Anyone Have Emergency then Scheduled RCS?

maddie&stephen

I labored for 20 hours (3 hours of pushing) before they decided it was go time and we just had to have a C-section. My recovery was tougher than I imagined it would be, but honestly I never really thought I'd have to have a C-section. It took a good two weeks for me to be able to move around on my own and a week even before I could get out of bed alone. I am hoping with this RCS my recovery time will be better since I won't have to labor before? Anyone have that experience and could give me an idea of what to expect? Thanks so much!

mommysangels

I have no advise but I have to go through this to so I'll be watching this. I was 37 weeks pregnant and started bleeding uncontrollably so I went to er, I was 8cm and she was in distress. Turns out I had placenta abruption and needed emergency c-section. So my dr said I need a rcs because they dont do vbac at my hospital. The next one is 45 mins away and I like my dr. He delivered my other 2. Help people give us some advise, lol.

kaydee_2008

I wasn't in labor when I had my emergency c-section but it was a get her out right this second situation so they were pretty rough. My recovery sucked I was in so much pain and it took a while to get to moving around. I had my repeat at 6:30pm and was up and moving around by like 8ish the next morning. It was so much better in terms of the pain.

CougFan

Labored for 27 hours with a few hours of pushing and then did a C-section. I slept through them sewing me up and 3 hours in recovery...meanwhile family and friends enjoyed snuggling my baby before I really saw him. (Still makes me cranky). The first couple days were rough, but after day 3 things weren't too bad.

Section #2 was planned, I was rested and was up walking around that evening.  All-in-all a better experience for sure! I think it also helped that since I knew I was having surgery I was able to set a short visiting time that first evening for the grandparents and then only had very close family/friends visit that next day.

The only thing I was nervous about is being so lucid and aware of what was going to happen (including spinal) because I was so out of it the first time and just wanted the baby OUT...but just before it was time to go in baby's heart rate dropped and it turned into a near emergency so there was no time to think or worry! 

jaimie68005

With my 1st I labored for 17 hours and 9 of those were "true labor" and baby's heartrate started to drop so they got my in for an emergency c section. The recovery on that was horrendous. Took much longer to get back to my normal and feeling good.

With my 2nd I was pushed for a RCS but my DR at least let me try for a Vbac and I labored for about 7 hours with him but I wasn't progressing so my Dr set me up for another c section. The recovery with this one was still hard but not nearly as hard as my first. Which was especially nice because not only did I have my newborn to take care of I had a 2 year old as well.

And with this one my 3rd I am just going for a RCS and I am hoping to have "the best" recovery I can hoping I don't go into labor anything before my scheduled c section date.

elizabeth0705

CougFan:

Labored for 27 hours with a few hours of pushing and then did a C-section. I slept through them sewing me up and 3 hours in recovery...meanwhile family and friends enjoyed snuggling my baby before I really saw him. (Still makes me cranky). 

This would make me so mad! I actually have it in my birth plan that DH and I get to see our babies first (before other family/friends), even if I need time to recover from my c-section. I hope the nurses follow that rule :-/.  

JSabs09

I had a scheduled c 2 weeks ago.  I understand from friends/family that an emergency c is definitely different - as you were laboring for so many hours and perhaps not mentally prepared - you mentioned the c was the last thing you wanted.  A planned c is easier - I feel almost 100% today at 2 weeks.  At hour 40 I felt pretty good afterwards and every day got better.  I think you'll have a much better recovery this time around - especially when you're mentally prepared for the repeat c.  Good luck!

CougFan

elizabeth0705:

CougFan:

Labored for 27 hours with a few hours of pushing and then did a C-section. I slept through them sewing me up and 3 hours in recovery...meanwhile family and friends enjoyed snuggling my baby before I really saw him. (Still makes me cranky).

This would make me so mad! I actually have it in my birth plan that DH and I get to see our babies first (before other family/friends), even if I need time to recover from my c-section. I hope the nurses follow that rule :-/.

Had I had any inkling I was having a c section I would have asked everyone to stay home! And it didn't help that the nursery had big windows so everyone could watch him get measured and bathed so at that point DH wasn't in a position to turn anyone down. It was so nice last time to have everyone stay home! Then 2-3 hr after surgery DH brought DS in and we had time with the three of us. A few hours later grandparents came. I highly recommend it!

Daisy22

With ds1 my water broke at 40w5d with lots of meconium (it was very very brown dirty water) and I never got past 1cm which I had been for weeks. My recovery as pretty easy. Ds2 was rcs and my recovery was even easy. I was moving around and taking care of my boys (15 mths apart in age) by 1 1/2 wks. With ds3, my recovery was even easier.