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Really nervous now!!

apastinackapastinack member
in February 2013 Moms

So I had my 36 week appointment this morning and baby is good. Body measuring in the 53 percentile and 75 percentile for his head (wow! THAT IS A BIG HEAD!!) Measuring around 4 pounds and 6 ounces- I don't put much stock in that. However, Baby Boy is still breech and my fluid is normal but it isn't high enough to try to flip him. I will have another ultrasound and my first NST next Monday. If Baby is still breech (I am not holding my breath for him to flip) then I will schedule my C-section. This is what is freaking me out - Major abdominal surgery!!! I know that it is safe and I trust my doctor. I just really didn't want to have that recovery time and i'm terrified of needles. There is no way I can get around having a catheter placed in my back with the c-section! It also means DH will have to somehow find a way to be away from work for more than a week. I will also have to enlist some help from other family members or friends. I'm probably over thinking but I can't help it. Blarg!

BTW sorry about all the exclamation points. If you could hear me now you would say they were warranted. 

Too much to do and think about... only 3 weeks to go! 

--Married 4 Years - PCOS - Insulin Resistant - Irregular Cycles - TTC 24mon - Metformin - Progesterone - Phentermine - 40 pounds lost - 3 rounds Clomid - DH 1% sperm morphology - BFP June 23rd - Paxton born 2/15/2013 - August 2013 Let's Have Another Baby- Charting Cycles with OPC and Charting Temps, No Ovulation Jan- Start clomid Feb 2014  --
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Re: Really nervous now!!

  • Fifthcharm24Fifthcharm24 member
    My best friend just had a c-section with her first and she felt the same way you did! However, she was only in the hospital for 3 days with the surgery, home and walking around on her own after 1 week! Granted that to fully heal DOES take a lot longer than a week, but it sounds like it's the only (and safest) option for you and your baby now. I have had 2 spinals due to DNC's with miscarriage and I HATE things I can't see, but you know they weren't as bad as I thought. You will do great momma to be! Keep your chin up and remembering that it is for the sake of your baby will make it a little more tolerable :) Good luck!
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  • RocklandhollyRocklandholly member
    If you are worried about the "after", try to focus your energy on what you can do to prepare ahead of time. As you know you'll be in the hospital for 4 nights and it might be hard for your husband to be away from work for more than a week, maybe he could go into work 1 or 2 of those days? Not sure if you have other kids he needs to take care of, but if you dont', you don't really need him in teh hospital each day, but you will need him at home. Also, if you can schedule the c-section, maybe you could do it on a friday or over the weekend so he can stretch out the days he has off at home? If you can cook some meals to freeze or stock up on frozen pizzas, soups, stuff like that, which are easy to prepare. I had a natural birth with my first and still had a catheter...its not so bad, it just sounds awful if you've never had it before. On the bright side, if you had planned on working up to when you gave birth, maybe now you can end a little before...have a some tiemto rest
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  • pnwloverpnwlover member
    Don't worry your not alone! I am only 2 weeks out from my scheduled c-section because lo is breech. I am scared to death!  I am not looking forward to the recovery or being cut open. My mom had all 3 of her kids natural so I thought that is what I would get to do too. But she is trying to make me feel better by saying having a baby is like taking a big poop. hahah
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  • kelly321kelly321 member
    I had a c/s with DD and it was really nothing to freak out about. The circumstances surrounding the c/s were a little traumatizing (HELLP, preemie, NICU, etc), but the c/s itself was a breeze. It hurt a lot to get up out of bed for a few days, but if you end up with tearing from a vaginal delivery then that can be the case as well. Honestly, as the time draws nearer I'm more freaked out about the unknowns from a VBAC than from a RCS, even though the plan is still a VBAC.

    BFP1: DD1 born April 2011 at 34w1d via unplanned c/s due to HELLP, DVT 1 week PP
    BFP2: 3/18/12, blighted ovum, natural m/c @ 7w4d
    BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence

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