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What was your hospitals respone to you C-Section Birth Plan?

sammyslicksammyslick member
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We took our hospital tour last night and I found out their policies on the C-Section like restraining your arms and bringing the babies straight to "transition" if not the NICU.

Did you have a specific birth plan with your C-Section? If so, how receptive were the staff on following your guidelines vs putting their foot down on some procedures?

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  • pinkmoonlightpinkmoonlight member

    I did not have a birth plan either time. However this last time was my only planned c-section. I felt there was no need for a birth plan. I talked with my doctor about my wishes, and questions. Yes, I had my arms tied down but my husband was able to hold DS in the OR, and while he had to go to the NICU for a while he was brought right to my room with in an hour or two.

    Had he not needed to go to the NICU he would have come back to my room with me. I felt that while a c-section was a controlled as it could get that I did not really need to control it more. The doctors and nurses where great at asking me what I wanted and doing what I wanted. 

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  • MAprincessMAprincess member
    Can I ask the reason they tie down your arms?  Mine were not tied down at all so I was able to hold and touch DS while my DH held him next to me.  I didn't ask for it to be that way and it seemed to be standard practice.
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  • stemms8810stemms8810 member

    I didn't have a birth plan for mine.  Everything turned out to be fine with me though as to how everything was handled.  My arms weren't restrained.  I think at my hospital they don't normally restrain unless you are very anxious and showing signs you may try to flail them because you were having an anxiety attack or something.

    I was able to touch my baby in the OR and he was reunited with me in the recovery room where I could try to breastfeed and do skin to skin.  I didn't have any issues with their policies and how they handled things.

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  • mom2babyvitzmom2babyvitz member

    imageMAprincess:
    Can I ask the reason they tie down your arms?  Mine were not tied down at all so I was able to hold and touch DS while my DH held him next to me.  I didn't ask for it to be that way and it seemed to be standard practice.

    I am not quite sure why they tie down your arms except in case they are worried that during the section that you might try to move. I had a great experience with my last C Section. It wasn't planned but I had to have my arms tied down last time and this time too! Its not that bad though. I have 5 weeks from tomorrow! I am so ready!

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  • LadyXaverianLadyXaverian member

    My c-section was unplanned, so I didn't have a specific plan. However, I did ask my OB a few weeks ahead of time when it looked like a c/s *might* happen about their protocol. I asked about arms being tied, and that was a must, but they were loosely tied, and as soon as I was stapled and bandaged, I was untied and baby was in my arms. My biggest thing was not being separated from the baby unless there was an emergency. There wasn't, and so I got to be wheeled out of the OR with her.

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  • cmytutucmytutu member

    I had a scheduled C/S and a birthplan.  I attached my birthplan to 2 dozen doughnuts.  They read it and stuck to it for the most part.

    My arms were secured down, but I'm glad they were.  I found myself trying to lift them against the restraints (not in a bad way, just force of habit I guess).

    I had a perfect experience.

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  • MRSR08MRSR08
    i didn't have a birth plan, but mine was unplanned.  My arms weren't tied down and I was an emotional basket case.  DH did get to come in and was sitting right next to me.  After DS was born DH got to hold him and put him near my face and arms.  After I was wheeled to recovery, the baby was there shortly after and DS held him while they were getting me set back up (my arms were tingley and I didn't want to risk it).  When I was ready we tried breastfeeding and did skin to skin until they wheeled me up to postpartum. 
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  • JG362009JG362009
    My birth plan was to be able to hold and nurse my baby in recovery, which I didn't get to do for my first c-section.  The hospital normally did not let this happen, and my OB told me that, but said she would do what she could but couldn't guarantee anything.  We ended up having two great nurses that let us do that and it meant the world to me.  When I was wheeled out of the OR my daughter and husband were waiting for me.  
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  • ToriisenToriisen
    I went over my c-section birth plan with my OB about a month ago. Most of the things on it he was fine with. He said I could have my arms free as long as I held them still and warned me if I moved them too much they would have to restrain them. Reason being someone is doing surgery on you and they need you to stay still. Moving your arms does move you torso around. (Still perfectly still, then try to move your arms without moving your upper torso). I also requested things like the baby to stay in the OR with me, for the doctor to tell us when he was getting ready to pull baby out, put the I.V in my left arm ( I'm right handed and wanted that hand to be able to touch baby) , asked them not to bath baby in the OR so that Daddy and I can both help do first bath later etc..
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  • StrawberrywineStrawberrywine

    My c/s birth plan was more about helping me to be a participant in the c/s. For example, I was more focused on getting to see the baby ooey and gooey the second after he was born, having my husband tell us the sex, being asked before having meds given to me, having my husband next to me at all times.

     Nurses really had a hard time following it b/c they're so used to your procedures, but we did our best to remind them and honestly sometimes it just became annoying to bug them about it.  

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