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Hello, so I may or may not need a caesarean but I’m needing some reassurance from good stories so my head is in the right place if this does need to happen.
This baby is very low and I’ve been told my placenta is low and I may have to have a caesarean if it doesn’t shift.
This is the last thing I wanted to hear. I’m scared of the procedure, the healing, and also healing while looking after an 18 month old and a new born at the same time. Please any reassurance


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  • Good story here!! I had a cecarean due to a spine injury. It’s was fine the only part I hated was not feeling my legs ???? my recovery was quick. Just keep your pain meds up even if your feeling ok as it’s hard to get your pain unercontrol again. But I was literally driving 1 week later with doctors permission. I hVe a good pain threshold though x good luck you will be fine ????


  • A booked c section is a lot easier recovery then a energy c section , u haven’t been thru hours of labour and pain which is a big plus . Yes your nervous but it’s pretty easy going . The recovery is good as long as your take your pain relief and get up and move as soon as u can , that’s key to a quick recovery . Slow small walks and you get the best reward after . They are worth it


  • I had to have a cesarean with my twins because they were both feet down. I didn’t have any problems during or after the cesarean. Of course you are a bit sore on the first day but it will heal pretty fast.


  • I had 2 caesars. Yes the recovery takes a little longer. You wither feel sore from the caesar or have sore bits from a natural birth so you can’t win either way. Yes it does hurt afterwards but it wasn’t anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be. You will be ok. Safe baby is the most important thing xx


  • My Csections were both a pleasant experience. I had a 13 mth old when I had my first c-section and a 3 year old and 22mth old during my second. They knew I couldn’t lift them, I had help with the housework and used it as a good time to learn to delegate and just roll with what could and couldn’t be done. There was a little bit of mum guilt because I was limited but I found ways to make memories. Little ways to make my older children still feel loved and special.


  • I had a csection with my son & it was a beautiful, special experience. I recovered well.. but you really need to make sure you listen to dr advice after having csection for a speedy recovery & to ensure you don’t do longterm damage. Don’t overdo it too early.


  • My first was a c sec emergency but it went well i recoved well and wasn’t in as much pain as I thought I would be after it my scar healed well too my second was a vbac and it was more traumatic in my opinion then my emergency c sec but I loved the experience aswell


  • I don’t have any experience in it but I hope you will get some good advice here or maybe talk to your gp or midwife?


  • I had a great experience with first one, was up and about no pain tne next day even made my own bed for the nurses no pain at all post. Second was awful they cut a superficial nerve I had really bad nerve pain, was sent home 3 days later in pain not being able to breast feed, pain relief, the nurses were not nice and was same hospital. Was on endone for pain, antibiotics as they thought I had an infection. Ended up with PND from a multitude of factors and this all exasabated it.


  • I’ve had 4 csections and with the same doctor I absolutely love they were all fantastic experiences. The first I had a long recovery but that was more mind over matter. The more you get up and move the faster the healing time is. With my last I was back driving and doing every per normal (with just a bit of slower time frame) with 2 and half weeks.
    Good luck to you


  • I had an emergency caesarean after 47 hours of labour with my second child & I was home recovering within two days. It did take a while for the anaesthetic to wear off in my legs which made it difficult to attend to my son’s needs & the quality of nursing was very different to the birthing suites. My next child was scheduled for an elective caesarean due to pending labour complications. Unfortunately I went into labour 4 weeks early so ended up with another emergency caesarean. I didn’t realise until my second caesarean that I was allergic to the betadine they use to disinfect the site before cutting, which caused a burning sensation. I needed ice packs instead of the usual heat packs they provide to sooth the area. I also found that both times I developed a bit of a cough which was painful if I didn’t hold pressure along the incision line with a pillow. Other than that, I didn’t find the recovery much different to that of my first natural birth & actually found the healing from the episiotomy worse.


  • I had twins which were induced but delivery failed to progress so c-section was advised after waiting almost all day. I was disappointed at the time but looking back it was the very best thing. No long term problems for me, healthy babies and I think less ‘issues’ for me down under than if I’d completed a natural birth. But one thing I’d ask for now is that babies were swabbed with vaginal juices since they miss out on the ‘good bacteria’ apparently, and this can set them up for microbe imbalance down the track.


  • Oh I didnt know they did them under local anesthetic even if it was emergency c section. Its sounding less likely that I will need one but incase I do I will keep that in mind


  • If you think there’s a high likelihood of needing a caesarian I’d suggest either booking a scheduled one, or if you go into labour make sure there’s enough time to get an epidural or spinal tap (not sure of the difference between the two). I had to have an emergency c sec and it was too late for either so I ended up going under general anaesthetic, which meant neither myself nor my husband saw our baby be born.


  • After having 3 normal deliveries my fourth bub was born via an emergency c-section which was very scary as I was in a low risk hospital who were not equipped for an emergency c-section everything went pear shaped and I had no choice I didn’t even have time to be flown to a bigger hospital but in saying that I was knocked out completely I don’t remember a thing I woke a few hrs later with a new bub but under all that the hospital did a great job my pain wasn’t to bad, I had no complications I was up walking the next morning, I went home the following day, I healed great and can hardly see my scar so I would have a c-section again.


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