How long do you stay after elective c section UK

I have an elective c section on monday morning hopefully as im the only one on the list that day (of course i know there may be emergencies), but it's likely a morning section. If all goes well with me and baby, how long typically until youre discharged and able to go home?

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I was in for 27 hours after the baby was born, they usually discharge after 24 hours if no complications/need to keep you in longer

24 hours…
It’ll be around 10-12 hours till you have your catheter out.. as long as you have passed 200ml of urine, baby is feeding , and there are no other complications you should be allowed home the next day :)

I was in for 4 days here in Canada, I lost over 2 liters of blood though and they wanted to monitor me.

I was in for 26 hours.
Mainly because we spent over 7 hours waiting for the doctor to do babies checks before discharge. But everything else was ready for us to leave at 19 hours!

I was in for 24 hours x

i went in thursday morning at 7, he was born at 10:32 and i was home by 1600 yesterday

My sisters was the next day.

My baby was born via c section at 11.47am and I went home at 3pm the next day but only because I was waiting around with bags packed for them to discharge us as they were short staffed with strikes and doing the meds round otherwise it would have been sooner x

Usually the next day as long as there’s no complications.

I went in for 7am, was the last having a planned c-section that day, so ended up having mine just before 3pm because the other ladies were diabetic so got put ahead of me in the order :)

I had my catheter out the next morning, we had different checks and then went home around 9pm the evening after the c-section. The discharging takes surprisingly long as you have different specialists who have to check different things (eg baby hearing test, someone to show you how to do the blood thinning injections, someone to check blood pressure… and then all the paperwork to say you’re ok to leave)

I’d defo recommend bringing things to keep you cool. A fan and flannel you can wet, plus your own pillow as it’s breathable and their pillows are plastic covered, so they stick to you as it’s SOOOO warm and it makes you feel all itchy :) x

I was in from 8am, he was born 15:01 in the afternoon, we were gone by 1pm dinner time next day z

I had my section at 10am. I would have been discharged the next day but there were feeding issues so I was in for 4 days.
If it weren’t for the feeding issues I’d have been discharged the next day as I was fine post op wise.

Usually 24hrs these days, all being well.

If you Google "enhanced c section recovery nhs" there are loads of pdfs with info on what to expect etc. Might not necessarily be your trust/hospitals info but v. Useful regardless.

https://www.birthingrampian.scot.nhs.uk/enhanced-recovery-following-caesarean-section-eross/#:~:text=There%20are%20four%20elements%20to,about%20as%20soon%20as%20possible

https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/patient-information/enhanced-recovery-pathway-after-planned-caesarean-section/

https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/enhanced-recovery-programme-for-patients-requiring-elective-caesarean-section/

Had mine at 10pm Wednesday and left midday on Friday so 2 nights (though the first night was the surgery and I didn’t get off the recovery ward till 2am)

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