C section under anaesthetic

Hi, Just wondering if there’s any mummas out there that had a c section under general anaesthetic instead of a spinal for medical reasons? I’m unable to have a spinal but I’m so stressed and sad I won’t be awake to see baby girl born/have that first skin to skin etc. Has anyone had the same and if so was it all okay? When do you get to hold baby? Does it affect bonding?

Show your support

I didn’t have general anaesthetic, but due to complications during the c section I was unable to hold my baby for 3 hours or give her the few 2 feed and our bonding has been great! I’m not sure how long you it would be under anaesthetic but I had to wait 3 hours. Good luck!! Xx

I had both

i wasn’t under general anaesthetic but i wasn’t given skin to skin after my emergency c section and i didn’t see my baby for ages after and was absolutely gutted i didn’t do any of the firsts and i struggled with bonding as i thought it was to late and struggled weeks with it and i was so sore after too! but now we are unbreakable x

I went under general due to spinal not working on my emergency C-section (cat1), my son was born 7:40pm, I didn’t see him until 12:30am as I was out of it for hours🙃 I had to have oxygen as my levels were quite low. I think it took a while to bond, also didn’t help that he was an incredibly hard newborn😅 but now we’re nutters together🫶

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