Elective section weird?

Did anyone else find their elective section a weird experience?
The staff were so lovely and calm and really tried to make it relaxing for me but I felt guilty because when I got in there and panicked about having the spinal the vibe changed.
But it was all so slow paced it was surreal especially seeing my baby come out.

Did anyone else feel the same?

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Yes I was the exact same! I had an emergency the first time and feel like I preferred that, as bad as that sounds 🙈 I was the first one in, but still felt like it was all so slow and made me way more nervous than I thought I would be! They also struggled to do the spinal, so my husband nearly passed out and I was panicking like mad! Yeah, totally feel like I could've written this! Even the actual c-section felt different, I was really itchy during it and felt completely out of it - I felt like it wasn't my baby really because I felt so odd, whereas I didn't for my emergency. Yeah, definitely not the experience everyone says it will be 💔

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