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Did anyone deliver via C-Section at Beaumont?
Can you please tell me about your experience? How long was the proceedure? Did you get to bond with your baby reight away? Did they let you keep you LO with you the entire time? Did you breastfeed right away? Anything you can share would be great. I am very nervous. Thanks!
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Re: Did anyone deliver via C-Section at Beaumont?
I had a csection at royal oak. It was an good experience for what it was, my csection was not planned. It wasnt emergency either but it wasnt planned and I wasnt prepared at all. The procedure was about 45 mins total I think with most of it being them stitching me back up. I think they pulled the baby out within 15 mins they showed him to me right away and I could watch him being pulled out if I wanted to with a mirror. Dh was told he could stand up. After that they took him to be checked out. When we got into recovery he was waiting for us and I got to hold him right away. He stayed with us for as long as we wanted. I didnt breastfeed, but I do remember them asking me so I think it is an option to do it right away.
The recovery is a long few days in the hospital. Nurses coming in all the time to check on your stats, painful couple of days because they cut your body at almost the most important part
It is hard to walk, move, laugh. But the nurses are all helpful and nice and I'm not trying to freak you out. It was a good experience. If you are haivng a scheduled one, try to get it first thing in the morning if you can. I think that would have made my stay a ton more tolerable 
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I had a scheduled c-section at RO Beaumont. My c-section was scheduled at 730am and I had to be at the hospital by 630am. All of the nurses were great, they got me all set up in the pre-op area, my parents came back to see me before I was wheeled off to the operating room. My H had to wait outside of the room until they got me prep which I think was about 5 mins or so, I can?t remember, but again the nurses were great. I remember the one nurse, Kathy, she was with me the whole time. By the time H came in the room they had already started the c-section. The whole thing took 45 mins or so, Morgan was born at 8:02am. They held her over the curtain so we could see her, and they handed her to H once she was cleaned up. She got to stay with us the whole time. The one sad point, is you can not take pictures in the operating room:(
Once in the recovery room, they took her just to take her temp/sugar levels, etc, all right next to me, her sugar levels were very low so, they had to feed her a bottle of formula, and then they had to take her to the nursery to monitor her levels. The recovery room was rough for me, not because of them taking Morgan, but because I was in so much pain and the recovery nurse was AWFUL! At one point I was in tears and told my H to go find someone else. She kept telling me she would give me some pain meds and never came with any?
Finally they moved me up to my room and I finally got to hold Morgan, it was almost 12pm by this point. I was there 4 days 3 nights? I was not able to keep DD over night, my H did not stay there at night and I guess if you have a c-section you have to send the baby to the nursery unless someone is staying the night. That being said, I didn?t send the baby to the nursery each night til almost midnight, H would leave around 11, we would try to nurse one last time and then I would call the nurse to come get her. Since I was nursing they would bring her in every 3 hours to feed, so I still got very little sleep. I have no complaints about the staff or my treatment; they were very nice to me and my family. I have no labor plans, so I wasn?t upset by the fact I didn?t get to hold her right away, or have skin to skin time. I had plenty of time for that during my stay
If you have any question just let me know, sorry this is so LONG!!
I've had two- both at Troy Beaumont. I've had good experiences both times, all things considered. Like others have said, it takes about 45 minutes total. It goes extremely quick though. Most of the time is spent stitching you up, but at that point your focus is on the baby, so it's a good distraction from what's going on. After DS was born, he was immediately taken to the warmer where they wipe him off and start checking his vitals and getting him dressed. DH got to hold him for a little bit but at that point they were almost done. We were able to get some pictures together (we were allowed to take pictures in the delivery room, so not sure if that's just a Royal Oak policy). My arms were strapped down, so I didn't get to hold the baby until the surgery was done. Once in the recovery room, I pretty much got to hold DS as much as I wanted. They'd only take him away to check his vitals or to check on me. Even then, he was always right next to me. After 2 hours in recover, they sent me to my own room.
The pain wasn't too bad. The first c/s, they had pain medicine through my IV and I had a button when I needed more. This last time they mixed in morphine with my spinal. It was suppose to last 24 hours. If I started to feel pain, they'd bring in a booster and give that through my IV, so that meant I had to keep my IV for 24 hours after. I liked the button better. I'm not sure if you can request one over the other. I just assumed they'd work the pain meds like the first time, so I never asked. If they don't give you one, ask for a binder. It's just a big wrap that goes around your abdomen. I found that really helped with the pain, especially while walking.
Someone told me that Beaumont stopped giving you cards with their footprints. You can bring a baby book and they'll do prints on there. Not sure why they would stop giving the cards, but you might want to ask if that's something you'd like
I had a c-section at RO and like PP, the experience was as smooth as it could be. 45 minutes total. We saw the baby right after he came out and we opted to use the mirror to see him coming out. I never thought I'd want to do that, but I'm glad I did.
We went into recovery and DS was there. I was able to BF right away, but the nurse that night was a little crabby and was frustrated that me trying to BF interfered with the cords and what not. I didn't care. I wanted to BF and I did it.
The overall recovery wasn't that bad for me. I listened to all the rules they told me to ensure a smooth recovery and within a few days I didn't need any pain meds and was moving around like before.
GL!