C-section after three natural births

Morgan - posted on 03/27/2009

Not to mention you don't have to go through labor cause they do it about 7 days before your due date to lessen the chance you'll go into labor.

Morgan - posted on 03/27/2009

I've had 2 planned c-sections.  They did a spinal block which numbs you from your arms down.  The reason you feel sick after it is because you blood pressure drops but you just have to tell them and they can give you meds to correct this.  Plus they watch the monitors to see if  your BP is dropping.  A planned c/s is definitely a lot better than an emergency one cause they have more time to prep you and can take their time they have no reason to rush.  I went in to the or at 12pm and my surgery started at 12:15 and my daughter was born at 12:27pm same approx time for my second surgery except it was a morn surgery not an afternoon one.  then off to recovery for about and hour.  Then about 3-5 days stay in the hospital and a week at home to recover to where it is not as painful to cough, sneeze, laugh, get out of bed and do stairs.  And about 6 weeks to fully recover.  Though the area around the scar will have no feeling for sometime mine was still that way when I had my second.  You can still wear a bikini the scar is so low and not all that big. abot 6" long and maybe 1/4" thick.  And you don't bleed as long after as they can clean you out better.  Plus the bonus of them tying your tubes at the same time saves you a surgery.

Megan - posted on 03/27/2009

They had to do my epi twice, in between contractions, plus the meds only took to one side of me. they kept yelling at me in between contractions to roll to the side that didnt take which made me sea sick.

Deidre - posted on 03/27/2009

Quoting Megan:

So did anyone get the kind of nurse that would yell at you for moving long before you even squirm? I literally had to tell each one of them to just do it fast or they mess with you (get the needle close only to pull back and complain)

 

Thanks for all the comments, I feel better now about my decision.

omg, I most definitely did not have that happen.  The only sucky nurse I had during my labor (I didn't have a nurse I liked during recovery but, I just didn't like her personality) was the nurse I first got when I got to the room I was to birth in and she took my vitals and the baby's and wanted me to lay down, but I wanted to stand up and continue walking around.  I got super upset about it and my mom asked for me to get a different nurse.  Then it was fine.  Then my only problem was when I started pushing they kept trying to help me feel better saying "you can do it" and such and I KNEW that my daughter wasn't moving AT ALL and I'd been pushing for over 3hrs.  I'm sorry you had to deal with that :(  When they were trying to stick me in my back I had a super hard time being still because I was scared and sad and upset and annoyed, and in pain... so I was shaking super bad.  And actually, the whole reason my epi didn't work was b/c it wasn't placed right I think, so blah on that.

Megan - posted on 03/27/2009

So did anyone get the kind of nurse that would yell at you for moving long before you even squirm? I literally had to tell each one of them to just do it fast or they mess with you (get the needle close only to pull back and complain)

Thanks for all the comments, I feel better now about my decision.

Krystal - posted on 03/26/2009

Just a little side note I too hate needles and with my last child I was poked every 2 weeks to check my antibody Kell ( the blood disorder I spoke of) In case you're wondering it attackes the red blodd cells causing the mother and the baby to become anemic.It cause more problems for the baby than the mother. That is why she had to have 2 blood tranfusions immediately after birth.

Krystal - posted on 03/26/2009

I had 2 normal births both with epidural and 1 c-section. I know how you feel when you say each birth got worse and wrose. My first child had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck twice. Then my 2nd child wasnt breathing when she was born. My 3rd child was bron by emergency c-section. Completely unplanned. I developed a rare blood disorder and had to see a specialist. We went for a normal doc appt. when he noticed that her heart rate had dropped. They sent me up to maternity floor to be monitored for awhile. At 3pm they came in and said they were taking the baby. At 4pm the took me to OR and at 4:20pm she was born. She blue and need blood transfusions. She was also 6 weeks early. She spent 3 weeks in the NICU and had 3 more blood transfusions after leaving the hospital. She is now healthy. As far as c-section go. I didnt feel anything when I had mine. I had heard that it was the worst kind of pain and I found it wasnt as bad as they said. The day after I had mine I was up and walking around and waling down to the NICU. So it isnt that bad. The healing takes longer but it found it easier than a natural birth. You can also have your tubes tied when they do a c-section. My mom also had c-sections 3 to be exact and the last one she had her  tubes tied. All you have to do is tell the doc that you want to have that done and they will do that. Since mine c-section was unplanned I had to have my tubes tied at a later time. They make you wait 6-8 weeks after you have the baby if you do it that way. But since you are planning on a c-section anyway just tell them you want it done the same time and they will. I appoligize for this being so long and I hope I was able to help you. Good Luck!!

