Just wondering

If you end up having a c-section whether its planned or not planned is there certain things you cant have on or have to take out in the theatre??

Like i just got my mum to paint my toenails for me so i have something "pretty" to look at but have heard you cant wear nail polish.

And i have my ears and tounge peirced. i dont mind taking my ears out for a little while but really really dont want to take my tounge out in case it heals over. But also with my ears i have studs and small hoops, the studs are the ones you pierce your ear with so have that little click so they are too hard for me too take out.

Not sure if there is anything else.

Plastic i can do!

Jump starting your heart , now im worried

Well i hope my rings will come off easy if i need a c-section hehe

TMI

I mentioned this is one of the other C/S threads but they shave off your pubic hair before surgery Don't know about anyone else but I certainly didn't want a nurse coming at me down there with a razor! So I got a brazillian a week before surgery that way I didn't have to worry about any hair growing back any where near the baby exit site lol.

Its not only  the nerves if you do have to wait you are also nil by mouth!!!  Can make for a very long day.

They may want you to take nail polish off as they sometimes pinch/press on your nails to check circulation to your extremities and if you have no feeling you cant tell them if there is anything wrong.  As for the shaving they didnt use a razor with me they had small electric beard trimmer and they only did the very top part where they cut (it was a natural crease so blends well)

I had to have my toenail polish removed & my piercings out. I put the piercings back in once I was settled in Recovery anyway.
I also HATED being shaved! The shaved bits grew back & poked me in the wound.. Ouchy is too mild of a word

The good thing about waxing is you don't have to worry about regrowth for 4-6 weeks. Shaving its like a couple of days before the itching starts and with a fresh wound its not the nicest combo

i had my natural birth planned from the start, so when it ended up having to be a c sect i was not prepared.

mw came at me with electric trimmers. wish id had that wax now.

had lovely painted toenails. pissed the people in the o/r off.

i had earrings in but they left them in.

i had also been drinking and eating lollies thru labour. which then made me feel soo nauseas after some drug they gave me after the op. i dont remember much lol.

I had an emergency C Section and they made me take off ALL my jewlery, I had to get them to give me some cream to get my ring off lol and my earings were those studs they use when they pierce your ears lol and they were REALLY ahrd to take out but I had no choice. I had to take off all my nail polish aswell.

You basicly have to go in with nothing but a gown on lol oh and the awesome hat!

cos mine was emergency they made me have this pill and drink this FOUL stuff to get rid of stomach acid cos Id eaten during the day a bit, and after the c section i wasnt allowed to eat "soilds" until id passed wind. This is VERY important because sometimes your bowels get a bit of "shock" which is what happened to me! I had passed a little wind, but obviously not enough as not long after I ate my bowels went into shock and stopped working well, i had awful growling in my bowels and it was scary I needed xrays and was on "liquid" diet for days. So make sure you do a BIG fart or lots of farts until you eat. It was awful for me, so this time Im not eating a drop until i have farted HEAPS lol.

ETA- They also used an electric shaver and shaved the top part of my pubic hair, and when it grew back it was SOOO freakin itchy and annoying near my wound.

Edited by Sheza

urghh waxing lol, I tried waxing down there myself once and omg id rather go through labour again lol.

I didnt mind being shaved, just didnt like when he grew back.

I tried waxing myself once (and only once) I think the problem is it hurts so much you do one strip then can't bring yourself to do any more lol. Professional is the way to go I did look pretty funny 37 weeks pregnant with twins getting a brazillian though