Elective - how many weeks pregnant?

I was 38 weeks but had complications, I think normally they do them at 39 weeks so that you don't go into labour. Are there any public holidays around when you are due cos that can effect when they book you in as well.

39+6 (but you probably knew that)

I had some nerve "damage" with my cs .. so even after one week I still felt like sh*te .. however man they have some kick ass drugs in hospital

One thing though is get your midwife to prescribe you some "proper" pain relief, dont let her fob you off with panadol and votaren.

Mine prescribed me tramadol and it rocks! It made moving bearable, so with some proper pain relief you should be fine. (oh its resonably expensive btw .. about $1 per tablet)

Oh and one week olds are super cruisy .. Elias was two weeks when he had his little meltdown lol

mine was also 10days before official due date

I had my elective c-section at 39+5 days due to him being breech. If you can get up and about walking the next day and really get the pain under control and managed, then within a week it shouldn't be too bad, probably just uncomfortable, and as long as your wound is healing well and has a good strong bandage on, then it's really not too bad, although I haven't had a c-section with an older child to look after yet!    (even though I would like a vbac)

Congrats on your pregnancy
I had my elective at 41weeks

Same as LF, 39+6, although it was arranged with the ob to book in for my elective at 39 weeks, by the time the midwife booked me in (and it was Labour Day that week too) I ended up having to wait til 39+5 but then the hospital re-booked me for first thing the next day. I was moving around fine by day 5 post-op which was vastly different to my first time (crash section after 3 days of labour, I was in pain for weeks afterwards... turned out I had a massive abcess brewing under there!) and I had no pain relief after day 2 (first day was pethidine via the patient controlled pump, then tramadol on day 2)

Best of luck that this one stays put for you right up until eviction day next year

I didnt have an elective but after a week there was no way I could have managed travelling, I wasnt allowed to leave the house for 2 weeks lol

It really depends how the c section goes for you I guess, as you know mine was a emergency and I had complications afterwards so thats why my recovery took ages(6 weeks until I felt "normalish")
Electives are much easier and from what my MW said the recovery much faster, I will end up having an elective at 41 weeks if I havent had bubs by then, so I will know the difference between recoverys then.

Last time it was Elective at 37.5 weeks but that isn't a great indication as she had to come out early due IUGR.

But this one is booked for 10 days prior to my EDD and I understand that's pretty standard.

You'll be in hospital for 3-4 days and honestly you'll be wiped out for a while after that. I went to Pakaranga for Christmas lunch exactly a week after Rowan was born and I was absolutely exhausted and in pain when I got back. It was one of the few days after I got out that I needed to take my tramadol.

Edited by Bobbie

38 weeks as I was due Christmas Eve. So I elected 2 weeks early. They seemed happy to get mine out of the way to reduce their workload at Christmas.

My first came 2 weeks early (due to a gastric bug), so I mentioned that I had an early one first time round and then got in early for the c-section.

Mine was for health reasons, so they weren't taking any chances. I was in for 7 days so was glad I was early and home for Christmas.

Yikes I didn't even know they used forceps for electives Poor you!