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Visitors??? Emergency vs. Planned C/S

Oldham83Oldham83
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With my DS I had an unplanned emergency c/s due to his cord being wrapped around his neck and pinched everytime I had a contraction causing his HR to shoot sky high.  Everything turned out great due to my amazing drs!!! That day of the c/s I woke up at 5am didnt eat and after a 7am dr appt with my MFM was sent to L&D for induction. My son was delivered at 10:30pm and I didnt get to even rest until around 4am (up for 23hrs straight) at which point I was woke every 2 hours to BF, I was too tired for more then a few visitors the 3 days I was in the hospital.  This time we will have a planned c/s and plan on resting the whole day before ect. so I will hopefully not be so exausted (side note: my c/s was great not much pain and was walking that next day loved it! so Im not worried about the c/s as much as the exaustion).  I am curious if anyone has had a planned c/s and felt great?  I'm hoping to be well rested and want to have lots of visitors this time, am I just dreaming??
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  • mamameg11mamameg11 member
    I had a scheduled cs with DD due to her being breech and me having elevated blood pressure. I felt decent after the cs, but kind of woozy from the drugs in my IV drip. My cs was at 8am and by the afternoon I was feeling better. I had family in the morning right after delivery and friends after they got off work and was fine.
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  • Christine&MarioChristine&Mario member

    I was well-rested for my scheduled c-section but still extremely sleepy after, due mostly to the pain meds.

    If I could go back and do anything differently, I would have insisted that visitors leave after a few minutes. I felt like it interfered with breastfeeding and recovery, and drove up my anxiety. Next go-round, it's DH, grandparents and siblings only, and nobody but DH gets to stay when I'm breastfeeding. Period.

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  • stemms8810stemms8810 member

    I had an emergency one last time and this one is scheduled.  Last time I felt like shiit and still let visitors beyond immediate family visit and I wish I didn't.  Even though this one is planned I don't want more than immediate family the first day.  The next day if I am feeling okay, I probably won't mind other visitors.

    Like a PP mentioned, I really want to concentrate on BF'd and bonding with my baby which won't happen with a bunch of visitors.

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  • Oldham83Oldham83
    Thanks so much ladies Im hoping to not be so tired this time!!!!  After hearing a bunch of stories and your post about having visitors I think I will keep the same policy this time as I did last time regarding visitors NONE except DS,Grandparents, and my sisters and only between certain hours that I determine.  I hope planning makes it much smoother (Im sure planning a morning c/s will make all the difference)!  I did great last time with recovery and was off all pain meds by day 2 and feeling great aside from my extreme exaustion.  I wish all of you RCS luck on your next c/s. 
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  • StacyADampfStacyADampf
    I had an emergency csection after first being induced the night before, laboring without pain meds for a total of fifteen hours which included six hours of pushing.  the baby failed to descend because she had turned sideways.  anyway i was up from seven am tuesday to eleven pm wednesday with only an hour and half nap total. i used only two pushes of the morphine over night.  i had visitors first thing thurs morning and i wasnt exhausted or anything.    fwiw i was not breastfeeding and my baby was transferred to another hospital due to health reasons.
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  • shanaeskfshanaeskf member

    With my first I had an ECS due to my daughters heart rate going up and we had family there the whole time n this was at 3a.m til 12pm which was a bit much for me b/c I didn't have anytime to myself with my husband and my daughter was in the NICU as well.

    Since were having a RCS were going to let ppl come in the afternoon if i'm feeling well but most likely the next day so we can bond with the baby N I can BF as well without ppl asking me a million ?s N being N my face taking pics while I look horrible lol like last time.

    BTW: I love visitors just not when i'm crazy sick and in pain

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