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Rias · July 2012

Hi ladies, m baby girl decided to lip herself upside own at 37 weeks. She is now breech and will more than likely have to o a c section. I I did an ECV today, the most painful thing ever, and it did not work. Can you ladies tell me what to expect as far as the hole experience and recovery. Is it terrible? Sorry for all the misspellings I'm on my iPad and typing on this thing sucks!

lil_jen051708 · July 2012

DS was breech as well but we did not attempt an ECV. We scheduled a c/s after 39w but didn't make it that far. My water broke a few days before our scheduled c/s in the middle of the night. I called our OB ER line and they said I needed to come in. We were at the hospital 30min later and my contractions started soon after. The nurses hooked me up to an IV and monitors on my belly. Luckily my OB was on call and we were in the OR 2 hrs after we arrived. I sat on the operating table (DH was putting on his scrubs) and given my spinal. Honestly I do not really remember anything else until I was in recovery. We were in recovery for about an hr and I was able to BF DS (DH was there too). Then we were wheeled to our hospital room.

The nurses wanted me to eat pudding before I could order breakfast (not sure why but it was really random) so I did. I ended up vomiting all morning- food and water but was given some drugs and did much better the rest of the day. Other than that,nurses came in every few hours to check my vitals, Press on my belly, change my pad (you will bleed even though the baby didn't come out that way), and check my catheter bag. That night I was able to move to a chair to eat dinner and the next day my cath was removed, I was up walking and showering.

I had a pretty easy recovery but just be prepared to be sore. Most of my underwear and pants tend to hit right at my incision so you might want to find some pants that can go to your belly button - I wore maternity yoga pants that had a fold to sit under your belly that I pulled up. Just take it easy once you are home. The whole thing was not nearly as bad as I expected!

jax63081 · July 2012

My DS wasn't breech but I ended up with a c-section after being induced and pushing for 2.5 hours(failure to descend). I had a great experience. I didn't get a spinal because I already had the epidural so they just boosted that up. Overall, I had no issues with my c-section. My recovery was pretty easy. Just keep up on your pain meds. Make sure you get up to move around but don't rush things too much. I tried to move a bit too much the next afternoon(c-section was at 9pm) and got a bit dizzy and had to sit back down again. Just listen to your body and it will tell you if you are overdoing it. Good Luck!!!

Rias · July 2012

Thanks for the feedback ladies! I really do hope it's not as bad as Im expecting it to be.

rak123 · July 2012

I had an unplanned C section. The procedure itself wasn't bad. When I got home from the hospital, my legs and ankles were very very swollen from all of the fluids they pumped into me for the spinal. The swelling was terrible for about 1 week, then all of a sudden, it went away. I lost 30 pounds in just a few days! It was crazy. make sure to stay on top of your fluids and drink, drink, drink. Best of luck to you! It wasn't as bad as I expected, and I would have had an even easier recovery if I hadn't labored so long before then.

zyas · July 2012

Hi

I just had my c/s 22 hours ago so I'm still on an IV and all that. Mine was scheduled and went really well. I think the most painful part of it all was when they put the IV line in. They blew out the vein in my left hand so then had to do it on the right. Then getting my spinal was a little uncomfortable but nothing too bad. My legs started going numb pretty quick, it was such a weird feeling. I had 2 nurses up by my head that were telling me what was going on and DH was there too. I didn't feel anything at all and finally I asked if they had cut me open yet and she said: oh yes, they're just about to take the baby out!

Suddenly DH stood up and he was able to see them pull her out of me and I heard her crying. Everyone was telling me how cute she was and I was dying to see her but they took her to wrap her up. I could hear DH talking to he'd then a few min later he brought her over to me and I was able to touch her. He sat there with me for about 10 min while they worked on stitching me up then the nurse took baby and DH to the nursery to do the testing. It only took them a few more min to finish on me then they took me back up to my room.

So surgery went well! However I got sick from the anesthesia and I was dizzy, nauseous and throwing up all day. We had lots of visitors and it was so hard to focus on anything. DH had to ask people to leave cause I wasn't feeling good. All I had was ice chips and water all day and i couldn't even keep the water down until after dinner. Finally the dizziness started to subside around 9pm last night. I still have my catheter in and getting meds through IV but those are coming out this morning.

Good luck with your surgery!

nealbl · July 2012

It is different per person. You can have a terrible V birth and recovery or a great one. You can have a terrible Csection or a great one. I will say there is a lot of horror stories out there about Csections when I think for a lot of women they go very smoothly.

I was induced and that turned into emergency Csection. I was able to somewhat hold LO within a few minutes after birth and then DH took her to nursery while I was stapled up. We were all reunited in the recovery room within 30 min. I BF'd while in there and we did just fine. I felt great. I was not tired from pushing out a baby(I never got past 2.5cm dilated). We had a ton of visitors that day and I was ok with it all. Now I had an epidural but if you are having a scheduled section you will most likley have a spinal which will mean you can get up and move quicker.

Getting up the first time is painful but do it as soon as they say you can. The quicker you get up and move around the better off you will feel. I was up the next morning showered and what not we left two days after I gave birth to LO. I didn't take any pain meds once I was home and 3 days after being home I drove myself and LO to my appt to have the staples removed. 1 week after LO was born it was Xmas and we did all the Xmas hoopla we do every year. I was easy on myself when getting up from sitting or lying down but for the most part I was able to move around just fine.

I had a great experience and I am having and RCS this time around. I never have once felt I missed out on something b/c I didn't have a Vbirth. To me having a healthy baby is the end goal and that is all that I really cared about.

Good Luck!

[Deleted User] · July 2012

As a FTM with having to have a possible scheduled C Sec, I love these stories. Normally you hear such horror stores and it can be very discouraging. Thanks for the info.

emberlee3 · July 2012

I had a c/s because DD was breech. The recovery has not been bad at all. Just be sure to keep on top of your pain meds in the first few days. I also sent DD to the nursery for the last 2 nights in the hospital. They brought her to me to BF, but in between I was able to get some good rest.

Rias · July 2012

Thanks for all of the reassurance ladies! Your replies really makes me feel more at ease!

surprise3rd · July 2012

Hi! Hoping your baby flips on its own before you have to have a c-section. I just posted a few posts down a 6 day post op update. My experiences with c-sections, (this was #3) have been pretty amazing, easier than my SIL recovery from a vaginal birth with a pretty bad tear. Good luck, it really isn't that bad.

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