What to Expect the Day of Your C-Section?
When I arrived at the hospital on the day of my scheduled c-section, they admitted me into a room in the Labor and Delivery ward and had me put on a gown. Then they hooked me up to the monitors so that they could monitor my baby’s heartbeat and contractions. My doctor came in a to talk to me and she confirmed that my son was still breech before she did the c-section. Sure enough he was still breech and the c-section was going on as planned. Next the nurses took care getting the IV put in my arm, shaved me just above my pubic bone so that the hair wouldn’t be in the way of the doctor’s incision, and gave me some oral medication to help with nausea that is a side effect from the anesthesia that they will be giving me in the Operating Room. The anesthesiologists came in a explained the spinal block procedure that they would be performing during my c-section. Depending on your hospital’s procedures, the nurses will push you to the operating room in your bed or wheelchair while others allow you to walk to the OR.
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2 responses to “What to Expect During A C-Section Delivery”
Hi Christy,
Your C-Section was so similar to mine with the exception of the spinal. I had an epidural which they did in my room before going to the OR. Epidural is a continuous flow of anesthesia vs. a spinal that works only so long, so administering it in the OR makes sense.
Anyway, it’s good for women to hear our stories because the point is to know what to expect. I didn’t know what to expect when I had my first C-Section and there’s definitely an element of fear with the unknown, so post like these help a lot.
Blessings,
Elizabeth
Thank you for sharing your experience too. I know that I looked for information online about c-sections when I got the devastating news that I was going to have to have one, I was unable to find very much information on what to expect. I wanted to share this information so that women could understand and know what they should expect.
I was also fearful because I didn’t really know what to expect even though my own mom had several c-sections. My older kids were born vaginally so when my youngest decided to turn breech I knew right away that I would have to have a c-section if he didn’t turn by the time I had to report to the hospital.
My doctor did offer to try to turn using a special technique with an epidural. At the time, I felt that it was best to go for the c-section because I had an anterior placenta and the risk for rupturing the placenta was much higher. I didn’t want to risk it.
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