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c section input Posted: 03-07-08 04:54am
please can you share your experiences. i
know a fair bit about it but dont know
anyone whose actually had one, who i speak
to regularly. some stories would be great,
to put my mind at rest in case it has to
happen
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motherofhighspiritedones
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Posted: 05-29-08 18:29pm
oooh oooh pick me pick me!!! My c-section
experience was actually quite simple. I
was in labor with my son, who was born
preterm. He was transverse and his heart
rate was unstable so they gave me a STAT
section. They put my foley catheter in
after the spinal was done because I can't
stand catheters. A LITER AND A HALF of
urine came out of my bladder! I felt a
little pain at the beginning so they upped
my spinal a bit. Only felt mild pressure
and tugging after that. They wanted me up
and walking that night. Had the section
done at 11:30 AM and was attempting to
walk at 8:55 later that night to the NICU.
Couldn't eat til i passed gas. Went home
three days later. Recovered for about a
week and then wanted to get out of bed and
do as much as I could within limits. No
pain in the area and the wound healed
nicely, a small neat smiley scar is all
that remains.
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antigone
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Posted: 05-29-08 23:54pm
I had a very similar experience but my
c-section was scheduled 2 days prior to
the c-section. My son was breach and was
too big to turn. The c-section went well.
It was fairly quick and I healed quickly.
I, too, was up walking that day and went
home after 3 days. I have a small bikini
cut scar.
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stepbak26
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Posted: 05-30-08 22:47pm
I had the exact same experience as the
previous two replies. My bp kept going up
and down during whole pregnancy. Baby was
fine but doctors didnt want me to be
pre-eclamptic (sp) so I was induced right
at 38 wks. After about 5 hrs of labor with
no progress the c-section was recommended.
I was also given a foley after the spinal
was done. During the c-section, didnt feel
a thing but alot of pressure. They did
let me eat the same day. Had baby around
2:04pm in afternoon and ate food around
6:00pm that evening. I was up walking
(with help of course) the very next
morning. Went home after 3 days too.
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Lilly Ivy
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Posted: 06-08-08 15:42pm
Pretty much the same here. BP was elevated
since like 20wks, but then at 37wks6days,
I spilled protein in my urine, then two
days later they tried to induce me. 12
hours of cytotec and 3 hours of pitocin, I
was 1cm and 0% effaced. Magnesium Sulfate
isn't fun, and after 24 hours of it, the
c-section was very inviting. I had a
spinal and I didn't feel anything. I kept
complaining I couldn't move my legs
(obviously, lol) and my doctor shook my
legs enough to where I felt it (although
now I think it was him pulling her out).
She was 8#6oz, so she wasn't little, but
my scar seems way too little, lol. It's a
bikini cut, and my underwear covers it
perfectly.
They made me get up 24 hours afterward,
and it was just painful. They had me on a
morphine drip, which was nice. But then
they switched me to Tylenol pills. To my
body, it was like going from an AK-47 to a
BB gun... it just didn't work, so I was in
PAIN. They of course make you have a BM
before you can eat, and because I hadn't,
I didn't eat until the second day. Also
because I didn't have a BM, my abdomen
hurt more than it should. I'm still not
completely healed (2mo.) but I was walking
after about 6 days (went home after 3).
They also made me walk about 100 yards to
my car, which took about 20 minutes (I'm
still mad at them for it)
The only problem is I'm having a little
trouble bonding because I still feel like
I didn't give birth. The contractions I
had felt like someone was slightly pushing
on my stomach, so all the pain I had was
AFTER I delivered.
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 07-13-08 01:17am
Normally when problems are seem in the
last trimester or the baby is to large to
dilever or in a wrong possition which
makes it totally inable to be delieverd
the traditional way, C section is the way
they go. It is safer for the baby and the
mom.
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OBnursemommy
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Joined: 12 Aug 2008 Posts: 1
Posted: 08-12-08 19:18pm
Hi there! Anything in particular you want
to know? I work in OB and have had 3
sections myself!!!!!
