ward until I was moved to the maternity ward the next day. They got me up for a shower the day after but I struggled to stand so they had to use wheelchair and give me a chair in the shower too, so weird to have a midwife help me wash tbh. They wouldn't let dh come to the maternity ward so had to say his goodbyes as I was moved, he wasn't happy as I was still quite weak but I managed on the ward. I was in a total of 3 nights as I couldn't pee the 1st time catheter was removed so had to have it back in. He was allowed to come for 2 hours each day, slots of 1-3 or 3-5 each afternoon and had to book each morning.
I was pretty much left to it on the ward but I did get my own room and they brought meals to me while catheter was still in, once out I had to walk down for lunch.
My 1st cs I only stayed in 1 night and felt pretty well the day after, I laboured before the 2nd one and started to get scar rupture so think that was why it was so much harder to recover from. I'm 10wk pp now and back lifting weights in the gym.

I had one in September. Baby is now 6 weeks old. I stayed in one night. C section was first of the day on a Friday, and I went home at 5pm on the Saturday.

My partner was in hospital with me from the start. He was even allowed to stay the night with me on the ward, but we have dogs so had to go home for them. He stayed late though and didn’t leave until gone 10.30pm, then he came back in the morning around 8am and stayed til I was discharged.

He had to show a negative lateral flow test result on the morning we went in and then again the next morning when he came back in.

I had mine in June. I was discharged after one day, they didn't even give me a wheelchair to get to the car. Walking was agony.