What was your reaction when you were told you'd have to have a cesarean section?

[kimberleyrobx]

I had been in labour 24hrs and i was exhausted, had been awake for 33hours already and i wasnt dilating quick enough, had high blood pressure and all the rest... my mum and partner were at KFC when i was told i'd be having a c-section and my phone had no battery life so couldnt contact mum or partner... i was so exhausted and tired by that point that i didnt care how she came out, just as long as she was ok! i never thought id have to be one to have a c-section, but i did! i wasnt scared or nervous (probably the drugs and tiredness kicking in)... mum and partner came back just before i due to go to theatre, lucky! what was your reaction when you were told you'd be having a csection?

 

[littleANDlost]

'get her out' I'd been in labour 49 hours and she had stopped moving and her heart beat was dropping, she got her head stuck behind the lip of my cervix. I was fully dilated but could have killed her and myself if i'd pushed, we waited for 3 hours after i became fully dilated for her to move or for my cervix lip to break down but she became to distressed. I'd already had a still birth so i was always scared for her, but just wanted her out as quickly as possibly to get her here safe

 

[kimberleyrobx]

'get her out' I'd been in labour 49 hours and she had stopped moving and her heart beat was dropping, she got her head stuck behind the lip of my cervix. I was fully dilated but could have killed her and myself if i'd pushed, we waited for 3 hours after i became fully dilated for her to move or for my cervix lip to break down but she became to distressed. I'd already had a still birth so i was always scared for her, but just wanted her out as quickly as possibly to get her here safe

that is such a sad story that must have been very stressful! im debating whether to have a cesarean or natural birth this time round, im going towards a natural birth but im scared in case my uterus scar opens:/ there's pro's and con's on both sides!

 

[littleANDlost]

I was told there was no reason why i wouldn't be able to have a natural birth next time around but part of me wants to push to have a c-section just incase it gets to that stage again, but i don't want the 6 weeks recovery, esecialy as i'll have two munchkins then. I still get the odd pain from it now . I'll see how i feel when the time comes.

 

[kimberleyrobx]

I was told there was no reason why i wouldn't be able to have a natural birth next time around but part of me wants to push to have a c-section just incase it gets to that stage again, but i don't want the 6 weeks recovery, esecialy as i'll have two munchkins then. I still get the odd pain from it now . I'll see how i feel when the time comes.

my girl is 9months old, i dont have any pain but i wont let anyone touch my stomach because its still very numb and sensitive. i dont even touch it! my scar ended up infected so had to get anti-biotics for it along with the only 6 pills i had to take three times a day! (anemia after c-section) and i was in pain for weeks afterwards and constantly having indigestion. i lost two and a half stone after having emily i wasnt interested in food:/ so i think i'll go natural next time! x

 

[littleANDlost]

i love how we're planning the next ones already. lol x

 

[kimberleyrobx]

oh i know lol my partner and i are TTC baby number two i wanted to start trying again as soon as id had our first but he said no lol, hes finally came to his senses! x

 

[littleANDlost]

I think we'll wait a little bit longer before TTC again

 

[kimberleyrobx]

I think we'll wait a little bit longer before TTC again

lol nothing wrong with waiting! ive just waited long enough im so impatient lol x

 

[tristansmum]

I'm not sure i thought very much. I had been pushing for coming on for 2 hours and was exhausted. They USS my tummy and saw he was in a bad position and suggested forceps. I signed the consent form during a huge contraction and was wisked off to theatre where they gave me a spinal. They tried to turn him with forceps. Then i heard them say "i'm sorry we are doing a c section". His heart rate had been decelerating so they just did it within a minute or so. My first question i asked the aneathatists was had they cut me (episiotomy) as i was thinking oh great i'm getting cut twice then but thankfully they had not. Then he was born and i can't remember much due to exhaustion and shock.

