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irish4jan1
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Please share your c-section birth plan
irish4jan1
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We had originally planned a med-free birth but baby is breech. We are trying everything to help him flip. I have to schedule a c-section so we can have the date set with my dr. Inthe case that baby does not flip and we have to go ahead with the surgery, I'd like to be prepared and have directives for the hospital staff. Please share your c-section birth plan!
Thanks!
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Re: Please share your c-section birth plan
My big one is the baby staying in the OR with my husband while my OB finishes my surgery. I want an arm free to touch baby in the OR. I want DH to cut the cord.
Also, I had a friend who's WHOLE family held her DD before she got to hold her DD! I never even considered this being possible. If that's something that would upset you (I would be pissed) then you might tell family "if baby has to go to the nursery I want to hold him/her before family passes the baby around."
My only plan is that we have time alone after I am out of recovery. I want my DS to meet his baby sister without a bunch of people in our space. I do not want to be rushed with visitors.
Everything else is mostly out of my control.
1- DH still cut the cord.
2- In the even that I got really sick or something happened before I could hold him, he and DH went to the nursery and no one else but DH was allowed to hold or see him until I got to. I carried him for nine months I wanted him to see and feel me before tons of other people.
3- Skin to skin and time to breastfeed immediately in recovery, which we did and was fantastic, yes I was loopy and sore and felt sick, but it is the only thing I remember clearly from recovery.
4-DH got to watch him come out (although some Dr.'s won't allow this one) DH stood by the curtain and watched as they cut the uterus and (he was way stuck) used a vaccuum to get him out of my ribs, he watched every bit of it, not just him being pulled out he saw everything. Gabriel is out last and he wanted the experience that a natural birth father would get, our OB was awesome and let him see it all.
Dh said it was the grossest and most amazing thing he has ever seen. He does not regret it at all.
I had a few key things that I wanted to make sure would happen if at all possible. I verbally communicated these wants with my husband, doctor and nurses prior to surgery. I wanted to be able to walk around my pre-op room as much as possible prior to surgery and have my catheter placed in the OR after my epidural. I asked if at all possible not to receive any IV pain medications that would alter my level of awareness while in the OR. I asked to not have my arms tied down. DH was to cut the cord. I wanted to do skin-to-skin while in the OR if possible and for the baby to stay in the OR while my surgery was being finished and if the baby needed to go to the nursery I wanted my husband to go with the baby and for NO other family members to able to hold the baby before I did. I wanted the baby to come to the recovery room and nurse as soon as possible.
Thankfully, my c-section went very smoothly and my "birth-plan" was followed to a T. I was up moving around in my pre-op room prior to surgery and walked myself to the OR. DH was able to be in the OR with me the entire time, even during the epidural. They placed my cath after the epidural and I didn't feel it at all. I did not receive any IV meds until about 10 minutes after my baby was born when I started feeling some discomfort and the anesthesiologist told me before he gave it to me and I did feel a little loopy afterwards but I was OK with that. The baby went to the warmed immediately and DH got to cut the cord. After 5 minutes the nurse brought her over and placed her on my chest for skin-skin while I was being sewn up. They did take the baby to the nursery for about 10 minutes while I was being transferred from the OR to the recovery room and DH went with the baby. They then brought the baby to the recovery room and I had her on the breast nursing within an hour of her birth. We asked all family to stay home until we called them and we didn't call them till we got to my room after recovery so I didn't have to worry about a bunch of family seeing/holding her before I got my chance. My c-section was an amazing experience and I wouldn't change a thing about it.
My first CS was an emergency after 22 hrs of labor and so for us there is A LOT of things that did not go our way that in the event everything is fine with DS2 that we would like to happen. Here is a copy of our BP.
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Cesarean Birth Plan
This birth plan is intended to express the preferences and desires we have for the birth of our baby during our planned cesarean. It is not intended to be a script. We fully realize that situations may arise such that our plan cannot and should not be followed. However, we hope that barring any extenuating circumstances, you will be able to keep us informed and aware of our options. Thank you.
Support
I would like my husband to be with me throughout the entire procedure.
Anesthesia
? I would like to remain awake during the procedure.
Surgery
? I would prefer for my arms not to be strapped down/restrained so I can touch my baby.
? We would appreciate being kept informed during the surgery.
? I would like to have the curtain lowered and the baby held for us to see at the moment of birth
? If possible, please show us our baby briefly before taking him to be cleaned.
? My husband would like to cut the cord.
? I would like to have skin to skin contact as soon as the possible and for my husband to hold our baby as soon as possible.
? My husband would like to take photographs and film when possible.
? If our baby is healthy, please allow My husband and our baby to stay with me while the operation is finished.
? Any pain medications should be compatible with breastfeeding please.
? I would like to be able to return to my room as quickly as possible after the operation.
? I would like to be able to breastfeed as soon as possible.
? My partner present at all times during the operation
Post Partum and Baby Care
? I would like for my husband to stay with the baby at all times if I can?t be there.
? Footprint- If possible I would appreciate a footprint of my baby be placed in my baby book
? I would like Duramorph for postpartum pain
? Breast feeding only ? I would like to start as soon as I am able to and would appreciate any assistance/advice.
? Please do not feed our baby by other means without discussing this with either my husband or myself.
? We would like 24-hour rooming-in with our baby
? We would like for sibling, Noah, to be able to visit with adult supervision as much as we would like within proper visiting hours
? Please do not offer a pacifier.
? Non-urgent procedures (such as first bath) ? I request these to be delayed until after my return to the room.
? I would like to eat after the surgery if I am hungry ? I have spoken to Dr. Bruce Cross about this.
? No visitors to be allowed to visit before my return from recovery.
? My husband and I would want son circumcised at the hospital
? I would like it if oral medication is used, I prefer orders to be written for me to be woken up for timely doses (not waiting for my request)
This is just not true. You can request that your arms are not strapped down so you can hold your baby while they are finishing the procedure, that the ECG stickies be placed away from your breast so you can nurse in recovery. That they don't take the baby away, etc. You have a lot of say in how the little details are taken care of. Your doc is in charge of the surgical procedure but you are in charge of your newborn baby, what they do with your baby, where it goes, etc.
My C-Plan is included.
Dermabond for skin closure
Baby to stay with us at all times in the OR and recovery unless there is a medical problem
ECG dots away from front of the chest
Please help me make this birth a special and positive experience
This is total BS. Doctors are in charge of the medical parts, but there are certainly things that Mom and Dad can request barring medical emergency.
Mine included not having my arms strapped, having DH stay with DD at all times, delaying non urgent NB procedures, being allowed to take photos, rooming in with DD at all times.
Most of them were not an issue at all. I did have one nurse who really wanted to make my life miserable and insisted on taking DD away and giving her a bath without my permission. But, that was the nurse who was a b!tch.
Most of my concerns just included being able to stay with my daughter and touch her as much as possible. I wish I had done my homework about PP procedures and known more about them taking DD away due to hospital policy. It made me really sad to be kept away from DD for no reason for three hours. So, I would check into how your hospital usually does things and address any concerns well in advance.