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Thank you, it's the recovery that I am most concerned about to be honest. Im pretty healthy but still its a bit daunting as I've never had an operation before. And also others views seem to be so harsh and negative regards c sections!
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Hoestly I know what you mean but I came across so many on this site with good positive experiences that it put my mind at ease about choosing an elective for my 2nd. I asked a lot of questions snd and we all shared tips which was great. My recovery with both CS was helped by a couple of things I think, really good support from partner. He just took over the cooking, cleaning, washing etc for the first few weeks and I didnt try to do more than I should, just chilled with bubs. I also was told the quicker you get moving around after surgery the better. ..so on 2nd day in hosp made myself get up for a shower with help and from then on woukd    slowly shuffle round to kitchen and back for exercise. By the end ofmy stay in hosp day 5. Was feeling ready for home.

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Thanks milliemama

That was going to be my next question, how long did you need to stay in hospital. Did you get a single room? was your partner able to stay the night? Bit concerned as we don't have any family living near by and my husband only gets two weeks of parental leave, might have to get my mum to travel up when he's back at work. Excited nonetheless. Trying to remain active in pregnancy and hopefully that'll help me with mobilising afterwards.

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All hosps have diff policies and have heard of some that let partner stay. They will normally try to give you a single room for a CS..usually with yr own ensuite. A huge thing that I checked out hosp for when we looked around is a bed that goes up and down etc with a pulley handle above to hold onto..helps with mobility and independence in the first few days. We were going to go to Waikato but rejected it after seeing state of the ward etc and opted for Tauranga which my MW was also affiliated with. Good idea to have yr mum up to help out if you all get on..but have heard stories of some visitors that were more work than help IYKWIM. Another good tip for any new mum is get lots of meals made and frozen beforehand. Makes a huge diff to your days with a newborn..

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Yes, I totally know what you mean about visitors being more work than help and I initially thought no visitors for first few weeks. The in laws live overseas so their stays are lengthy and 24/7 at our house so we have decided they will not come until bub is at least three months. Hopefully my mum I will find it easier to tell her when to come and go.
Thanks for advice on hospital. I will be delivering at Auckland national women's. must look into a tour. I think they like to move you to birthcare (smaller maternty hospital not far away) when you are able, but I'm hoping I can stretch my time in hospital as you have to share a room at birthcare unless you pay over $300 a night for a single room.
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Hi there - I am so pleased to finally find a forum like this. I had a wonderful midwife for my first pregnancy and did everything right, I thought, but ended up with an emergency c section. There was nothing anyone could have done. I was advised to have a specialist for future pregnancies and sought two independent opinions and reluctantly agreed to an elective c section as I was strongly advised this was my only safe option. I have now had 3 cesareans. I still don't understand what the stigma is. I have had some really negative and hurtful and nasty comments made to me about it. But what was I supposed to do? We didn't want this to stop us having more children but it has to be safe for mum and baby. The second was somewhat complicated but funnily enough the third has been a breeze! I don't tell people I have c sections anymore because I hate not knowing what the response is going to be. It is not my choice to have my births this way, I would do anything to change it, but I adore my 3 children and know they are worth it :-) Those of us who have had c sections should support each other and slowly help to educated people that it is not necessarily a 'choice' but just a fact of life. Without these interventions, not so long ago, 1 in 8-9 woman died in childbirth. I was told I would have been one of them, I was as close as half an hour away the specialists reckon. Pretty scary thought really.
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Hi all, due to have my first c section with first baby in a few weeks as he is breech. Feeling very nervous about the pain and how I'm going to feel after. About the whole operation itself. Im afraid of needles and wondering if the spinal is as bad as it sounds? Does it hurt to get up and walk for the first time? Please help.
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Hi Hayley

Have you had your c section ? How did it all go?
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Hi (: yes i have had my section, i had one booked in but went into labour 4 days before so i went in then. He was born 11/9/2013, (my midwifes birthday) ha-ha. Wasn't as bad as i thought at all i was in recovery for 5 hours after as i was having heavy bleeding cause my uterus wouldn't contract down and they couldn't get my pain under control which sucked cause i couldn't hold my baby till they got that under control. But once that was it was ok, iv had a fairly good recovery but am hoping for a vaginal next birth. I have however had a lot of trouble with breast feeding. Been very stressful but all in all i love being a mum best job in the world.
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Reassurance needed,

I am having a c section birth mid jan, dr keeps saying around 39 weeks, preferably closer to 40 and that is all fine with me. What I'm starting to stress about is I have not been given an actual date yet. Just wondered when those tht have had scheduled c sections were given the confirmed date. I need to organise my support like my mum to come up and help me and she needs to book time off work , and of course my husbands time off work, but I am assuming they are flexible with that due to the nature of birth. I'm just aware I will need extra help so the more precise the timing of help the better.
Anyway at what stage did you get your surgery booked in?
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For me it was two to three weeks before the actual surgery.

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Ok, gee that is close, can I ask what hospital this was at?
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