For a long time after i was very upset about having a section and felt i failed but 19 months on i've come to terms with it. We are NTNP at the mo. I used to think i was very much wanting a VBAC but now i'm unsure. Both have pros amd cons. I hate making decisions at the best of times lol

 

[kimberleyrobx]

I'm not sure i thought very much. I had been pushing for coming on for 2 hours and was exhausted. They USS my tummy and saw he was in a bad position and suggested forceps. I signed the consent form during a huge contraction and was wisked off to theatre where they gave me a spinal. They tried to turn him with forceps. Then i heard them say "i'm sorry we are doing a c section". His heart rate had been decelerating so they just did it within a minute or so. My first question i asked the aneathatists was had they cut me (episiotomy) as i was thinking oh great i'm getting cut twice then but thankfully they had not. Then he was born and i can't remember much due to exhaustion and shock.

For a long time after i was very upset about having a section and felt i failed but 19 months on i've come to terms with it. We are NTNP at the mo. I used to think i was very much wanting a VBAC but now i'm unsure. Both have pros amd cons. I hate making decisions at the best of times lol

i know you feel im not sure what i want to do this time round! i think i'll probably go for a section, although not looking forward to the weeks of pain! :/ x

 

[Mrs_Grissom]

I'd been on gas and air a few hours and had been advised to have an epidural (which I said I wouldn't do but jumped on the idea lol) lots of things were going wrong: my bp was rocketing, ankles were swollen, seeing spots, baby's hb was very weak, he'd got trapped somewhere and finally did a poo in me...when they said I had to have an emcs I said fine and then looked at OH and said "should I be more bothered? Because I really don't mind" I think all the drugs + being totally over the idea of pushing being so much hard work when I felt so crap + knowing it was the best and fastest way to get LO out just meant it was a no brainer!

 

[ChezTunes]

I knew I'd end up having to have one because she was breech. She was all the way from 20 week scan, and we had a LOT of scans (11 in total, including the one on the day of my section) so I know she never turned at all! From the start I had that gut feeling I'd have a breechy... and I told people too, she must've heard me!

The day I found out was a mega shock! It was a Monday and I was due to have an ECV (attempt to turn her) on the Tuesday but I really wasn't happy with that and felt I was pushed into it, so I called and cancelled. I was told that I'd get a call back with a C-section date. The phone rang and I was there and then that I was booked in for the Thursday! I text my OH who was in work and when he got home he was excited and said "we're going to be parents next week" with a smile on his face. His jaw nearly hit the floor when I corrected him that it was "THIS week."

 

[ttcnewbie123]

I didnt really have time to think anything, I went from everything being fine and dandy to being rushed down to theatre because they couldnt find a heartbeat - when i was put to sleep i was thinking my baby was dead. Thank god when I woke up my husband was sitting next to me with our gorgeous healthy baby. Dont mean to scare anyone, but its about as emergency as emergency gets!x

 

[mrs.amillian]

My experiance ws very similar to ChezTunes, LO was breech and we found out on a private gender scan at 30 weeks..

We were hopeful she would turn but never did, we had an NHS scan at 35 weeks and she was confirmed breech and again I felt very pressured into having an ECV, I was devestated at the thought of a C-Section. It took a long time to accept it and be happy with the idea.
Actually we did go for the ECV with the knowledge that we were going to refuse it, mainly cause I wanted a day off work, lol. Was so tired

But looking back, it was so smooth they gave me a choice of dates so I choose her birth-date, it was very calm and organised.

I think if I was offered another one I would probably accept it

 

[Vitibaby]

I was overdue by the full 2 weeks when my Dr suggested to start inducing me with a tablet with prostaglandin. Labour started slowly with irregular contractions, but after more than 24 hours my Dr decided that I had to get the drip with syntocin to really speed labour up. Though my contractions increased an became more regular and strong, still no sign of LO really engaging into my pelvis. So they broke my waters.. and when that also didn't move her down my Dr said that the only option to get her out -though my LO was not stressed thank God- was to have an Emergency C-section!

