C section

Same here, in mainly worried about the recovery while having a toddler at home 😭

I’ve had two and both were amazing. Very calm and happy, no trauma and no regrets. My baby born in December was in my chest 6 minutes after they started! You are in safe hands and everyone in the theatre does this every hour of the day. Recovery wise, never had worse pain than a bad period. With both surgeries I was up and walking that night, showering, carrying and feeding baby. On day 5 with my daughter I was in Costco shopping 😂 Happy to answer any questions, share scar photos etc if it helps xx

Of everyone I've spoken to, no one has regretted an elective c-section! I think an emergency section is a bit different, but where it's calm and planned, it sounds like it can be a really positive experience.

My elective was great. I recovered within 2 weeks and was up and doing stuff by that time. I also recovered alone but this was what made recovery very very hard and difficult. I’ve had both natural and c section births and if I could choose I would choose natural everytime. I’m 8 months pp and still get pain where my scar is sometimes but my scar has healed beautifully. We had an elective due to complications x

My elective last April was the absolute DREAM.

I had a c section and it was the worst I was drugged up from the c section I couldn’t wake up after the procedure and didn’t see my son until I got to my recovery room and I wanted natural birth but I couldn’t because there was no water in my sac and the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck so they had to do emergency c section on me

My recovery was amazing no where near what I was expecting and definitely a lot easier than some of my friends who had had vaginal births! I am going for an elective this time around rather than attempt a VBAC and feeling really calm about it!

Thank you all for the comments. They really are helpful xx

@Azshidai from what I can gather the emergency ones are not nice at all but the pre planned ones are better x

I didn’t have a pre planned one

I had an emergency C-Section last time, after 20 hours of intense labour, and honestly found the recovery to be absolutely fine and smooth. I was a bit out of it, and can't remember a huge amount of the procedure. I am however very wary of recovering with a toddler in tow if I have to have another one this time. I would say though, that I'm no longer scared of a C-section like I was last time, and if I didn't have a toddler, I wouldn't hesitate to have an elective C-section if it seemed needed.

I have heard acupuncture can help turn a baby. I went in not because of that but to try and get labor started. The acupuncture lady told me a story about how she’s done it and literally seen the babies flip to head down!

@Gemma thanks so much for commenting! It’s so helpful to hear others’ stories! I have 2 children already, a 4 year old and a veryyyy lively 2 year old so I am slightly concerned about this too! But I do have a very good husband and sisters & mum who are all helpful so hoping I will be ok 🙏

I have one in April! I chose this over natural. Great to see such good comments.

My son was born 9 weeks early by “emergency” c section but even in those circumstances it was such a chill and positive experience. I was walking every day which helped with recovery, slept propped up for a week or so and made sure my pain relief was overlapping but never really felt anything but sore. @Georgia it sounds like you have some great support to get you through the first few weeks.

So i was induced for 2 days with no progresssion so we chose a c section. I was really scared at the time but now im more scared of natural birth lol my c section took 10 min (at most) and i was off pain meds within 2 days. I definitely promote c sections

We had to have my baby early. It was classed as an emergency c section. I had an overall good experience. The recovery obviously isn’t the best but keep ontop of pain relief and definitely take the laxatives. Hope all goes well for you ❤️

I had an emergency c section and it was horrendous but I know loads of people who chose an elective they all had positive experiences and healed quickly. I could barely walk the first week where as alot of them were up and about the next day and could get by on paracetamol only xx