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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know anything about ECV but I had a scheduled C at 38.5 weeks--it wasn't scheduled far in advance, but because I have a history of pre-e and had almost no amniotic fluid left, I saw the doctor on a Friday and they scheduled the c-section for Monday, 3 days later.

It was seriously not a big deal at all. It was not rushed or scary (I'd previously had an emergency c-section). My husband and I showed up at the hospital, changed into the gown, watched tv and the nurses took my vitals, put baby on monitor, etc. When it was time, I walked into the OR and climbed up on the table by myself.  The spinal anesthesia feels quite weird, no lie--you cannot feel your entire lower body but you otherwise feel totally normal--but it wasn't painful at all for me. It just feels like a wasp or bee sting in the lower back--like a prick and burn. The surgical team chatted with me and my husband the whole surgery, checked how I was doing, etc., and as soon as the baby was out and they checked he was a-ok, he got wrapped up and handed to my husband so that he could snuggled the baby and let me see and kiss him. We kept the baby the whole time they sewed me up and it wasn't til I was taken to recovery that the did the quick bath, etc. I got him back probably 10 mins later and was able to breastfeed right away.

My recovery has been pretty darn easy. I might be lucky, but I also walked 2-3 miles every day during pregnancy and gained 25 lbs. I was out of bed at 18 hours after surgery, walking hospital hallways, and took first neighborhood walk at 1 week.  No pelvic floor issues. Now, at 8 weeks, I"m back to normal life, running and exercising. My incision site is not painful at all anymore, though the skin around it is more sensitive than on the rest of my body.

I know that's a lot of detail, but if you have to have the scheduled C, it's really not too bad! And you still get a baby at the end :)

Congrats!

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