Planned c-section

Why didn't you ask when you booked the section? They should have gone through it with you. It will be different for different hospitals. You can always ask at your pre op anyway ☺️

Your midwife should really go over this with you. It's different at different hospitals. Call your community midwife or ask at your next appointment 😀

My experience was .... when you arrive you go to your own room, they get you to put a gown on and a midwife will come do your blood pressure etc An anaesthetist will put a canula in, and the surgeon will then come to introduce themselves. You can walk into theatre, you'll sit on the side of the bed, arch your back for the epidural, once the epidural has started working they'll lay you back, put the catheter in. They'll ask you at your pre op if you want a bum tablet 😂 it releases pain medication from within, I recommend it. They'll hook you up to heart machines etc There's about 8 people that introduce themselves, then the curtain goes up and they begin ....

They will go through it at your pre op but for me I turned up at 7am, as you either have a morning or afternoon slot (this can get moved on the day due to emergencies coming in) so I was taken to a shared ward but there was curtains drawn, given my gown and compression socks and told to get changed and spoke to the midwife’s had blood pressure checked etc and then told the surgeon would come to meet me, he came about 30 minutes later told me I was second on the list and went through some things with me, then I was taken down and baby was born 😊 bit of waiting around but it’s all worth it xx

About 10/15 minutes until baby arrives, they'll deliver baby, hold him/her up to you, they hold baby for a few minutes before cutting the cord, once cord is cut you can have them up on your chest to hold. Placenta comes out then They do a final sweep around your abdomen to make sure everything is out and clear then sew you back up. Once surgeon leaves you hand baby to dad or birth partner, they give you a quick wipe down, move you onto your recovery bed and wheel you back in to your room. Obs are checked again and then you get baby cuddles! They bring you a nice cup of tea if you want one and you stay in recovery until you get the feeling back in your legs then moved down to a ward to be looked after until home time x

This was my own experience, it might be a bit different in a different hospital but hope it's a little more helpful than "ehy didnt you ask someone" 😂 x

The hospital in Cornwall has its own operating room for electives only, it's tiny 😂 it was actually on the local news the other night, the anesthetist was saying how little room he had to move around, but I'm thankful for it being there because you know there's no chance of waiting around if an emergency needs to go in before you 😀