section booked but omg arghh

[WhisperOfHope]

so im booked in on the 30th of this mth for section but absalutly pooping myself i was doing ok until the last few night when the min i switch the light off it comes back to me all the risks etc they told me about im petrafied of the thought of the bleeding etc. but we found when i saw the consultant about the section that id not be able to do it naturaly anyway as my pelvis isnt wide enough, could even be earlyer then the 30th depending how the growth scan and doppler of my placenta go weds, shes not growing as good anymore and my right notch what ever that is was way off the chart so have to have it moniterd

 

[sethsmummy]

ooo good luck hun You will be fine Good luck for your growth scan too xx

 

[LDC]

Good luck. You'll be fine, as I always say there are risks to absolutely everything from a c section to crossing the road and you do that all the time!

Plus with a planned section there is no rush and everything can take its course. Is natural to be worried by baby will be here so soon!!

Good luck xx

 

[fiffle]

hi i'm booked in on 23rd for my c-section so i know how nervous you are!

it's all very fine and well people telling you not to worry and while that may be possible to do during the day if you're anything like me the moment everyone else is asleep and there's no-one to talk to and no tv to lose yourself in then it's literally the only thing you can think about!

i had an emergency section on my first child which i went to sleep for and i think people assume that because i've been through it once i'll be fine with it but i'm still terrified. i'm staying awake this time and i think that scares me more than anything because it will be an entirely different experience being awake during the surgery.

the one and only thing i found helped at all was keeping a note pad beside my bed and whenever another question popped into my head (will they tell me when they are making the incision? can i ask them not to tell me? etc) i wrote it down on the note pad and saved it all up to ask my consultant at my next appointment

like yourself i've been told i'm unable to give birth naturally, but it my case it's because the baby is too big rather than that my pelvis is too small.

just wondering if there's anything in particular that is worrying you, perhaps myself or someone else on here can give you a bit more info???

 

[Scuba]

I was terrified before mine too but it was wonderful! Absolutely loved it! Once you're there in the morning on the day you'll feel so much less nervous - all the staff at my hospital were amazing, kept me really calm and I just loved every second!xx

 

[ladysarcasma]

I'm really scared, too. BUT I had an EMCS after 32 hours of labor the first time. I went in with high BP, an infection, and a baby completely lodged in my pelvis. The conditions going in were simply awful, and it was an emergency, and I needed a transfusion and antibiotics and...

guess what?

Baby and I are still here 5 years later. So a whooooole lot can go wrong and it will still be OK But this time (mine is on Feb. 22), it will be planned, calm, controlled. No labor, no lodged baby, plenty of preparations. I've spoken to the anesthesiologist. I've spoken to my surgeon. So much more prepared for things that might come up this time than last time.

And yours is planned in advance, so it will likely be completely fine. But just know that even in the very very unlikely event that anything goes wrong (like bleeding), they are prepared for these things and you will still be fine.