Elective C section

I just wondered has anyone had or planning an elective section? If so, what could I expect in terms of the day and the recovery?

If you wouldn’t mind sharing why you opted for a Caesarian too that would be interesting to chat about.

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I'm 11 days pp after a planned s section due to baby being breech, I was told to be there for half 7 and then I was took at 9 had lots of people come in and explain everything to me what was gonna happen etc and to be honest It was all really chilled. Recovery for me has been OK so far after 3 days I was up doing everything I was doing before I had my daughter ( baby no3) and I ended up having to end put to sleep due to my womb having scar tissue that ruptured and bleeding out and losing 2 litres of blood. My womb had to get stitched in 2 different places. Only thing I found hard for the first week was the getting out of bed and sleeping but found having 2 bed pillows and a big sofa cushion and my pregnancy pillow to sleep inclined helped majorly and now since day 8 I've been able to sleep flat and and on my side. Only thing I have found hard is the mental recovery from everything

I had an elective due to breech baby.

I was told to get there for 7:30am but I didn’t end up going in until 4:30pm! I was starving!! The team was absolutely brilliant though. I’m only 1 week 4 days pp but I feel fantastic.

I was home by 6pm the next day.

The team talked me through everything as I expressed I was nervous. It was such a peaceful experience and the team made sure that I got what I wanted out of the birth. The whole procedure took less than an hour from going into the room and having the spinal to being back in recovery and eating soooo much toast.

I was lucky/unlucky that I was the last out of the 4 people to have an elective that day, but it was due to how easy my section was going to be compared to the other women there.

I was walking by 2am and I just had to be monitored for 24 hours and prove I could pass urine before I was home.

The second day I was really sore and struggled a little (I’ve never had surgery), but since I’ve felt great

Once I passed a bowel movement I’ve felt amazing. I’m able to walk about and do things. I’m still taking it easy as it is easy to overdo it when you feel alright. I would do it again as it was a very peaceful experience

hey, what did you take for wind & laxatives? I’m scheduled for my first and I’m not sure what to buy. I’ve bought some gum, some mints, peppermint tea. But not sure which laxatives to get

in our community

Oh my God, oh my God I hope this is not true!!!! I’m kind of scared

I’ve been throwing up and taking a shit all night!!! I just hope that it’s not what I think it is

Small head reported following 20 week scan

Has anyone else had it flagged that their baby is in the bottom 5th percentile for head size?

They said everything was fine whilst we were in the scan and then I got a phone call the next day saying that it’s on the small side and we’re being referred to a paediatric specialist at St George’s. Has anyone else had this and how did things go??

Would you bring 9 week old to a family party of 35+ people?

These are also people who will want to pass the baby around and get a turn to hold him. He just got his 2 month shots two days ago

Exercise 6 weeks after c section

What movement did people start to introduce? I won’t do anything too vigorous until I’ve seen the pelvic physio as I don’t want to compromise anything that may have been extremely weakened through pregnancy! But just wondering what types of classes/movement people started off with?

Induction experience

I just wanted to share my experience with being induced as I wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it may help others.

I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

I then had my first dose of the gel and definitely noticed a difference, I started experiencing period like cramps almost immediately however they were light and manageable. After 6 hours I had another cervix check and although my cervix was soft it was still only 1cm and was only open at the front. I had another dose of the gel and felt an increase in pressure and more intense cramping where I now required pain relief (codeine). After another 6 hours I had another cervix check and I had now dilated to 2-3cm however was still quite difficult to get all the way through so a third gel was recommended which I agreed to.

Almost immediately I noticed the difference and was in considerable pain, I had paracetamol and codeine however the contractions had now become intense and a lot closer together (around 3 minutes apart). After a couple of hours I had my last cervix check and was 4cm and taken down to the Labour ward to have my waters broken and an epidural.

I had been in my room for approx 20minutes when my waters broke by themselves and I was now 10cm and actively pushing…. There was no time for the epidural and my beautiful girl arrived into the world within 2 minutes of pushing.

All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

One more thing, I’ve never believed when people say “you forget the pain once they’re here” but I can honestly say this is true. It’s been 4 days and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Gave birth (vagina) 5 days ago and yesterday morning and this morning getting lot of pain in my right bottom side and lower back