I was already devastated when I was put on the drip of syntocin, as I really had planned an all-natural and active birth. So being confined to the bed on the drip was not what I had prepared for. Especially when my waters were broken, and she had not moved into the birthcanal, they were afraid of prolapse of umbilical cord. so I really only had to lay flay on the bed.
By the time she suggested the E-csection I had already resigned to the fact that the desired birth that I had prepared for was not going to happen and just went along with it.
I was not nervous, not anxious, I even was not particularly looking forward having a baby at the end of the ride.. I just felt bad for my DH having to also have them see me being cut open etc..

After they took my LO out they held her up to show her to me, but they didn't hold her up high enough, so i didn't really see her at all..
And then they took her to the nursery and my DH went with them.. it took another hour before they had stitched me up and let me recover in the Recovery Room before I was wheeled over to my room, where my DH finally came in with her and I was able to see her for a first time.

Looking back.. off course I am glad she arrived healthily and she's been really good since, but I do feel sad that in my mind i missed the most important part of her coming into this world. That others held her first and cleaned and clothed her first.
And again, we are glad she came out this way in the end, as she had herself tangled in the umbilical cord (round her neck and round her arms like the straps of a backpack) and one can only imagine what would have happened without medical intervention.. but still.. I wished her birth, and my start as a mother, would have been different..

 

[Vitibaby]

my girl is 9months old, i dont have any pain but i wont let anyone touch my stomach because its still very numb and sensitive. i dont even touch it! my scar ended up infected so had to get anti-biotics for it along with the only 6 pills i had to take three times a day! (anemia after c-section) and i was in pain for weeks afterwards and constantly having indigestion. i lost two and a half stone after having emily i wasnt interested in food:/ so i think i'll go natural next time! x

You still feel the numbness after 9 months? I also have a really numb area just above the scar, but I was hoping that would get better? I also don't like touching it and wonder if my stomach will ever feel normal again. Don't care what it looks like, but as long as it feels normal again.

I also have had a small infection on the scar and was on antibiotics.. it is still very raw and I am so afraid it may get infected again, especially as i live in a tropical and humid climate. Did your infection totally clear up after the course of antibiotics? Or did it return?

 

[kimberleyrobx]

Well i didnt listen to my midwife and was being active so im guessing thats maybe why i got an infection although i wasnt doing like major work outs or anything just walking:/ but yes after 9 months the bottom of my stomach is still numb, i dont touch it and i go into a frenzy even when my daughter tries climbing over me because it is just so sensitive, its horrible! my scar is itchy now and again but its no big deal, my mother also had a c-section with my sister 6 years ago and she says her belly is still numb, so i dont know if the numbness goes away or not! my scar didnt get infected a second time x

 

[chuck]

I screamed and cried and thrashed about as best as my epi and bump would let me,.

I DID NOT want to go.

I'd bee in active labour over 24 hours been pushing from the birth centre to the hospital against my wishes and pumped with synto and they broke my epi at the height of the synto push and had been in agony I felt repulsed tired angry hungry ashamed guilty and myriad other things but I was not happy, baby was NEVER in distress yet off I went.

Hubby told me to calm done I told to shut up and let me fucking cry.

Fucker didnt even come to theatre with me.

 

[littleANDlost]

my girl is 9months old, i dont have any pain but i wont let anyone touch my stomach because its still very numb and sensitive. i dont even touch it! my scar ended up infected so had to get anti-biotics for it along with the only 6 pills i had to take three times a day! (anemia after c-section) and i was in pain for weeks afterwards and constantly having indigestion. i lost two and a half stone after having emily i wasnt interested in food:/ so i think i'll go natural next time! x

You still feel the numbness after 9 months? I also have a really numb area just above the scar, but I was hoping that would get better? I also don't like touching it and wonder if my stomach will ever feel normal again. Don't care what it looks like, but as long as it feels normal again.

I'm still numb above my scarto, my aunts is aswell and her c-section was 16 years ago. My midwife has said it could always be numb as nerves are destroyed when your cut open