"Good" c-section stories??

I had a really good one too.

- The epidural never hurt, I could just feel pushing on my back but no pain.
- I never felt the catheter being put in.
- I was up and about the next day and had to walk Livvy to sleep all day and night for the 5 days we were in hospital (the nurses weren't much help) so moving around wasn't a problem.
- Like you I was off all pain medication within a week easily.
- And even though I'm very overweight and they thought for sure I'd get an infection in my wound, I never did.
- I don't have any numbness around my scar like I've heard others have.
- My scar has healed really well and is just a thin dark line now.

Having said all that, I'm still dying to have another shot at a vaginal birth though. But if it comes down to another c-sect I'm not that worried about it.

i didnt have any problems after mine either.. wound healed well, i got good support in hospital and at home, didnt take too long to get back to normal etc...

BUT i would never want another one again. i hated the feeling of being out of control when they put in the epi and had never wanted to have one... having had both i would way prefer a vaginal. even tho i healed quickly i was still out of action way longer than with a vaginal.

in saying that tho if i had never experienced a vaginal then i would prob not be so against another c section.

Mine was good too. It was the last thing I wanted and I was incredibly scared. My epi had worn off while in labour (conveniently before transition...yay) but the anesthatist got the spinal in no problem.

James was big so there was a lot of rifling around in there which led to a lot of internal bruising around the edges....which worried me more than hurt me. I didnt know why it felt so hard and swollen at either side.

My wound healed brilliantly. nothing oozed. I had a dressing on it for 6 weeks. It came off twice. Once on day 3 and the next time at 4weeks. Apart from hair growing back under the dressing I had no problems.

I didnt have a morphine drip or anything. I think they did morphine suppositories...nice! Otherwise it was pandol, voltaren and in the first few days something particularly strong that the MWs liked and the OB didnt so I stopped asking for that. I stopped the voltaren in my second week and kept the panadol up until about the thrid week.

nearly 8 months on, I am getting twinges along the scar when I am particularly tired or have overdone it. Its still a lttle numb in places and is fading fast.

My first birth was vaginal with ventouse. I ended up with a vaginal wall tear and stitches, and then very weak pelvic floor/prolapse. I felt like I was falling out for about 8 weeks. It was that long before I could go walking again. With the c-section I was walking in the second week. Driving in the third.

If I had to have a CS again I would...but I would prefer a vaginal birth. Thats if I ever do this again...still very much up for debate

I had a crash emergency C-section with ds. Up until I was brought to the operating room everything was a nightmare, I had an epi and got to 10cm ok then it turned out he couldn't get out of my pelvis and the epi had fallen out. By the time the got the ob in as there was a delay because of the shift changeover I was in complete agony so the they literaly ran down the corridor with me. The head anisteologist had to put the spinal block in as the underling couldnt get it in. but once that was even everything was great. They whipped him out really quickly, he latched on straight away in recovery. I tired the morphine pump once out of curiousity and puked didn't have any pain as such just if I left it too long or over did it a bit of a pulling pain. As soon as they took out the tubes I had a shower on my own (no body told me I should wait encase I fainted) and was walking around the hospital like a caged animal. He was born Thursday morning and I was home saturday lunchtime. We even went to PP that afternoon. We went to eastbourne when he was less then a week old and Masterton when he was 7. He even went to Wellington Zoo at 11days. By the second week I felt completely normal no pain or anything on the wound. I was driving on the 3 week but would proberly have been driving before then only my mum and dad were here and wouldn't let me.

No2 in due in April and I have been to see my mw who delievered my ds and she is in total agreement for me to have an elective. I think she was relieved that thats what I wanted we were lucky that myself and my baby were ok the last time.

So yeah beside a horrible labour I had a great Csection.

Mine was great!    Sam was a kneeling breech and I was told two weeks before he arrived that I would need an elective c-section.   

My pain was all controlled with Tramadol, Panadol and Voltaren and I was up the next day having a shower and walking about.

Everything healed really well, no infections or anything and I was pain free three-four weeks after surgery.

I had a horrid first poo too though!

Awww. I was just one of the un lucky ones when I had Caden, nothing went right really..apart from my beautiful baby boy of course!
It was very scary, but I got through it, and this C Section was so much better. At just over 2 weeks post op, I am feeling almost normal and have just been given the all clear by my midwife to drive again Yussss! Freedom lol

lisa you think having all female was better?

the first poo for most people isnt great kate..

for me took 5 days and they nearly didnt send me home until i had.. it was ok though just took a long time..mine was cause of all the drugs i guess?

lisa- I guess i see that too...the curiousity but then i remember how awful those labour pains were and that cures me but if one more person tells me 'I should because it's the way nature intended !!:)

Mine was a good one too. Though the labour sucked!! I would have had a VB, but after 40 hours of it I was WAY too knackered to push - even though I was fully dilated.

But I didn't have any problems with the epidural, catheter, IV line or anything. The most painful part was the local anesthetic before the epidural!

The wound was very clean - each time the dressing was changed there was nothing on it - and healed really quickly. I had no dressing at all after a couple of weeks.

I was up and showering the next day, and taking nothing but panadol after 2 days. I was out walking a week after coming out of hospital and often had to be reminded that I'd just had major surgery and should really be taking it easy!

The worst part for me was the first poo as well - 5 days later

I would have no qualms about having a c/s again. Having experienced labour (for that long!) I don't feel like I need to do it again in a hurry! Having said that, the hospital MWs told me that because I got to be fully dilated, I should be able to have an 'quick, easy VB' next time. (Next time! Ha!)

My section was fine, healed quickly (did get a minor infection but my mw was on to it so got AB pretty quick). I was in labour when I had epi and it was in before they put in the catheter.

Was up and walking the next day, albeit sore. Actually it was more of a hobble and I waddled for the first 6 weeks... but that was more in my head than any real pain.

I would happily have another section, I dont know what all the fuss is about.

That said, I didnt want a section and I will still try for a VBAC. Even knowing the pain, I kind of feel like I need to prove to myself that I can actually vaginally birth a child.

Mine was a positive experience too.
The spinal block going in was the worst part.

Lisa, you may have had female but we had every Irish member of the NICU staff in the theatre with us

We were prepared so well for it and everything they predicted would happen did.

I was never even given the option of morphine.
Was on just panadol/voltaren after 2 days.
Driving after 4 weeks and had my first scuba dive at 5 weeks ( DH did all the heavy carrying however)