NOMORENUMBERS
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gosh you know what things were so bad for me after my section my version of events arent going to match most peoples
in general minus all the doom and gloom i was stitched up and taken back to the delivery room that i had been in for days lol i think i was in there because they were worried about my blood pressure and there wasnt a private room on the ward so they kept me there to monitor me a bit i was taken to the ward at 1am
the next day, after my sister screamed at them that i hadnt held my baby yet and was placed next to people who all had their babies next to them, i was moved into a private room, i believe you get this as standard for a c section
they were worried about my blood pressure and temp so i was having 3 hourly tests the 3am one was the worst. . .i can laigh now but the nurse who took it every morning used to come bouncing in saying GOOOOOOOD MOANING! As if it was like 10am and sunny or something lol!
i found it better to sleep upright for the first couple of days
i also found that i had no appetite for the first few days too
you also have a catheta (sp lol) in and it is supposed to be in for like 24 hours i had mine in for 2 or 3 days because well lets just say with everything going on i stayed in bed the majority of the time which obviously increases your healing time
oh and another thing you know those .. .i think they are called canulas? . . . they put in to give you drips in etc etc they are supposed to drain them and run fluid through them apparantly, i had my poorly positioned ones in my hands for 3 days made it impossible to get out of bed because you have to put the pressure on your wrists not your stomach . . . the stupid things were put right mext to my wrist . . if they havent drained them i think she told me 12 or 24 hours then they can not be used, so if they are causing you any pain or making things difficult tell somone to take them out for you if they havent been looked after
erm what else . . . i was asked if i wanted to be discharged after 3 days which is about standard but because our boy was in intensive care i was allowed to stay for up to a week .. . attitudy staff made me go back on my no within 12 hours lol
oh also because our son was so ill they actually said that dh could stay overnight which he did a couple of the days in the chair next to me
also they took a picture of leo before they attached him to all the machines which was really kind, they put it in a cardboard frame - i slept with it the whole time! was lovely to have!
oh in terms of the whole bleeding thing . . . you cant really wear underware especially not the first day i found unless you get MASSIVE pants, so what i did was just put a pad under me and then the nurses put a couple of extra bed pads for me! these get changed regularly!
in terms of when you can go on the ward where they had leo i was able to come and go as i pleased, could stay as long as i wanted as many times as i wanted. you were always asked to leave the room when they do the rounds though as obviously they talk about the other patients
i think i may have rambled a bit lol! hope some of that was a little helpful lol
in general minus all the doom and gloom i was stitched up and taken back to the delivery room that i had been in for days lol i think i was in there because they were worried about my blood pressure and there wasnt a private room on the ward so they kept me there to monitor me a bit i was taken to the ward at 1am
the next day, after my sister screamed at them that i hadnt held my baby yet and was placed next to people who all had their babies next to them, i was moved into a private room, i believe you get this as standard for a c section
they were worried about my blood pressure and temp so i was having 3 hourly tests the 3am one was the worst. . .i can laigh now but the nurse who took it every morning used to come bouncing in saying GOOOOOOOD MOANING! As if it was like 10am and sunny or something lol!
i found it better to sleep upright for the first couple of days
i also found that i had no appetite for the first few days too
you also have a catheta (sp lol) in and it is supposed to be in for like 24 hours i had mine in for 2 or 3 days because well lets just say with everything going on i stayed in bed the majority of the time which obviously increases your healing time
oh and another thing you know those .. .i think they are called canulas? . . . they put in to give you drips in etc etc they are supposed to drain them and run fluid through them apparantly, i had my poorly positioned ones in my hands for 3 days made it impossible to get out of bed because you have to put the pressure on your wrists not your stomach . . . the stupid things were put right mext to my wrist . . if they havent drained them i think she told me 12 or 24 hours then they can not be used, so if they are causing you any pain or making things difficult tell somone to take them out for you if they havent been looked after
erm what else . . . i was asked if i wanted to be discharged after 3 days which is about standard but because our boy was in intensive care i was allowed to stay for up to a week .. . attitudy staff made me go back on my no within 12 hours lol
oh also because our son was so ill they actually said that dh could stay overnight which he did a couple of the days in the chair next to me
also they took a picture of leo before they attached him to all the machines which was really kind, they put it in a cardboard frame - i slept with it the whole time! was lovely to have!
oh in terms of the whole bleeding thing . . . you cant really wear underware especially not the first day i found unless you get MASSIVE pants, so what i did was just put a pad under me and then the nurses put a couple of extra bed pads for me! these get changed regularly!
in terms of when you can go on the ward where they had leo i was able to come and go as i pleased, could stay as long as i wanted as many times as i wanted. you were always asked to leave the room when they do the rounds though as obviously they talk about the other patients
i think i may have rambled a bit lol! hope some of that was a little helpful lol
I want my mom to be here so badly. I know DH will be there, but I'm actually really scared. 
running on cups of 
ever since 4am this morning 
He woke up at 1.10am no problem fed him put him back down 
inbetween all that I have been nursing a very unsettled baby ALL day because he refuses to sleep for more than 5 mins at a time 