Mel - posted on 03/26/2009

i ended up having an emerg c section with my first.just wasnt getting bigger at all so they figured it was time.it all went quite smoothly surprisingly.and you could feel when they where digging around but it wasnt anything.no pain just movement.like crazy baby kicks.lol.i was oppisite of deidre and my recovery was amazing.the worst was the first time out of bed after that it was managable.by the very next day i was only only T3.my sis just had one as well and she recovered like me.on the other hand my cousin had one and after 5 days was still on morphine and got an infection.so basically it all depends on you.how fast you can recover.they say the more you move the faster you heal.even if all you do is get up for the bathroom.and for staying calm during the  best bet would be to just breathe.i also just kindda watched the roof.it was such a relief also that my husband was beside me and i knew our family was outside waiting to see me.with 3 other kids though it might be a little different for you.you'll need to be able to get up and go and that will slow you down so just set up a good support system.don't be afaid to ask for help.you deserve it and would be amazed at how willing the family is to help out.hope my babbling helps a little bit and no matter what i'm sure you'll be fine!!!

Deidre - posted on 03/26/2009

yea, I hate needles too... that is where my first panic attack came from (them giving me my IV). It was nice to find out that I could refuse the IV and didn't actually HAVE to have it (I had asked if I had to have it while they were doing it, through tears, and they said yes... it was worse than the contractions for me). They poke you in the same place with the spinal that they do with the epi, just different meds. I suspect it will be easier to have it done when you are not fighting the pain of a contraction as well so that would be good. I most certainly didn't even want the epi (much less the spinal) but again, that is more of my horror story lol.

Megan - posted on 03/26/2009

18 years definitely counts as a surprise XD

Being able to feel them but not feel pain is gonna creep me out! lmao

The worst for me has got to be needles, Ive had people comment that I should be usd to needles now because of all the bloodwork and such when your pregnant but for me it just hasnt gone away (you can well imagine my horror when I first figured out were the epidural went XD)

Thanks for sharing!

Deidre - posted on 03/26/2009

I have had a c/s and my mom had a c/s with your last. It is definitely possible for them to tie your tubes after a c/s, my mom had that done (her 3rd was a surprise baby, 18yrs after #2 lol).



My c/s was not planned, and it was my first pregnancy so I have not experienced natural childbirth. I certainly don't recommend a c/s because I had a horrible recovery time (and I also get panic attacks, so my whole hospital stay was full of them). I have heard that a planned c/s is better than unplanned, if it is a planned c/s you don't go through the whole labor process which I've been told is what makes it take longer to recover from a c/s. I don't want to go into my whole horror story though to freak you out.



Don't be concerned with feeling them cutting you and such though. I felt absolutely no pain while they were doing the procedure, but I did kind of feel what they were doing. I felt stuff moving around and I could tell they were taking my baby out (she was pretty wedged in there so there was a lot of pushing on my belly). I did end up throwing up during my c/s due to the meds. And I also recommend a spinal and NOT an epidural if you go this route b/c it takes about 2 min to kick in.... and my epi didn't even work so... heh.

Deidre - posted on 03/26/2009

I have had a c/s and my mom had a c/s with your last. It is definitely possible for them to tie your tubes after a c/s, my mom had that done (her 3rd was a surprise baby, 18yrs after #2 lol).



My c/s was not planned, and it was my first pregnancy so I have not experienced natural childbirth. I certainly don't recommend a c/s because I had a horrible recovery time (and I also get panic attacks, so my whole hospital stay was full of them). I have heard that a planned c/s is better than unplanned, if it is a planned c/s you don't go through the whole labor process which I've been told is what makes it take longer to recover from a c/s. I don't want to go into my whole horror story though to freak you out.



Don't be concerned with feeling them cutting you and such though. I felt absolutely no pain while they were doing the procedure, but I did kind of feel what they were doing. I felt stuff moving around and I could tell they were taking my baby out (she was pretty wedged in there so there was a lot of pushing on my belly). I did end up throwing up during my c/s due to the meds. And I also recommend a spinal and NOT an epidural if you go this route b/c it takes about 2 min to kick in.... and my epi didn't even work so... heh.

Deidre - posted on 03/26/2009

I have had a c/s and my mom had a c/s with your last. It is definitely possible for them to tie your tubes after a c/s, my mom had that done (her 3rd was a surprise baby, 18yrs after #2 lol).



My c/s was not planned, and it was my first pregnancy so I have not experienced natural childbirth. I certainly don't recommend a c/s because I had a horrible recovery time (and I also get panic attacks, so my whole hospital stay was full of them). I have heard that a planned c/s is better than unplanned, if it is a planned c/s you don't go through the whole labor process which I've been told is what makes it take longer to recover from a c/s. I don't want to go into my whole horror story though to freak you out.



Don't be concerned with feeling them cutting you and such though. I felt absolutely no pain while they were doing the procedure, but I did kind of feel what they were doing. I felt stuff moving around and I could tell they were taking my baby out (she was pretty wedged in there so there was a lot of pushing on my belly). I did end up throwing up during my c/s due to the meds. And I also recommend a spinal and NOT an epidural if you go this route b/c it takes about 2 min to kick in.... and my epi didn't even work so... heh.