Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think hospitals allow skin to skin during c-sections. I asked for it at WHC and Sibley. Both were scheduled c-sections with no complications, and they wouldn’t allow it. The shaking is also common, although I didn’t have it as bad at Sibley. I definitely did not want a clear drape, so it’s not something I asked for. But at Sibley there’s a mirror over the operating table, and they told me to avoid looking at it if I didn’t want an eyeful.

I asked for a gentle C section at Sibley too and the doctor said no.

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Pp here. Honestly I was disappointed at the time but honestly in hindsight it did not matter one bit! I saw my guts reflected in the OR lamp and that almost made me puke. Made me totally regret thinking I wanted a clear drape -yikes! Once I Heard the baby cry it was all good! He was getting taken care of right away while I had the shakes and severe nausea on the table and the last thing I would have wanted while getting sutured would have been the addition of trying to hold my son or do skin to skin. I was focused on breathing, not vomiting and getting through the operation. We had skin to skin shortly thereafter and it was wonderful and didn’t matter that it took an hour. All this midwife drivel about the golden hour is bull. My C section baby and I didn’t get the golden hour and yet he’s the closest to me. And yeah, I didn’t get a gentle C section and I thought I wanted it - but after the experience I would not. Same goes for my unmedicated vaginal birth - thought I wanted that too but I’m not someone who enjoys pain and once I was through the experience I said, never again!

Anonymous wrote:I had a scheduled C-section at GW with my first. It was a very good experience - I was able to schedule with the OB I had been seeing for years, and even though she let the resident close me up, my scar is barely noticeable. The anesthesiologist was really wonderful. I had no nausea and no shaking.

My son had a good AGPAR score and I had him in skin to skin while I was getting closed up. I had been warned that we had a NICU risk and we had NICU nurses in the operating room just in case. If I'd been unable to hold him right away, my spouse would have held him.

Recovery nursing was a little uneven - I was there for five days and had one bad nurse who unfortunately was in the schedule twice. Everyone else was awesome.

Planning on the same approach in a few months.

The external scar doesn't matter at all, it is cosmetic. What matters is what happened in your uterus which can only be evaluated with an ultrasound.

Anonymous wrote:I had a scheduled C-section at GW with my first. It was a very good experience - I was able to schedule with the OB I had been seeing for years, and even though she let the resident close me up, my scar is barely noticeable. The anesthesiologist was really wonderful. I had no nausea and no shaking.

My son had a good AGPAR score and I had him in skin to skin while I was getting closed up. I had been warned that we had a NICU risk and we had NICU nurses in the operating room just in case. If I'd been unable to hold him right away, my spouse would have held him.

Recovery nursing was a little uneven - I was there for five days and had one bad nurse who unfortunately was in the schedule twice. Everyone else was awesome.

Planning on the same approach in a few months.

This sounds great. Do you mind sharing the name of your OB? The other GW thread didn’t leave me feeling very confident.

I had a scheduled C-section at GW with my first. It was a very good experience - I was able to schedule with the OB I had been seeing for years, and even though she let the resident close me up, my scar is barely noticeable. The anesthesiologist was really wonderful. I had no nausea and no shaking.

My son had a good AGPAR score and I had him in skin to skin while I was getting closed up. I had been warned that we had a NICU risk and we had NICU nurses in the operating room just in case. If I'd been unable to hold him right away, my spouse would have held him.

Recovery nursing was a little uneven - I was there for five days and had one bad nurse who unfortunately was in the schedule twice. Everyone else was awesome.

Planning on the same approach in a few months.

Anonymous wrote:I had a bad TOLAC non-eligible pregnancy experience with midwives. The C-section scar was very thin and they strategically blew it off. I cornered them by calling the biophysical profile clinic directly and asking to see a doctor. It was thin enough I was at risk of spontaneous rupture. The MFM they picked for me was incompetent, did a bad closure, refused follow up care for his crappy C-section. Strongly recommend midwives for any pregnancy other than textbook normal. You will be referred late, and to their buddy, and you will not have the chance to doctor shop. Midwives have higher VBAC rates because of patient self selection, not because they fart unicorn dust.

Strongly recommend *against* midwives

I had a bad TOLAC non-eligible pregnancy experience with midwives. The C-section scar was very thin and they strategically blew it off. I cornered them by calling the biophysical profile clinic directly and asking to see a doctor. It was thin enough I was at risk of spontaneous rupture. The MFM they picked for me was incompetent, did a bad closure, refused follow up care for his crappy C-section. Strongly recommend midwives for any pregnancy other than textbook normal. You will be referred late, and to their buddy, and you will not have the chance to doctor shop. Midwives have higher VBAC rates because of patient self selection, not because they fart unicorn dust.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think hospitals allow skin to skin during c-sections. I asked for it at WHC and Sibley. Both were scheduled c-sections with no complications, and they wouldn’t allow it. The shaking is also common, although I didn’t have it as bad at Sibley. I definitely did not want a clear drape, so it’s not something I asked for. But at Sibley there’s a mirror over the operating table, and they told me to avoid looking at it if I didn’t want an eyeful.

I asked for a gentle C section at Sibley too and the doctor said no.

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