I need as many differences as possible. They should be totally compared, eg anaesthetically, surgically, post operatively, the difference for the mum etc
2006-09-04 23:57:33 · 9 answers · asked by Nat H 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Elective - done by choice and planned. Usually spinal anaeasthetic so patient awake. Usualy done for breach presentations, twins, know low lying placenta etc. Or for those idiots who are TOO POSH TO PUSH
Non-elective = Emergancy.
Done when not planned to happen, but clinical situation demands. Often when foetus becomes distressed or stuck. Depending on urgancy can be done with spinal anaesthetic but in emergancy full general anaesthetic given.
The surgical operation is the same poceedure, but depending on the casue of the need for the emergancy operation will determine the difference. e.g high blood loss, damage to uterus, emergancy due to pre-eclampsia.
Many non-elective c-sections are strightforward in the end.
Natural, normal vaginal delivery is by far the best!
2006-09-05 00:06:43 · answer #1 · answered by andyp2904 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An elective c section is where the mother chooses to have it. She can have an epidural and be awake during it, and will recover quicker from it. A non-elective is an emergency c section where the baby is in trouble and they have to get it out quickly. The mother usually has to have a general anaesthetic ie you are knocked out) and it is a major surgical operation. The baby is obviously at risk cos it is in distress and thats why they are doing the section. The mother is also at risk as it is a major operation and there are risks associated with anaestetic. My advice would be not to consider a c section, and try for a natural birth if you can. you and the baby will recover quicker and with less risk of major trauma.
2006-09-05 00:02:26 · answer #2 · answered by Emma W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first child (born ten years ago today) was born via emergency cesarean. I was very scared and unprepared (I had stupidly skipped all of the cesarean chapters in books and magazines, though I am an avid reader, because I was sure it would not happen to me). It happened so fast-I was put under general anesthesia so my husband was not allowed to accompany me. My second child was born VBAC. We anticipated my third child being born VBAC also, but she was also born cesarean. It was an emergency situation as well, but was quite different from my first. Instead of general anesthesia, I was given a spinal block and my husband was with me. I was still scared because it was an emergency situation, but less so in the sense that I knew what was going to happen. Any future children will now be born cesarean. I think the main difference will be knowing that it is going to happen, and when. There will be no disappointment (as I had with my first) that the delivery was cesarean. There will be no rush, no urgent concern about the baby-that alone will make it less stressful. I will know ahead of time to prepare for a longer hospital stay, etc. Other than the surprise of having to have one, the rush involved because of the emergency situation, and the worry about whether everything is going to be okay-they are pretty much the same.
2016-03-17 01:34:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From an NHS commissioning perspective all deliveries are classified as non elective. Elective means that a patient has been placed on a waiting list and is then called in for treatment. Obvioiusly this is not the case with a delivery.
2006-09-05 00:03:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elective means you have made the decision, and you can usually decide when this will take place. Non elective means you have no control, say if you were having a normal birth and there were complications, that would be non elective.
2006-09-05 00:17:13 · answer #5 · answered by Sampter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elective means you have a choice in the matter. Non-elective means that your physical condition leaves no choice, but for the doctors to do a c-section.
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