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Dealing with 911 C-section?
We're going the all-natural delivery route. If she has to have an emergency C-section our hospital won't let me in the OR because she didn't have an epidural. This is one of my biggest fears about delivery day. Besides trying to relax, staying calm, and pacing the hospital like a caged animal, are there other helpful insights out there?
Thanks!
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Re: Dealing with 911 C-section?
Wait... what? No epi? What are they going to use then, general? I've never heard of hospitals not allowing the husbands in - that sucks
! Try not to worry about it. Having a doula REALLY helped my hubby though. My hospital was really cool and had a volunteer doula program - we actually planned to have a natural birth and then turned high risk in the last few months and ended up having a 4 day labor and a c-section at the end of hours of pushing. He was having a hard time but the doula helped and he was really glad she was there to explain and help him through a lot of the stress.
Sorry to butt in I am not a dad. I had a planned c-section (my first one was an emergency) They were unable to place my spinal, and I ended up going under general. My husband was not in the room for the actual c-section but was brought in as soon as she was out. They were still sewing me up.
Often times, what people call an emergency c-section is really just an unplanned c-section. With my first daughter we both got very sick after a very long labor, and she was out within 5 min. I had become septic and my organs were failing. My temp was 105. A regular c-section would take much longer. So if you end up with a c-section because labor is not progressing, but no one is under distress, there may be time for a spinal.
Wow, you poor thing. Glad everything was ok!
I've had 2 emegerncy c-sections. Both under general and my DH was not allowed on the OR for #1 and for #2 he was allowed in after the baby was out and they were sewing me up.
He did just fine. The hardest part for his was waiting during #1. He said that he just prayed and waited for word things were okay. Because of the c-section he got to see the babies before I did so he spent the time with me in recovery keeping the babies company and watching the nurses work.
they would have to put her under general and she would be out for about an hour. They can have the baby out in 30 seconds if they have to. I hate to say it but this is why some women have an epi is so they dont have to worry about being put under. I hope you have a happy and healthy baby with a no frills delivery.