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[quote=Anonymous]I had a planned C section (breech), and it was an awesome experience (well, as far as abdominal sergers goes). I had asked our midwife to keep it light, and she communicated with the OR staff. It was absolutely perfect start to finish, with everyone joking and it being a very celebratory feel.

I haven’t read the whole thread, but here’s what was unexpected:

Your vulva and vagina will still probably be uncomfortable and swollen, and going to the washroom the first few times will be very uncomfortable. I was still thankful for a peri bottle for a few days, and the like, despite the fact I hadn’t delivered, or even attempted to deliver, vaginally.

They push a LOT of fluid and colloid in you during the prep. My comfy Sketchers barely fit on discharge, and it was about 7-10 days before my legs looked like my legs again. It was very weird!

Some people say they didn’t bleed afterwards - I certainly did. Now, I developed something called an organized clot, which was a (non life threatening, but very painful) complication that popped up around 9 weeks PP. I suspect it had very much with me doing too much, too soon early on.

It was discovered I had a spinal curvature when they put the spinal in. Not sure if it’s related, but I didn’t get feeling and movement back In one leg until the next morning (1pm delivery).

I only took opiates the first night, then alternated Tylenol and Naproxen. With the two, my pain was well managed, but I did have to stay on top of it the first few days to not get breakthrough discomfort.

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