C section

So my little boy is 1 year 4 months he was emergency c section and I'm booked in for a planned c section in 12 days I'm so scared. Any advice.

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I'm having my second c-section in 9 weeks
Ig I've heard the recovery process is kinda longer for the second one
But you will do fine momma
Just don't stress your body out to mich and take your time to recover

aww thank you huni how old will your 2 babies be apart.

I’ve heard that planned ones aren’t as bad as they’re not “rushing” as much to get baby out. A lot of people have said how calm they are so hopefully that’s how your experience goes x

I had a planned one in July. I was very nervous leading up to it, and wish I hadn’t, as it was such a calm experience. We were allowed to bring in a playlist, but tbh me and my partner were just chatting and kind of distracting ourselves and didn’t pay attention to the music. The biggest issue we had was getting the cannular in as my veins are rubbish. My recovery was better than I expected - I managed to get out for a walk on day 4, and week after I realised at some point I had stopped clock watching for medication time. I was able to hold my girl straight after, and never had a problem picking her up. Getting out of bed was a struggle, make sure you have things around to pull yourself up on, and it makes it easier. Take a pillow with you, it’s great for pushing against your stomach on drive home. Also long T-shirts or nightdress etc so you don’t have to worry about bending to pull bottoms up.

Planned c sections are much easier to recover from. I had my planned when my eldest was 18 months old and I recovered much quicker despite it being my second and having a toddler to look after as well

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Hi everyone! I gave birth via emergency c section 9 months ago as my baby boy was measuring big, he pooped inside so there was risk of him inhaling it and I wasn’t progressing past 3cm to have a natural birth and now I’m currently 20 weeks pregnant with my 2nd baby. I’m having a consultation on Tuesday to talk about birth options and to have any questions answered but I don’t know what to ask. I feel like it would be safer having a c section again but at the same time I don’t want a c section. Does anyone have any question ideas I could ask or any advice/stories of similar situations. Tia

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Planned c section

Has anyone had a planned c section and been home the same day?

Getting pregnant after c section

When did you get pregnant again after a c section? Our plan was always to have 2 under 2 but that is now out the window because I had an emergency section. I know they say 18 months and we will be sticking to it (as much as I don’t want to) but I’m curious how quickly you got pregnant after your section?

Movements

I’m 28 weeks tomorrow. Yesterday I had loads and loads of movements but today I have only felt small flutters and a couple of kicks throughout the day. I get so confused as some people say they don’t have a pattern but others say they do. We have a Doppler so used it this evening and could hear the heartbeat and then moving but does anyone else get quieter days of movement than others? I am seeing my midwife tomorrow so will check but just find myself getting anxious about it and don’t know when to get checked. I know they encourage it but last time as soon as I got to triage baby started moving loads!

Tips for babies with wind issues

My 5 week old has always had issues bringing up all his wind. When he’s laying on his back, he’s always grunting in pain to the point he cries and wakes himself up.

Spoke with a qualified physio who’s also qualified in baby massage and she said try concentric circles on baby. Small circles with a little pressure on their right (your left when facing you) from the bottom of their tummy up to their ribs and then going to the other side and doing the same. Then do the usual leg exercises with them (bicycle kicks, air squats, rotating them side to side etc)

I’ve also found this really helps doing it on my LBs back. I either use my thumb or two fingers when he’s up against me. I do both sides from bottom to top in small circles. He moves around and makes the grunting noises when I first do it but burps come out and after about 4/5 times he stops moving around or grunting at all and it’s meant he’s actually slept on his back and not had to cosleep!