I know I cannot plan in advance on how I will feel this time because it can wind up being different but with my first c-section I really felt amazing afterwards. Obviously some pain but I wasn't feeling like I needed to be in bed, I was up and about, limited pain meds, the whole 9 yards. My son was born at 7:44 on a Friday night. Sunday morning about 6 AM my doctor happened to be in the hospital delivering a baby, came in to check on me, I asked to go home, and I was home by 11 on Sunday.
This time, I am scheduled for 8 AM on Friday. If I feel just as good, I obviously want to go home on Sunday! I will technically had even longer to recover since I will be there all day Friday. My brain started thinking though, and I feel like I got very lucky that my doctor happened to be there that early on a Sunday morning. Since it will be Sunday, do you think I will have less of a chance of him being around to discharge me? Do you think this is something I should discuss with him Friday morning so he is aware of the fact that I have no intention on staying there for 4 days if there is no reason for me to be there? Anyone else have experiences like this? I know this is all me speculating and my brain just going and going since the day is so near!!! Ah, TIA.
Re: Repeat C-Section and probably more of a concern than a question that can be answered but when will I
Well, I have had 3 amazing recoveries and i have REFUSED to leave early. It's different when it's your first. You don't have other kid(s) at home to take care of and you can rest a lot easier.
I was allowed to leave 2 days early EVERY time and chose not to. I knew that when I went home, I would not be resting and would just be going about my normal routine. I needed/wanted to get more rest so that I could heal properly.
I'm up, walking, showered by myself the day after my c-section all 3 times. I haven't had any pain meds in the hospital or at home. I heal fabulously. I just wanted to make sure that I healed really well before going home to my routine. My hospital has all private suites, and is like a hotel stay. I even get a massage. Maybe if it were like a regular hospital I would have been itching to get out of there.
If you are set on leaving early, just discuss with your OB. Your OB should be there every day to check on you - that's part of their job. At least, around here it is.
GL!
There was always a doctor there from my practice on Sundays and I got discharged on a Sunday. I also asked before I delivered about that b/c I was having a RCS on Thursday morning and thought if I felt good I would want to leave on Sunday.
THIS!!!!!! It is so much different when it's your first. You want to get out of there. With your second, take time and bond with your baby without your toddler. It may be some of the only alone time you have with baby #2, at least for a while.
Add me to the list of staying extra days.
I was oked to go home after two days, but insurance paid for a third so I stayed an extra day after both c-sections. I really think it helped.
I felt awesome after DD1. Even though my c/s was an emergency after I labored, I hardly needed any pain meds afterward. I was able to go home after 2 nights.
With DD2, I talked to my OB ahead of time and asked if I could do the same thing. She agreed, and I was discharged after 2 nights. I immediately regretted it after I got home, though. I was in so much more pain the second time around. My recovery was rough, and I really should have stayed at least one more night.
This time around I'm planning on at least 3 nights.
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I left after two days with my second. I asked my OB when I got to the hospital on a Friday morning before my surgery if everything went fine, if I could leave on Sunday. She said yep and used dermabond instead of staples or stitches on my incision and I was cleared to leave Sunday morning.
I would've like to stay, but our insurance isn't very good and it would've cost us a lot more out of pocket to stay another night or two. And I think I knew what to expect at home the second time around so I literally parked it on the couch and only moved when I had to.
I was also one to leave early. With my 1st, I had him at 4:35pm 12/22 and went home 12/24 after an Emergency c/s and also having to be in the anti-pardum room and on meds. The whole time they kept telling I could go home once I was moved to a post pardum room and completed my "tasks." Maybe they forgot what day it was, but they kept telling me "tomorrow". Well that meant 12/24 and when that day came and I asked when I'd be released, they looked at my chart and said i wasn't to be released until 12/25...ummm he!! no! After some arguing, they did let me go since i didn't waht I needed and had been up walking the halls.
With DD, they asked if I wanted to leave probably because I had been up and about for quite awhile. They gave me the option of STAYING another day to recover. Some people would because then they didn't have to deal with their other kids, they could relax and they got fed 3 meals a day and basically taken care of.