C-section anyone?

Question

I want to hear peoples expiriences of c-section. Why did you have one? How painful was it? IF you delivered vaginally with one child and c section the next which would you prefer? I am scheduled to have a c-section wed because my baby is too big to deliver. I am REALLY nervous because it is just me, my hubby and my 3 year old in this area. My hubby leaves 4 days after I get home with the baby for a month and a half. So I will be recovering all by myself with my 3 year old son and newborn. ANy advice?????

I am not even 5 ft baby is estimated at 10lbs 8 oz and hasn't dropped and I was due the fourth.......

I am hearing a lot of stories similar to my first labor, I was 15 minutes away from emergency c-section with my first as well because he wouldn't drop. He was only 7lbs 8oz, this one won't drop either, but he can't fit!

I have a really high pain tolerance I think, With my son I didn't get an epidural for 4 hours after my water broke and I was in full fledge labor. I cussed a bit, never cried and really didn't think other than 30 seconds a crack that it even hurt. I am in pain right now because the pressure is over whelming in my abdomen. I can't MOVE without it hurting but I can't stand the fact I am on BEDREST EITHER! I want to get up and do the laundry and what not........ IF this is what its going to be like for a couple weeks after having the baby, then I think I will be more annoyed than in pain........

Snowwhite-

My husband is an independent truck driver. If he doesn't leave we will loose over a half of months income. Not too SMART with a newborn! He does have his priorities straight, he wants to make sure I can feed his kids, he already scheduled this trip around when the DOCTORS SAID I would be induced, but that fell through, this is all unexpected and if there was any other way he would stay by my side. HE is considering trying to fly out one of my friends if they will come, I am the one saying that HELL women have been doing this sh!t for years, after a week I should be able to take care of the kids. My 3 year old will be in daycare for a majority of the day anyhow.........

Answer 1

I'VE HAD 2. THERE NOT THAT BIG A DEAL. THEY DO HURT A LITTLE AFTER WARDS I'M NOT GOING TO LIE TO YOU BUT IT'S NOT AS BAD AS YOU THINK. A WORD OF ADVICE: DON'T BABY YOURSELF AFTER WARDS BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE LONGER TO HEAL. I WAS UP THE NEXT DAY WITH BOTH C SECTIONS WALKING AROUND AND I FELT BETTER SOONER.MY DAUGHTER WAS 15 MONTHS WHEN I HAD MY SON AND I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF BOTH. JUST FIND TIME IN BETWEEN BABIES NAPS TO REST. AND DON'T PICK UP ANYTHING TO HEAVY BEFORE YOU COMPLETELY HEAL. GOOD LUCK?

Answer 2

My first pregnancy had to be induced and when that didn't work the Dr. put me under the knife. Within minutes I had my baby boy. I would have preferred to have had the C-section from the get go, instead of feeling labor pains for 48 hours straight. The only disadvantage is that the next few days you'll be really sore. They'll probably end up giving you Vicodin or Ibuprofen. As long as you take the medicine and do not lift anything heavier than your baby, you'll be fine. Your husband will be a great help at least for those few days. Good Luck!!

Answer 3

I had to have an emergency c-section due to severe preeclampsia. You will be awake during the procedure unless the epidural doesn't take. In my case, I was on the borderline of having a seizure, so I was knocked out. The procedure only takes about 20 min. and the scar is about 6" long right on your pelvic bone. I didn't have any stitches but had surgical glue instead. The pain isn't bad at all. You move pretty slow for about 3 - 4 days and are given Aleve for the pain. Good Luck and Happy Baby!

