C section - petrified

[pinkelephant22]

As above really. Baby was booked for Elective c section next week as she was measuring on the 3rd centile. Also had prior c section with first daughter. They can’t seem to find a reason why she’s so small they’ve just said placental insufficiency as it stands but will have more testing once she’s here.

we went for our scan today and she’s dropped even lower on the centile chart so my c section is now for tomorrow morning (today if it’s past midnight by the time I post)

I am actually frightened. Can’t stop thinking of all the possible complications, will she not cry when she’s delivered will something happen will all the alarms be pulled what will I do? Will she be taken to NICU and I’ll be unable to be with her, she’s going to be around total strangers. I’m the only person in the world she knows and we’ve been together for 37 weeks and in a few hours time we may be apart from each other for the first time.

Congratulations.

For dinky dot DD (3lb full term); too small to latch on even prem teats so used syringes which she sucked fortified expressed milk directly from. She had a suck reflex but her mouth was tiny just like the rest of her. As she got older switched to lapping from a tiny cup. it took four and a half months for heart o become big enough to latch on. It can be done but you will need both encouragement and support from midwife’s, peadiatricans, friends and family. Speak with the specialist support for BF at the hospital about safe alternatives for your baby if like me you find you have a very small mouthed baby.