How do they do it for the 2nd time?

Yep u dont have a general anethestic unless there is a medical reason why it would be better for u and baby. There are less risks asociated with having an epi than general, you need less monitoring etc too.

Kinda scary, I didnt care about getting the epi the first time because I was in so much pain, but I dunno about getting it without being in labour gee that must be sore!!
cuppatea my mum had a spinal and a epi, first the epi because I was stuck and posterior and she wasnt progressing (same problem as I had) then the spinal the 2nd time becuase they realised her pelvis was too small. She said the spinal was much the same as well but hurt more I was so scared in the OR I thought it wasnt going to work and I would feel it, I mean feel the cuts. I was just wondering what the procedure was. I found the epi to be good anyway

OMG why did they do that?? seems so stupid! Within an hour of being told I may have to have a csection it was being done. I had the shakes for ages afterwards it was freaking me out lol, standing up for the first time was so hard, I lost my breath.
Wonder if I should try VBAC instead for the next time i get pregnant.
The problem I have is this my mum presented with the same problems as I did with both pregnancies so im wondering if its a waste of energy to even try because I couldnt possibly go through another emergency c/s it was horrible.

I had an epi put in prior to induction with the gremlins and it was THE weirdest thing, I didn't care with Maya coz as you said the pain was a distraction, but having the whole process carried out so clinically was really weird. I don't think I'd like to do it again

I had an elective nearly 12 weeks ago after an emergency caesar first time round.

It was totally the right choice for me and it was a great experince(if that's the right word to use for being cut open ).

Not sure how much you want to know so I will be brief

Got to hospital and taken to my room for the time I was there, the midwife who was going to theatre with me came in and did all the prep work ie paper work, ordered hubbys lunch ( yes they feed them and yes you are nil by mouth for 4 or 5 hours before!!)

The anesthetist came in to meet me, got changed, hung about for a bit, think my OB popped in too. Then MW came back and off we walked to the theatre. Had a chat to the anesthetist and her second in charge person, met all the theatre staff had a good old chat to them all.

They prepped me with the IV etc then went in chatted to my OB. They administered the spinal which didn't really hurt much as they numb your back where they put it in. Felt kinda weird as your legs kinda go hot then you just can't feel them!! The spinal actually made me feel pretty nauseous (sp?) so she administered something through my IV which did the trick. They were so busy yakking that they forgot to tell me they had started!! The OB says 'oh by the way we have started'!! Random!

So a couple of minutes later they are saying here comes the baby, lowering the screen and I see my wee man appear! Amazing! Takes longer to sew you up than get bubs out!!

Then you are off to recovery and the fun begins , lol!!

Honestly the whole experience was surreal but SO much better than last time. I am so glad I made the decision as there was very little stress and I actually remember the whole thing unlike last time. Recovery was a whole lot better as well. Hope that helps??! Wasn't so brief in the end was it, sorry

Feel free to ask away I don'[t mind answering!

Had emergency section first time round due to a few things - basically failure to progress ( only got to 4cm, baby was big 9lb7oz, baby was still really high and it just didn't really look like she was going anywhere) My midwife basically made the decision before baby got distressed, my contractions were fairly intense hence not trying the drip to get things going. I ended up losing around 1000ml blood so that made my recovery quite hard going.

I could have gone for vbac if I had of wanted to but my midwife basically said that she thought the same thing would happen again so an elective would be a good option, she would have supported any decision I had made though. I didn't want to go through the recovery I had first time with a toddler this time round.

Recovery just felt better all round, up and moving quicker felt pretty good within the first week. Though I did over do it a bit because I felt so good. Was a bit difficult for first few weeks having a toddler but I have lots of support which was great. Hardest thing with having a toddler was remembering not to pick her up and it was hard trying to get her to understand that too. But overall it wasn't as difficult as I had anticipated.

Also I had dissolvable stitches which were fine.

ANy more questions feel free to ask. This is just my experience though so others may have other stuff to add as well.