Pre op experience (NHS UK) and what happened on the day of elective c section?
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@Ayesha thank you 🫶🏾
For my section when you arrive they put you either in your own room or on ward and give you your scrubs etc, someone will come in and tell you how the day is planned for you, you’ll meet the midwives, doctors, surgeon and anaestiologist who will go through everything with you and answer any questions! When it was time to go down me, partner and midwife walked down to the theatre department (sometimes you’ll go down in wheelchair or on your bed I was 37wks so still very mobile) then put into waiting room with partner while the operating room was being prepped. They took me in sat me on the table and did my blood pressure etc and put cannula in, many midwives to keep you company and distract you! They then put spinal in laid me down, bought partner in and then used a cold spray on different parts of my body to make sure the spinal had worked, once confirmed they held my legs to insert catheter, cloth went up and they started!
If you feel nauseas or sick at any point just let the anaesthesiologist know and they push anti sickness medicine through the cannula, they stay close to you just incase you need them x
@Leona thank you 🫶🏾🫶🏾
I have to say aswell, it was very controlled, I knew exactly what was going on every step of the way (not the actual surgery they were focused on doing their job aha) they answered every question I had and it was honestly the most incredible and calm experience! If vbac isn’t an option for my 2nd I am more than happy to have another section!! Take your phone with you too! The midwives will take lots of photos for you (nothing too gory or gross) My biggest fear was that I’d be so out of it on drugs that I’d forget the experience of my baby being born but I’m so glad I have photos of the day to look back on! Wishing you all the best my love xx
My pre op was pretty similar. Just a quick blood test. Then on the day of surgery, went in at 11am. Sat in waiting room for maybe an hour or so, taken to a bedroom and then it all just started happening 😂 met lots of different people - Drs, midwife, anaesthesiologist, operating practitioners. Went through the consent form a couple of times to make sure I understood, had monitoring done for me and baby. It felt like a lot going on tbh. I’m not sure it’s usually such a blur but the lady before me had cancelled on the day so I was the only op of the afternoon so I think they were in a rush to get me started. X