can anyone share thier expeience in having a ceasarian birth?..i found the recovery horrid..5 years ago.?

Answer 1

I had a c-section 12 years ago. The recovery was hard, I was moving much slower then I need to be with a newborn. I totally overdid it when I started to feel better by going to the mall and walking around. I thought I was gonna burst. But after about a week I started to feel my old self and now I don't have any regrets. I have also had my second child natural, so comparing the two experiences, the c-section was easier, but ther recovery time longer.

Answer 2

I had a ceasarian 13 years ago and it put me off having any more kids. In hospital I was left to look after my daughter as soon as I could move out of bed (24 hours). Complaining of ripping pains in my wound fell on deaf ears and after 5 days had a temperature, low blood pressure and an infection in my wound. The doctor was pig ignorant with an arrogance I have not seen since that day. I was sent home to bed rest, doing nothing for over a week not even lifting my daughter, which they had no problem letting me do in hospital.I couldn't bath my baby for 3 months, suffered from depression and didn't get the feeling back in my stomach for over a year. It has left me very angry and feel let down by the people who's job it was to care for me. It does get better, but you never forget.

Answer 3

I had a C section with my first child (3 and a half years ago) - it was medically necessary. I found the whole thing absolutely awful. I hate hospitals at the best of time and being in there for almost a week nearly drove me mad.

I found that there are good points and bad points to the recovery. On the minus side, you are incapacitated for weeks, at first, even unable to pick up your baby properly, or do simple things like sort the washing. And you can't drive for 6 weeks!

But on the plus side, simply because of the enforced period of rest, I bonded with my baby boy really well. Something that I didn't do with my second, naturally born, child. I got loads more help with my first one - people would drop in with food for my husband and I, and offer to do the washing, shopping etc. When I had my daughter not only was I up within half and hour and home the next day, I was also expected to care for her as well as my 19 month old son, run the house, shop and cook, without any assistance at all! (My husband was brilliant - my support network let me down badly). It was hard work and no wonder that I got PND!

Answer 4

i had a nightmare 7 years ago with twins, my daughter was born the right way but my sons heart stopped so they took me down for an emergency ceasarian, they sprayed my tummy to freeze it but it didnt work and they didnt believe me, it was when i screamed when they sliced me that they realised i was not numb, they knocked me out pretty quick and apologised the next day for not believing me, i should have sued but didnt on account that my twins were 9 weeks early and in intensive care and i wanted to make sure they got the best care so i didnt sue.

i found the recovery difficult too, took a long time, and my stomach has never been the same since,
i suffer with severe bloating every few months and it lasts for weeks, the muscles in my back were weakened as a result of the birth.

my twins are fine, 7 years old now and i wouldnt change them for the world, but wish i could have had a natural birth because of all the side effect and after effects of a ceasarian.

how are you?? what are your current problems??

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Answer 5

I had a C-section 12 weeks ago. I found the operation itself pretty horrible. A friend had told me before hand that it felt like someone doing the washing up in your stomach, it didn't. It felt like someone cutting me open, stretching the hole and pulling a baby out of it!!! The first few days of recovery were tough but at least I wasn't expected to do anything, I'd love to have those days again and make the most of it. The recovery was slow and painful but I have nothing to compare it to and even after only a few weeks I can hardly remember it, there's too much else to do! At least with a C-section you can be pretty sure of what's going to happen, with labor there is no certainty. Childbirth - there's no easy option.

Answer 6

I had a cesarean section in 1974 I was horrified too. Five years later I had another, it was a completely different experience. Then seven years later my third child was born again by cesarean, I can honestly say that my recovery period was shorter. I think I was prepared for the births of both my 2nd and 3rd child but when I went into labor with my first and things went so wrong I went into shock. It takes longer to get over. I wish you well, don't forget medicine is improving each year that passes don't let the first experience put you off if you want another child, who knows you may be able to give birth naturally., others have.

Answer 7

I had to have an emergency c-section after being in labour all day with my son. His heart rate went down way too low, so they whisked me off to surgery. The cord was around his neck twice. The recovery for me wasn't too bad - just awkward and the pain wasn't fun. I felt jealous of the women who had regular births, and were prancing around the next day and going home. The amazing part was that both babe and I were fine. Unfortunately, about seven weeks later, I found that I got a chronic infection (cellulitis) from that. That part has been hell when it recurs.

Answer 8

My daughter was born by c-section 11 years ago as she was breech, it took me 3 weeks to recover and 6 weeks before I could lift anything. I had nearly 30 staples and was in agony for about 2 weeks and then when they had been taken out i felt very uncomfortable for about a week after. Even now after all these years I still get the odd twinge where my scar is. Never again except for an emergency.

Answer 9

I have just got out of hospital after having a section with my second child (born 3 days ago). I found it a lot easier than the normal delivery I had 3 years ago. I had a spinal anaesthetic which was cracker and yes I was sore the following morning but once I got up and about i started to feel a lot better - bit sore still, but not in agony. The normal delivery I ached after - I felt as if my undercarriage was going to fall out with every step I took for weeks after it.

Answer 10

I had an emergency c section 15 months ago ... my scar is still sore every now & again. I found the worst thing was the fact that I felt I didn't really 'give birth' ... personally I find it hard to believe women choose to have them !!!!

I though I should add that the best thing is that I had a beautiful healthy girl!! But the idea of getting pregnant again scares me quite a bit at the moment.