c-sections?!?

Question

Hi, im 27wks pregnant and the only thing is that im scared of thinking that there is a 50/50 chance i cud end up have a c-section!! can anyone plz tell me what does it feel like and is there n e side effects?!

thankz xx

Answer 1

I didn't have one, but I've seen the scars...not pretty. But besides that, nobody I knoew has ever suffered any side-effects, just a longer, more painful recovery.

Answer 2

I didn't know I was going to have a c-section until the day before my due date.

Got to the prep room the next day, I was ok. I knew that I was going to have my baby around 4:30pm, and it was kind of exciting to know the exact time of when I would FINALLY see my little girl.

Sure enough, I walked into the Operating Room around 4pm, they did my epidural and it immediately began to feel a weird-tingling sensation. After a few little tugs and pulls that I could feel here and there (no pain) my little munchkin came out and in about ten minutes I was in the recovery room waiting to go to my room.

Now, the recovery process is a drag, but you'll get through it. Mind over matter. Just remember to go home with a prescription if your pain is really bad-unlike me! Advil did it for me.

Remember to take a little pillow with you-that way when you sit in the car, the seat belt won't bother the incision. Once you get the staples out a week or so later, you will feel so much better!

Good luck, hope my experience helped you.

Answer 3

Hi there, I had a c-section at 38 weeks coz my daughter was in breech position. To be honest with you, it was one of the most amazing feeling i have ever experienced. The only thing that really stung was the local they put in my back before they gave me my spinal. Once your in theatre you feel all the pushing,pulling,tugging and a lot of pressure but absolutely no pain at all. I had no side effects, but everybodys different, i was up and walking the next day(a little painful) and i went home on the third day. Its normal to be worried, but remember its all worth it in the end when they put that precious baby on you chest. Good luck, everything will be fine.

Answer 4

unless you have a medical need (breech baby, placenta previa, acive herpes infction or excessivly small hips), your chance of c-section is much, much lower. The best advice I can give you is stay healthy, don't gain excess weight, and be your own advocate. Learn all you can about the how and why of c-sections, find out your Dr's rate of c-sections and the delivering hospitals rate. If the percentage is high (over 25%) then you may need to look into changing providers. Un-necessary first time c-sections are rising at an alarming rate, and wome need to be educated to stem the tide. Good luck

Answer 5

I had a c-section 6 wks ago and it wasn't so bad. I got a bladder infection and that was worse than the c-section for me. I have a 5 inch or so scar but it's totally worth it to have such a beautiful baby! As long as you have a healthy baby does it really matter how he or she was delivered in the end?

Answer 6

If you are concerned about a c-section, and you should be considering rates of c-sections are approaching 30% of all births, you need to talk to your doctor.

The medical need for a c-section is actually very low. You need to ask your doctor what their rate of c-sections are.

If you are truly concerned, I would recommend going to see a midwife. My previous OB had a c-section rate of 25%. My midwifes had a rate of 8%--EIGHT percent. That's ridiculously lower. That tells you something--the OB is trying to cover his butt, not help you have a good experience.

The midwives deliver in a hospital and take insurance like regular doctors, they are just more experienced in letting the body do the work of having a child. They work with you to have the birth you want (including medication if you want it.)

I pushed with two hours with my first (which is NORMAL) and my OB threatened me with a c-section. I was so angry that I changed to the midwives. I had a much better birth experience and had a normal delivery.

The key is to educate yourself. Ask a lot of questions to your doctor and demand that they find alternatives to the major surgery of a c-section. C-Sections are more dangerous for both mother and child, so you need to make sure you are your own best advocate.

Answer 7

i had an emergency c section coz my son was down low in my pelvis back to back with his cord wrapped round his neck and and everytime i contracted his heart rate went down really low...i was so scared out of everything i said i didnt want an epidural and i didnt want a c section but ended up having both,,,,,your cant feel when they cut you open at all the best way i can think of discribing it is think of yourself as a handbag and think of them tryin to find something in the handbag....it doesnt hurt at all you cant feel a think just them moving your body around after tho its quite painful your fitted with a cathiter coz you cant get outa bed for the 1st day and while your havin the c section they put a pill up your bum to stop you from poohing its painful when you start to walk afterwards i couldnt stand up straight but you forget all about it when you go home ...you have to stay in for 3 days coz every mornin you have to have an injection in your thigh to stop your blood from clotting but you just have to be careful with your cut for a few days it feels much better when they take the stitches out though which is about 5 days after your op....hope this has helped and hasnt scared you to much if its n e more help if i had to pick between a c section and a normal deliver i would pick a c section again for sure,,,,goodluck and congrats on baby youll be fine xcx

Answer 8

Much easier than labor! You only feel a tiny bit of tugging during the procedure and you are able to get up and move around the next day. So glad I had a c-section!!

