3 days until c-section & my anxiety is so bad

I was you! I'd had a lot of big bleeds during my third trimester which lead me to needing a planned C-section. Even the night before I was booked in I'd had a massive bleed, so the anxiety was sky high.

I was still scared when I was in theatre and I told the team how scared I was; they were wonderful. They all held my hand or chatted with me to distract me and they let me know at every step of the way what was going on.

I had a complicated section because I had a low lying anterior placenta, and I told them I was worried they'd cut through it, but none of them were bothered. They were so unbothered you'd think I'd have just told them I was off to make a slice of toast 😂

You have to remember these guys do this day in, day out, 4-6 times a day, EVERY SINGLE DAY.

The consultant told me that planned sections are an absolute walk in the park for them, it's calm, methodical, they can take their time, there's no panic for you and none for them.

If I can get through it, you absolutely will!

You are more then welcome to message me and I can tell you everything that happened with me for my c section because i know that if someone had told me what exactly would happen, my anxiety wouldnt have been so bad. Its been 8 months but I literally cannot forget that day. It was planned because my baby was breached but I didnt have anxiety until the morning of which is strange for some riddled in anxiety lol and then I was okay and my anxiety started while in the room. My anxiety was so bad in the room that I wasn't breathing properly. My oxygen was really low. But I can tell you everything that happened that day so you can be more prepared? For me with my anxiety, its the not knowing thats hard. But maybe if you know whats gonna happen, you can mentally prepare yourself for it?