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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For my scheduled c-section, I had to fast the night before and no liquids a few hours prior. Arrived at the hospital about 2 hours before surgery. Nurses hooked me up to IVs and monitors. DH was with me in pre-op.

When they wheeled me into the OR to get a spinal, DH stayed behind to change into a gown. He joined me in OR after I got my spinal and stayed by my head during the procedure. We opted for an opaque sheet so didn’t see our baby being born. My OB lifted up the baby real quick for us to see before the other drs and nurses whisked the baby away to other parts of the OR room to weigh/clean/etc. My DH went with the baby. After all that was done, they brought a swaddled baby to me for the first time. The anesthesiologist was by my head the whole time giving me updates on everything that was happening in the room. She also offered to take family photos of the 3 of us.

My memory is a little fuzzy on the time duration, but sewing me back up felt like it took forever. The surgery itself was fine. It is a bit weird to not be able to move from the chest down. I did feel tugging when they took the baby out. At one point, I felt like I couldn’t breathe, like there was a heavy weight on my chest. The anesthesiologist said it was normal and my vitals looked good, but adjusted some things to take the pressure off.

I was in the post-op recovery room for about 2 hours. DH was with me the whole time. I did a lot of skin-to-skin with baby here. Overall I was just so tired and dozed off often. [/quote]

+1 to this

The baby comes out right near the beginning

Rest of the time they are closing you up which takes longer
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