Answer 9

I had to have a c-section with my daughter because she turned breech and refused to turn around. The birthing center I went to sent me to a hospital for c-section because of the legalities involved with breech vaginal births (their answer). Anyway, I scheduled the c-section on my due date after an external version didn't work. I figured if she didn't turn by then it wasn't going to happen and the doctors had convinced me that breech birth was out of the question.

I had wanted a natural, drug-free birth and had never entertained the thought of needles and drugs. The spinal wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I didn't like it. As soon as it was administered, I had to walk (in just a hospital gown!) down the hall to the operating room. By the time I was on the operating table, I started feeling tingles from my toes up and I felt cold all over. The numbness went all the way up to my upper abdomen. With the blue curtain draped across my chest, all I could see were heads on the other side and listen to what was happening. I didn't feel the incision. I only felt cold. I hated that feeling. I did feel tugging when they pulled my daughter out of me and when they were stitching me back up, but it wasn't painful. I didn't feel any pain until the anesthesia started wearing off when I was back in my recovery room with my baby. The first thing I felt as sensation returned was a Foley catheter in me. That was not at all pleasant and it was the first thing I wanted taken care of as soon as a nurse came in. Actually having to get up and go to the bathroom was the worst, but it's something you just have to force yourself to get up and do if you have a c-section. I thought my insides would just spill out through the incision site and made a conscious effort not to cough hard. It hurt to even laugh. Ugh. I was up moving around without help on day 3. My daughter was actually knicked by the scalpel and will always have a tiny scar on her buttock. Her only other issue after the birth was on the second night, she started gagging. We called the nurse in and she explained that c-section babies often retain a lot of amniotic fluid in their lungs. A vaginal birth would remove this by squeezing it out during the birth. I let the nurses watch over my daughter that night because it scared me seeing her have trouble breathing and I was terrified of it happening while I was asleep. She was fine every night after that.

About 2.5 years later, I got pregnant again but decided that this time, no matter what, I'd have a vaginal birth. It was the best decision I ever made. I had planned for a waterbirth, but my water sprung a leak early and the hospital staff wouldn't let me use the birthing pool because of a risk of infection. I was able to hold out until the 3rd day I was there. Labor started about mid-morning and picked up speed by that afternoon. I had my son that evening. No drugs, just relaxation techniques and massage. :)


A natural birth is a wonderful thing. Surgical births may be necessary in a few instances, but not all. The rate of c-sections here in the US is ridiculous. I honestly believe if more mothers would listen to their bodies rather than their doctors, there would be fewer c-sections. Doctors say that this is the "safest" way to bring a baby into the world and cite dozens of different reasons for "needing" one. I say it's more dangerous to both mother and child, as well as the most expensive method. I think it's sad that so many mothers are denied the birth they wanted because their doctor thinks that it's taking too long or that your body isn't shaped correctly. Gah. I hate that doctors are given some godly status and that everyone seems to think they have all the answers even though quite a few of them have never been pregnant and birthed a baby themselves.

Answer 10

i only have one child but i had to have a c-section, doc told me that it was b/c my cervix was too narrow for my baby to pass through......i had a spinal epidural and i still have pain in my back from where they put the needle in...the recovery wasnt that bad at all, or at least as i make it seem lol.....it hurt when i laughed, coughed, and sneezed.....but that only lasted for like 2 days...it's hard to walk for a few days afterwards b/c it hurts....i kind of had to bend forward and walk at first b/c it hurt....but all this pain i went through was so worth it....and it seems like it didnt even last that long....my scar is barely visible anymore....and at least this way if you do have a c section then you'll know what it would be like if you have another child...good luck though!!!!

Answer 11

i had a c-section and will gladly do it again. i don't have bladder and vaginal problems or hemorrhoids like some of my friends that have given birth naturally. the scar looks bad at first but it gets better. since then i have divorced and have been intimate with 2 other boyfriends and neither noticed the scar until i showed it to them. i also have a flat stomach, so it's not true that it will give you a fat stomach either and you can
breast feed.