Answer 4

TO THE COMENT ABOUT PEOPLE NOT DELIVERING NATURALLY....GIVE ME A BREAK SOME OF US DON'T HAVE A CHOICE>


I had a c-section, and they knocked me out cold for it because I was so terrified. (i was 17 at the time)
All I remember is being strapped down on a hard surfboard shaped bed. They strapped my legs, arms down, and put the oxygent thingy on my finger, the epidural was all hooked up, the catheder was in, they had a blood pressure machine strapped on the other arm and it went off every 5 minutes. Once they started pressing on my, they kept asking me, Do you feel it? Do you feel that? Then thats when I was like.... what if i can feel it. They told me to breathin this black mask and I woke up in a different room. I remember looking at the time and it said 7pm. I remember waking up at 7:22.
Recovery for me after I had her was bad for the first 3 days, after the 5th they took out the staples and then I started feeling way better.
I am 5 months now and I dont know what I want to do. C-section or try it the other way if I can.
I am 25 now and I am trying to educate myself on everything before i go in. That way I wont be so scared if I have another c-section.
Good Luck. You might want to get some help from relatives, you definatly shouldnt be left at home with a 3 year old and a baby.

Answer 5

I had a vaginal delivery with my first child and an emergency c-section with my second. I would take a vaginal delivery HANDS DOWN over a c-section any day. I had an epidural with my vag. delivery, but I'd rather do it naturally with no drugs than have a c-section. The operation itself was a piece of cake--it was the recovery that was a b*tch. I hated every minute of it. You wouldn't believe what you use your ab muscles for. Every flippin thing I did HURT. Sitting on the toilet, standing back up. Sitting on the sofa, lying (or trying to, rather!) down in bed, turning over in bed. It was awful. That, and you can't do anything...no driving, no taking steps, no walking (at least no shopping!) no nothing. :(

I'm sure your doctor knows best, but keep in mind...ultrasound measurements CAN be wrong. I had an ultrasound on a Friday, andd was told my son was 7 1/2 lb. The VERY NEXT DAY I ended up having my emergency c-section, and he was 8 lb. 11 oz. I don't know what I ate for dinner that Friday night, but it really musta packed the weight on him for him to gain so much weight over night (ahem).

You can NOT recover from a c-section by yourself. Especially with a 3 year old to care for. What would happen if you had an emergency...you can't drive! You can't lift anything any heavier than your newborn, so you won't be able to wash clothes or pick your 3 year old up into his booster seat, or get him into the bath tub. You won't even be able to get yourself into the bathtub!

I would SERIOUSLY reconsider your husband going out of town. If he can reschedule, have him do it. If not, try to schedule some type of nurseaide service to come by. A c-section, even though it's very common and relatively safe, is still MAJOR SURGERY. They're cutting through your skin and fat, abdominal muscles and your uterus. You'll need help after one.

Answer 6

It is hard to say how you will feel and how tough the C-section will be and how painful it will be because everyone is diffrent.

With me I only had pain for about a week and I was up and walking around fine the next day, heck my doctor kept lecturing me because I was up walking to much and she was afraid my insition was going to come open, I just could not stand laying in bed it was driving me crazy.

For my mother and her friend their pain did not go away for a few weeks and they were not able to get up and walk around much for a few days..

For the person who made the comment about people not delivering normally you are an idiot who is in desprate need of educating yourself on child birth.

Some people have no choice when it comes to having a baby because things do go wrong such as the baby being to big or the cord getting around the babies neck and strangling it. If the cord gets around the neck and the heart rate starts to drop they have to do a emergancy C-section, if they do it naturally the chances of the baby surving are very slim.

Answer 7

I had a c-section in May of this year for pretty much the same reason you're having one. Except I was two weeks and three days overdue, and had been in labor for 30 hours after being induced when my doctor realized that my son was over 9 lbs and my pelvis was too small.

The recovery process was not as bad as I thought it would be, but I have to be honest and say that it does hurt. I'm guessing your level of tolerance is greatly dependent upon your tolerance for pain. I have heard people say that they couldn't move, do this or do that, but I didn't allow myself to sit around and be pampered because that just prolongs the process of recovery. I made myself get up and do things for my son just because I didn't want that soreness to really set in. When I got tired or felt uncomfortable I allowed myself rest and relaxation.....also had help with my mother and my son's father being at my beck and call.

