My first daughter was born via emergency c-section after over 30 hours of labor. My epidural didnt work and i had to be put under. I didnt get to see her until several hours later. I was very upset about not getting to see her right away and i didnt bond with her like i should have. I am about to have another c-section in Jan and i would like to know what to expect. Both the procedure and what happens afterwards. I want to see, hold and spend as much time with her as soon as possible. How long after can i do that? I am so worried i dont want to let her out of my site. Thanks.
2006-10-07 08:50:37 · 9 answers · asked by I love my baby boy!! 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
As this will be a book c-section, hopefully it will go much smoother. You usually come in the morning of your section and because it is not a rushed section, the spinal should work and you should be awake for the whole procedure. You should be able to see and hear everything that is going on.
Once the baby is removed usually it is taken to the warmer and is examined by the pediatican and the nursery team and if everything looks good, the baby is swaddled and given to the father (or who ever is with you in the OR) and you will be able to see your baby while they finish the surgery.
After the surgery you are taken to the recovery room where you can hold and feed your baby while they stabilize you. This is usually for about an hour. Then you are transferred with baby to your post partum room.
This is what happens at my hospital. Unless there is a emergency you always have the right to be with your baby, and the nurse/doctor must preform all tests and exams in front of you or the father.
Hope this helps!
2006-10-07 09:01:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had 4 c-sections.The first was an emergency c-section likes yours only problem with me though was I had just turned 31wks so my baby was premature as 2 of my other children.I only had 1 full term baby.Anyways it's better with a scheduled c-section.You go to pre-op the day before to fill out papers and get bloodwork done.You go in at your scheduled time on surgery day.They will shave your pubic area and hook your iv up.Then they talk to you and explain everything.Then off to the OR.There you will get your spinal block which is uncomfortable but not really painful.This takes about 10 to 20 minutes.After the splinal block they will move you to the operating table and begin the c-section.Oh it is cold in the OR.You may experience your face itching from the anesthesia.After they take the baby out they will hold it up very briefly while cutting the cord then they will take the baby away to clean it up.Then they will bring the baby back to let you see it for a few minutes because the baby has to be kept warm and the OR is cold for sterilezation purposes.Then the baby will go to the nursery.After they put you back together you will go to recovery for about an hour .Then you will go to a room and usually after they settle you in the room they will bring the baby to you and leave it with you unless you request them to take it to the nursery so you can rest.
2006-10-07 10:10:53 · answer #2 · answered by bigmama 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will see her when they take her out. They will take her away for the bath and the poking, and you will be in recovery about 30 minutes. Then they will bring your baby when they feel you are okay. The baby can be with dad during bath and poking, and never go to the nursery if you want.
Before the section, they shave your pubic area about 3 inches lower, take you to get your spinal block, and then they lay you out, take you to the OR.
The procedure is weird. It takes about 35 minutes to do all of it, they have to put you back together and sew you up. It feels like you are in that extremely relaxed state, how you feel when you wake up on a rainy Sunday morning -- your bed and your body feels so good. You don't feel anything but weird.
2006-10-07 08:57:29 · answer #3 · answered by steelypen 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You will get to see the baby as soon as it comes out, when I got mine done they let my mother hold him next to me for a few minutes and then they took him to clean him up and took me to a recovery room for 30 minutes then to my room and he was thier waiting for me.
As soon as you are put in your room you can hold him as much as you want and incase you did not know you can have the baby stay in your room at all times, inless of course the baby is in the NICU.
With a C-section it does not take really that long, first they will put the needle in your back and it will numb you and then they will do the C-section which should take about 20-30 minutes.
2006-10-07 09:12:07 · answer #4 · answered by Diamonds_Glow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a c-section cause my son was breeched...I was put under. I asked them to put me under because i do not trust epidurals. Just because i was put under and did not see my son until a little bit later does not mean and it dosen't mean i didnt bond with him.
The reason why i chose to be put under is because my sister had had an epidural and it partially paralyzed her. She collasped 3 days after she had her baby and when they done a cat scan on her, she had air pockets (bubbles) in her brain which they they fixed by giving her a blood patch.
My friend had a c-section while awake and she just got to see her baby for a couple of minutes until they took the baby on to check it out.
Good luck
2006-10-07 09:15:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's way a lot less complicated. I truly have had 4 c-sections. the first 2, I did confusing paintings for a number of hours and then had the c-sections. restore for those took plenty longer than the subsequent 2. They were planned c-sections and that i develop into up and shifting interior hours of surgical procedure and felt particularly well-known with per week. and that i develop into in elementary words in favor of soreness killers for 2 days. That sounded extra like the restore time of a vaginal shipping to me. So, definite...that's way a lot less complicated.
2016-12-04 09:21:24 · answer #6 · answered by geiser 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've had four c-sections, and only got to see two briefly afterwards, sometimes c-section babies have a little more mucous to be suctioned in order for them to be able to breath properly. in natural birth the process of labor and the pushing out of the baby, expels most of the mucous out for the baby. but with c-section that process is eliminated and the doctor must do it. also the first apgar score of c-section babies is sometimes low. these do not always indicate there is any serious problem,but is usually because of the c-section--which is not a natural process--
2006-10-07 08:59:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My second daughter was a planned c-section. After they had her all wrapped up, I saw her. Her doctor brought her to me and I kissed her. My husband was in the room with me and followed her everywhere. A few minutes after I was back in my room, they brought her in and bathed her. I fell asleep. (I hadn't slept at all the night before.) But I held her for the first time maybe 30 minutes after she was born.
2006-10-07 09:23:53 · answer #8 · answered by CCTCC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
iv had 3 c- sections and i stayed awake while i had it done u can do things straight away the second one the pain isn't so bad after i think it maybe still numb
2006-10-07 09:00:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