Sorry a very long ceasarean experience! (Caesarean Section)

Member Name: emz809

Product:	Caesarean Section
Date:	31/10/08 (58 review reads)
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Advantages: in my situation the advantages were my baby lived!!!!

Disadvantages: such a long healing process!

My Experience-
I was hoping for a natural birth but this is what happened...

I was due to have my litlle boy on the 4th of Jun 2008, the day came and went with the signs at all! By this day i just wanted to meet my baby so badly! I had an appointment with my midwife that day and decided if i went back the next day they would do a 'sweep' (where they put their fingers inside you and stretch the membrane that your baby is in separating it from the womb, which can bring on the labour process). I went back the next day but the doctor said to wait another couple of days. So i was booked in for an induction on the 14th of June and a sweep on the 13th (friday).

(From around the 9th of June i was worried as i felt much less movement from my baby inside of me so i went to the hospital
several times to be monitored)

I went to the see my midwife and had a sweep, i felt very achy and lost a little blood after but stil no sign of baby.

On the saturday (14th) at 6pm i went into the hospital to be induced. I was allowed to 'settle in', i couldnt stop crying since i arrived and i was still worried about the lack of movement from my baby. I was given a suppository later that night but no still no signs.

Early sunday morning (15th) i began to experience mild twinges, i was monitored 24/7 for hours and i was told they were waiting for my baby to 'wake up' and start to move before they gave me another suppository. A few hours later i was given another suppository (even though my baby hadnt moved that much and i was having mild contractions) by a really horrible male doctor!!

After about an hour, i was in agony!!! i was having REALLY strong contractions about every 2 minutes and they were lasting around 30 seconds. The graph that the monitor was printing was going mad! I was in such agony but the midwves said it was a good sign so i persisted and ran around the room trying to take my mind of the pains. But somehow i knew something wasnt right, so after nagging the midwives alot i was checked over and they decided to move me to the labour ward and get a doctor to check me over.

I was moved to the labour suite and greeted by a urine specimen tub, i went and filled the tub then a doctor came and checked me out. Straight away he said we are going to perform a caesarean and quickly! I was only 1cm dilated even though i was having such strong contractions... I was so shocked! Everyone suddenly started running around injecting me, changing me into hospital gowns, getting me to sign consent forms and everyone looked so panicked! It was so scary!! i was rushed down to the theatre, given a epidural anaesthetic and covered by a screen. My partner came in dressed in theatre clothes and sat by my head.

The doctor tested that i couldnt feel anything, all i could feel was a warm tingly sensation dwn my legs, and he cut me open. It was such a wierd feeling when he was pulling out my baby, my partner said there was two of them pulling to stretch me open to get the baby out! i could see a reflection on the shiny lampa bove me so i had to close my eyes. I cant explain how starnge it felt when they were tugging me, there was no pain but so much pulling and tugging!!

My baby was pulled out at 17.40 and he began to cry, they quickly took him away and checked him over and wrapped him up. The cord had been wrapped around his neck and his body and thats why he hadnt been moving, i was later told if i had of tried giving birth naturally to my son, the outcome would not have been so good, the doctor didnt believe he would have lived if that was the case, so obviously i was really happy in the end!

My partner and baby were took back to the maternity ward while i was being stitched up.

It seemed to ages because all i wanted was to be with my new little family! I started to feel very faint and the anaesthetic seemed to travel up my chest so they started to get a little worried so i was given extra oxygen and the bed was sat up a little. When the surgeon had finished i was wheeled back to the ward feeling very shaky.

My legs were strapped up with warming pads which moved to help with the circulation, i had a drip with pain killers and had to take an anti blood clot tablet every so often. It was so hard tryin to pick up my baby whilst i was still under anaesthetic and in so much pain so everytime he cried i had to call the midwife to help. The day after the midwives gave me a bed bath early in the morning and later that day i was encouraged to try and get out of bed, which was really difficult.

I was in so much pain for awhile after the operation, i would say about 2 month at least!!! i still get the odd twinge now and then when i have done too much.
A caesarean isn't the 'easy' option as some people think, if anything i would say its harder, not just because i went through it, i havent had a natural birth but comparing the other ladies on the wards the 'natural' ladies all seemed to be up and about practically straight away after having their babies!

Summary: read and see (i havent written this for sympathy, just my experience!)