I had a c-section with my 1st...and will have a sceduled at 39 weeks also...my doctor said, that if I went into labor before 39 weeks, they would just do a emerg. c-section....
^^^ I agree with chuck...
you have to state what you want, like to breastfeed as soon as the baby is born(if ur going to) they will assist you in doing so..
having the baby with you in recovery (if the baby's agpar scores are good)
everything a laboring woman gets, you should also....(I mean, to a certain extent..if you know what I mean, camera,film,husband/partner there etc etc)
The c-section itself (for me) wasn't bad at ALL!!! I mean, yeah it hurt afterwards, but with the excitment of a new baby, I hardly paid attention to the pain...
the only thing I came across that freaked me out was taking a shower..
(my doc who was a idiot) scared me...saying I should NOT get my incision wet...which made me not want to take a shower, cause I was scared...(I freaking duct taped a garbage bag to my belly...smh)
but a shower is perfectly fine, as long as you dry the area off really well...