Whittington Planned C-section experience?

Hi everyone!

I’m currently in my second pregnancy and have chosen the Whittington Hospital, as I recently moved to Finchley. My first birth experience was at Homerton, which was very positive overall, even though it ended with an emergency C-section. This time, I have a planned C-section, but I’m particularly concerned about the scar, as I’ve been told they don’t use glue.

Has anyone had experience with this at Whittington and could share some advice?

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I had mine at Whittington (also emergency with first planned with second) and they used proline stitches with me because I tend to get keloid scars which has made it a bit better than the scar I got previously with dissolvable stitches so you can request that. I had to fast beforehand which meant I got super faint after the surgery so bring snacks to eat straight after! The staff are good… until they decide you can go home. I got told I couldn’t go home at 5am the next days after I passed my second bowel of urine but then didn’t get discharged till 7pm and during that time no one came to check on me as they’d already decided I could go home, they didn’t even bring me lunch or dinner 😭 so try to keep yourself known!

Hi Lor, thank you for your reply and sharing your experience! So would you recommend this to have a planned C-section? I am now panicking because someone strongly recommends not to use that hospital as they had an awful experience with C-section and awful recovery.

Hi Alessia, I'm really keen to hear people's views on Whittington too. I've booked in at UCLH but then found out they transfer low risk and elective c sections to Whittington. You can refuse the transfer but then they won't give you a date for a section and might only give 24 hours notice. I'm sorry to hear your friend had a bad time there. Did she mention what in particular made her experience so awful? Caroline

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