atleastthree
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DD1 was born on 14.08.2013 via c-section coz of an absess on my thigh which would have been an infection risk for her had we gone for a VB. DD2 was due 20.08.2015 and doctor advised me to go for a RCS which I also felt more comfortable with. We'd scheduled it for the 14th coz we thought it would've been cute if our daughters shared a birthday. However, during my routine check on 06.08 doctor saw that my amniotic fluid was very low and that's why the baby was still breech. She said she'd check again on the 10th and if it hadn't increased she said she'd advise me to move the section date earlier.
Over the 4 days I drank a ton of water and gelatine tea (read it can increase AF) but on Monday the fluid was even lower. Doctor advised me to get the section the following morning, on the 11th, as waiting for the 14th would have been an unnecessary risk for the baby. Thank God I listened to her!
The prep for the section was OK and even though I felt really anxious at first, I calmed down and started focusing on the baby that was to come. When I lay on the operating table they told me they'd changed anesthetics recently and that I'd feel the needle more than last time, but it wasn't so bad! The good news was that they now used morphine in the anesthetic which would give me 24hrs pain relief (the only downside for me was that it made my face really itchy!) The worst part of the procedure was the first 5minutes before they took the baby out as lying on my back with baby on my aorta made me almost faint. I also felt like I was about to vomit in the first 5mins which wasn't pleasant. In those minutes I was saying to myself "never again, never again", but when they took baby out I thought, "I'd do this again a million times!" Stitching up was longer than with DD1 but I didn't care - I had seen my beautiful daughter! After the procedure the doctor told me there wasn't any amniotic fluid around the baby at all today, meaning that we'd made the right decision right in the last minute!
I got up and started walking 5hrs after the surgery when with DD1 I couldn't do that until the following morning. The pain was bearable so I took advantage! There were 4 of us in the recovery room and we had fun chatting about our experiences etc - we also encouraged one another in walking around the room.
By day 3 post-op, I felt very little pain and was able to move around effortlessly.
I think one of the factors that made recovery easier this time is that I was 20kgs lighter. Less weight meant less strain on my incision and less to carry around!
We were discharged on the 15th with a happy and healthy baby girl who is a champion breastfeeder!
Over the 4 days I drank a ton of water and gelatine tea (read it can increase AF) but on Monday the fluid was even lower. Doctor advised me to get the section the following morning, on the 11th, as waiting for the 14th would have been an unnecessary risk for the baby. Thank God I listened to her!
The prep for the section was OK and even though I felt really anxious at first, I calmed down and started focusing on the baby that was to come. When I lay on the operating table they told me they'd changed anesthetics recently and that I'd feel the needle more than last time, but it wasn't so bad! The good news was that they now used morphine in the anesthetic which would give me 24hrs pain relief (the only downside for me was that it made my face really itchy!) The worst part of the procedure was the first 5minutes before they took the baby out as lying on my back with baby on my aorta made me almost faint. I also felt like I was about to vomit in the first 5mins which wasn't pleasant. In those minutes I was saying to myself "never again, never again", but when they took baby out I thought, "I'd do this again a million times!" Stitching up was longer than with DD1 but I didn't care - I had seen my beautiful daughter! After the procedure the doctor told me there wasn't any amniotic fluid around the baby at all today, meaning that we'd made the right decision right in the last minute!
I got up and started walking 5hrs after the surgery when with DD1 I couldn't do that until the following morning. The pain was bearable so I took advantage! There were 4 of us in the recovery room and we had fun chatting about our experiences etc - we also encouraged one another in walking around the room.
By day 3 post-op, I felt very little pain and was able to move around effortlessly.
I think one of the factors that made recovery easier this time is that I was 20kgs lighter. Less weight meant less strain on my incision and less to carry around!
We were discharged on the 15th with a happy and healthy baby girl who is a champion breastfeeder!
