Positive elective stories please 🙏

My elective c section is booked for tomorrow at 41 weeks following an extremely traumatic birth with my son 3 and a half years ago that ended in an emergency c section. I've had a lot of therapy to deal with this and decided to try for a vbac this time, but to book an elective in case she goes overdue.

However, now I'm here I'm freaking out. I sat down to read all the info they've sent me last night and it's triggered something because I've gone into full on fight or flight mode, everything in my body is screaming at me to run. I can't even think about it without crying, I've cried all night and woken up crying this morning.

Please send me your positive elective c section stories, I need to fill my brain with positivity right now and try to get into a good headspace for tomorrow 😥

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I’m following for the same reason.. I’m sorry you didn’t end up going into labour and got to try a Vbac. I was a week over with both my sons it’s super annoying. I’m booked in for Tuesday for my C-section! Let me know how it goes tomorrow hun. You’ll be just fine. Keep thinking about seeing your beautiful baby 🩷

Hi, I had an elective c section for my little girl last week on 7th April.

I had a similar experience to you with my first baby back in 2022, I was induced, after many days on the induction ward and 36 hours on the labour ward I ended in an emergency c section.

This time I wanted to make the decision to go elective to have some control back. I was still petrified, and always thinking the worst but I needn’t have been. Compared to my first this c section was amazing. It was so calm and relaxed, I got to meet all the doctors, anaesthetist, midwife’s etc before going down for surgery. In surgery everything was calm, I was made extremely comfortable and was talked through the entire process. I was able to get skin to skin after birth and my partner was able to cut the cord. So far the recovery has been so much better than my first too. I was up and about by the afternoon on the day of my section, and was discharged the next day. I am more mobile and have healed a lot quicker xx

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