C-section Mommy Club!

[pink23]

charlie i'm worried going through it all again so close but we dont want a big age gap, its horrible waiting around . i was induce on the tuesday and wednesday then the night time i was asked if i wanted to be induced again or c-section.
Dont get me wrong i would of waited to be induced again but i had been told so many things i just wanted caleb to be born. especialy only being 36 weeks i dont think he wanted to come out then lol. Plus i really didnt want to spend a week in hospital before caleb could of been born.
I really hope i have a better delivery next time cos the pregnancy is fine but hate not knowing whats happening.

 

[chuck]

I hated everything about the hospital, it was all so impersonal and they put me on a timeline, if they just gave me some pain meds and left me to it i could have relaxed and let my body do its job in its own time but I wasnt allowed and I ended up with the section. errrggghh horrible...but yeah we dont want a big age gap!

 

[girl friday]

I haven't read the whole thread, but I had an emergency c-section under GA, they decided they needed to do it just after the epidural kicked in.

I'd second what I have read on the first page: rest, only lift your LO, take the meds on time, wear the surgcal socks no matter how uncomfortable you find them.

I was told to go to the toilet every time I was on the same floor as the bathroom whether I thought I needed to or not t save on going up or downstairs quite as much. As we sleep in the attic room I also borrowed a camping toilet in case I needed a wee in the night.

Make sure you have plenty of Bridget Jones/Granny pants that are 2 or 3 dress sizes bigger than your pre-pregnancy size. I had disposable pants as I was't expecting a section and found they were too tight and too low (the sat right on the incision).

When you are allowed home, push for the MW to visit you at home. I had the section on Saturday, was sent home on Tusday and on the Wednesday I had to walk to the clinic to have Harry weighed! The hospital didn't weigh him before we left as he was less than 72 hurs old and the mws had surgery in the afternoon.The clinic ha no car parking so I thought I had no choice, having spoken to people at baby club I now know I was let down as everyone else (including a woman with an identical birth story but 1 day later) had home visits!

 

[chuck]

How many of your were offered socks? I didnt even have them on in surgery!

 

[pink23]

i didnt have socks. i cant even remember what i had on my feet lol xx

 

[Celesse]

I had anti embolism stockings on during my section.

 

[chuck]

I had my own socks as memory serves unless they put surgical stockings on me and then took them off later...I dont remember them being taken off. i do remember having bare feet when i got up out of bed.

 

[Celesse]

I was told to carry on wearing the stockings for 6 weeks. I think I lasted til day 8.

 

[chuck]

I'm not surpri1sed I~ didnt get any, they didnt give me any painkiller to go home with or any info about the wound or healing.

 

[Celesse]

That's really bad. I went home with paracetamol, diclofenac and codeine. And a bunch of leaflets I never read.

 

[Jellybean2009]

I had a c-section in July 2009 my little boy Oliver was 15 days late and had to be induced but after 17 hours failed to progress more than 6cm and he got distressed

 

[chuck]

That's really bad. I went home with paracetamol, diclofenac and codeine. And a bunch of leaflets I never read.

Nope I got zip...they didn't check me or the baby over, no pain killer, no help out to the car, no leaflets or advice. Nothing.

I could have been ina right state and could have had anyones baby!!

Luckily I went to the birthing centre I started in and got 1 on 1 care for a couple days and they told me waht I needed to do and sorted us out as much as they could.

I had huge problems breastfeeding as I'd already been torn to shreds by a thirsty baby with me having no colostrum due to the drugs and dehydration and because I'd ended with a failed epi I had a spinal for the surgery so I had morphine - I couldnt feel the pain in my nipples!

 

[Celesse]

I had loads of problems with breastfeeding as well. Baby didn't latch on til day 3, milk supply wasn't brilliant and we ended up back in on day 5 with an 18% weight loss.

Her sucking has been pretty weak and she has just finished a course of Cranial Osteopathy to straighten up her head. This has also released the nerves in her tongue allowing her to suck correctly. If she had been born vaginally the moulding to her head would have been re-set, but as she was born by section 15days late after 18hrs of labour her head remained squished.

So as a direct result of the C-Section, my milk didn't come in as quickly and her sucking wasn't strong enough to bring in an adequate supply.

 

[chuck]

I ended up not BF'ing it broke my heart, he was distressed as he was dehydrated and he'd already sucked me sore as all hell within 48hrs when we got the birthing centre.

As soon as we were there it was picked up he had tongue tie thats why it hurt so much he had one hell of a suck and would bite dwon too much as he couldnt move his tongue properly, but I persevered for a another week through agonizing pain and wanting to throw himn at a wall at one point as it hurt soooo much on top of the surgery pain!

We had to top him up on formula as I had nothing until around day 5 when my milk started to come in but I was crack ed and bleeding so could only express tiny amount through the pain - my aim was to let my breasts heal and keep trying but alas my supply dwindled due to the lack of proper stimulation and the sheer stress of it all.

We went to a tongue tie clinic only to be told it wasnt running and come back a week later - that was the last straw I just couldn't do it any more.

Still breaks my heart that I couldnt do it, I still feela f ailure for not giving birth let a lone not BF'ing

 

[chele]

I had the socks and more to wear at home for the 6 weeks. I think I managed 2 weeks and decided sod it. Also had diclofenac and paracetamol but stopped taking them after a week as I had no pain. I never really had any pain anyway, I was lucky

 

[chuck]

I wasnt too bad with pain thankfully, really quite sore for a while and I would get quite a sharp pain if I tried rolling over in bed or twisting too much but I was really better than expected, it was the general recovery time that got to me I was just feeling so generally battered after the surgery...not being able to move properly really took its toll!

 

[cyclura]

hello ladies can I join you?

I had an EMCS in May 09 under GA and I am due another with this bean

Anyway hi all

 

[pink23]

hello ladies can I join you?

I had an EMCS in May 09 under GA and I am due another with this bean

Anyway hi all

Hi :wave:

 

[chuck]

Hey cyclura, can I ask why you are having another section? Personal choice or are there other factors involved?

Me and hubby are thinking of TTC the end of this year and I'm trying to get it striaght in my head what I want to do!

 

[purple_kiwi]

im worried about having another. wont the baby like hurt your scar?.. we hd no problems breastfeeding. just hurt getting her in the right position. also my doctor forgot he gave me stitchs and wrote on my papers that i had got staples! they had to double check bfore i could leave.