My suggestion to you would be to take things easy, and not rush the healing process. By the same token, do not allow yourself to baby yourself too much because that's when the soreness sets in. Have baby bottles (serve the baby room temperature formula so that you won't have to warm the milk), diapers, etc. near you at all times so that you will not have to move more than you really need to.

Don't know what to tell you about your toddler, because I only have one.....

Answer 8

Here's my birth story. Well, my son was due on 08/17/05 in which i also had a doctors appointment, he said that my son was too big to come out vaginally which is why he hadnt dropped yet, so he sent me to a perinatologist the same day. Everything was fine and my DS only weighed 7lbs. 10oz. that day so I went back to my OB office. He said we can either induce today or wait a week. I totally believe in letting labor begin on its own plus I like being pregnant so the longer the better as long as my son is ok! So we waited a week.....still nothing! A week passed and I went back to my OB. He said he didnt believe my perinatoogist and that my son was coming out! I figured I was already a week over due I might as well go ahead and have my son. I scheduled my appointment to be induced 08/26/05....well I didnt make that date. It was 08/25/05 and I was getting ready to go to work when my doc called and said something had came up and they needed to do a cesarian immediately! Talk about freaking scary! Well, of course not knowing I was going to have to have a cesarian that day I already ate breakfast so, anyhow I went to LDT (Labor and Deliver Triage) and got hooked up to my IV and they did their blood work and put in the cathiter. Of course still not knowing what was going on with my son....I was admitted at 7am and was told that since I had ate breakfast already I had to wait to do the cesarian. I layed in a hospital bed for 10 hours until my newly rescheduled cesarian was suppose to begin. Then I found out my doctor was running late....so after being scared and not knowing why I had to have a cesarean, thinking there was something wrong with my sons health and laying in a hospital bed for 10 hours I wasnt a bit happy! My dad went to the surgery room with me as I was a single to be mother....Once I got into the room everything went VERY quickly! I had my epidural and everything was getting setup for my surgery while still waiting for my doctor to get there....My son was born at 4:59 pm on 08/25/05 at a healthy 7lbs 13 oz. I then found out that I had to have a cesarean because he was so intangled in the cord that he couldnt drop. So after all the cesarian was required and my doctor wasnt just a quack afterall....and i would have a cesarean again....it was a piece of cake! No pain ever!

And now I am once again a single mother expecting but, this time it had to be TWINS!
I cant wait though! I am soooo excited even being a single mother!

Answer 9

You should not go by anyone elses personal experience as every woman's body responds differently to a surgery. Just because it happened to me, does not mean that you will have the same outcome. Thankfully you will not need feel anything while having the c-section done, but the issue is the healing process after the surgery. I really do not recommend that you stay alone with a newborn and a 3 year old after the c-section, your partner should really make arrangements to stay with you... the fact of the matter is that you do not want to take the risk of having one of your stitches opening up because you have to be bending and carrying the baby around... We all know that we have things that need to be done, but your husband needs to get his priorities straight and you need to make sure that he knows what those are. You do not need to be super mom, he needs to learn how to be a super dad as it seems that you are the one really doing all the hard work... good luck..

Answer 10

I had my first child c-section and then my 2 and 3rd on normal. The section is NOT painful it is the after fact that is what gets you. You are sore for a while. Depends on how FAST YOUR body heals. When I had my reversal they went back through the same scar and after 12 years I REMEMBER what is was like! IF I have a choice again this time I am having mine normal because you get to come home ALOT faster with the baby bundle of joy faster than you do with the C-Section. Remember this you forget EVERYTHING after you see the baby's face! CONGRATS BEST WISHES!

Answer 11

c-sections aren't that bad. i had one with my daughter and it took only about 30 minutes. i was awake for the first 15 minutes which was long enough to see my daughter, then she was taken out of the room to get all the tests done, and i fell asleep. when i woke up i was in my recovery room. i had the c-section because my daughter was breech and i had preeclampsia. it only hurt for about two and a half weeks later, but i was given good pain reliever so it didn't hurt too bad.