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when does it become an emergency c-section?

AllieCat16AllieCat16 member
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my baby is still breech and this week I will discuss my options with my doctor. If I have to have a c section, do i have to schedule it or can I wait until I go into actual labor to have it, just to wait and see if the baby flips last minute? I was just curious to hear at what point, is it termed an emergency c section?
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Re: when does it become an emergency c-section?

  • lilylowlilylow member

    It becomes an emergency when the baby is in distress and needs to be out quickly.

     

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  • annabelle.27annabelle.27 member
    imagelilylow:

    It becomes an emergency when the baby is in distress and needs to be out quickly.

     

    Not necessarily. My c-section was classified as an emergency c-section, and my son was never in distress. I was told that any unplanned c-section is deemed an "emergency" c-section, whether it's an actual emergency or not.

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  • mrsw23mrsw23
    Your doctor will schedule it for 39 wks I'm guessing. I don't think you will be able to go into labor with a breech baby, there's no point, right? It wouldn't be an emergency though.
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  • JG362009JG362009
    imageannabelle.27:
    imagelilylow:

    It becomes an emergency when the baby is in distress and needs to be out quickly.

     

    Not necessarily. My c-section was classified as an emergency c-section, and my son was never in distress. I was told that any unplanned c-section is deemed an "emergency" c-section, whether it's an actual emergency or not.

    This is how my hospital classifies it too, which is odd to me and confusing.  Anything that is not planned is "emergent" in your records -- so mine was technically an emergency even though there was no fetal distress and we walked to the OR. 

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  • sarahjames9sarahjames9 member
    It doesn't become an emergency unless you or LO is in danger of dying. If you go into labor before your scheduled date, they will have plenty of time to get you set up and in the OR with no rush.
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  • MyBeehiveMyBeehive member
    Yours will likely be a scheduled c/s that you plan for with your OB. However, if you should go naturally into labor before that date arrives, you'll have an unplanned (aka "emergency") c/s.  IMO an emergency c/s is (obv) an unplanned one where the decision is made to operate for whatever reason (fetal distress, failure to progress, other chaotic elements) while you're in active labor already and you get prepped for surgery right away, like within the hour.
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  • KellyT24KellyT24

    Your Dr. will let you know! My son was breech till the day before I went into labor, but then I had to have an emergency c-section anyways, due to his cord coming out first. If you schedule it with your dr it is not considered emergent. If you go into labor with him being breech they will monitor that and go from there.

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  • MrsClark8109MrsClark8109 member

    Talk to your OB mine was willing to let me go into labor if they were breech-- because they could flip up to the last minute so no need to schedule a C, but then once I started laboring they'd U/S and if they were still breech we'd do a C. My OB would have scheduled a C but I really wanted to give them every chance possible to go vaginally...

    However, I don't really think its an "emergency" unless baby/mom is in distress and they HAVE to get baby out ASAP. In my case both were heads down, baby a was a easy vaginal delivery they broke B's water and the cord came before baby so they had to push baby and cord back up and in, put me under general anesthesia and got him out. The general anesthesia and his c-section took only 8 minutes, they didn't even take the time to up my epidural.. they just said "put her under we need to do a csection now."

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  • laurasuzanne2006laurasuzanne2006 member
    imageJG362009:
    imageannabelle.27:
    imagelilylow:

    It becomes an emergency when the baby is in distress and needs to be out quickly.

     

    Not necessarily. My c-section was classified as an emergency c-section, and my son was never in distress. I was told that any unplanned c-section is deemed an "emergency" c-section, whether it's an actual emergency or not.

    This is how my hospital classifies it too, which is odd to me and confusing.  Anything that is not planned is "emergent" in your records -- so mine was technically an emergency even though there was no fetal distress and we walked to the OR. 

    I disagree that unplanned=emergency.  My c-section would have been an emergency and IMO was not.  I had severe pre-E and we had to get her out as I was going downhill.  Neither of us at the moment of the c-section were in distress by any means.  She needed to come out soon yes, but we also could have waited to have real "emergency" c-sections go ahead of us.  In fairness I have no clue what the surgical report would say, but i don't feel it is. 

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