I had heard some horrible stories/experiences from friends before going in for my c-sections.. so I was prepared for the worse, only to be surprised of how easy it was on me.
My doctor took the first cut at 7:00 p.m. Katie was born at 7:05 p.m.! By 7:40 p.m., I was holding her in the recovery room, and though I couldn't feel my feet yet, I was able to breastfeed her and take tons of her pictures . The only discomfort thing I remembered about Katie's birth is how thirsty I was. They only gave my ice chips starting from ~8:00 a.m. when I checked into the hospital, until a couple hours after she was born - no matter how much I asked for water, the nurses just flatted out refused! Poor hubby couldn't spoon me the ice chips fast enough, but that did nothing to my thirst. When I was finally can drink, that was the second happiest moment of my day (next to holding Katie for the first time, of course!)
I stayed in the hospital for 4 nights with the nurses giving me pain med every 6 hrs for the first day, and every 8 hrs for the next three days. Hubby & Katie stayed with me at all times (we did not let the nurses take her to the nursery!) & I was moving around the room holding her, feeding her, changing her diapers just fine. It did hurt when I get up and down the hospital bed, but other than that, I experienced very little pain.
When I went home, doc prescribed a week worth of pain med, but I did not take any. I am not sure if it's because I was too excited, I totally forgot about the pain, or because I have high pain-tolerance or both, but the moment we came home, I was doing just about everything as I did before I had the surgery.
The incision was taped up very good, and completely healed eafter about 2 weeks. During this time, I was able to resume most activities normally.
I heard that once a person had a C-section, any subsequent deliveries would be via C-section as well... If that is true, and I would have to have a C-section this time, I would insist on letting the baby stay in as long as he/she wishes, and only check in when natural constractions begin (not pre-scheduled). Then, I wouldn't mind having another C-section again!!
My doctor took the first cut at 7:00 p.m. Katie was born at 7:05 p.m.! By 7:40 p.m., I was holding her in the recovery room, and though I couldn't feel my feet yet, I was able to breastfeed her and take tons of her pictures . The only discomfort thing I remembered about Katie's birth is how thirsty I was. They only gave my ice chips starting from ~8:00 a.m. when I checked into the hospital, until a couple hours after she was born - no matter how much I asked for water, the nurses just flatted out refused! Poor hubby couldn't spoon me the ice chips fast enough, but that did nothing to my thirst. When I was finally can drink, that was the second happiest moment of my day (next to holding Katie for the first time, of course!)
I stayed in the hospital for 4 nights with the nurses giving me pain med every 6 hrs for the first day, and every 8 hrs for the next three days. Hubby & Katie stayed with me at all times (we did not let the nurses take her to the nursery!) & I was moving around the room holding her, feeding her, changing her diapers just fine. It did hurt when I get up and down the hospital bed, but other than that, I experienced very little pain.
When I went home, doc prescribed a week worth of pain med, but I did not take any. I am not sure if it's because I was too excited, I totally forgot about the pain, or because I have high pain-tolerance or both, but the moment we came home, I was doing just about everything as I did before I had the surgery.
The incision was taped up very good, and completely healed eafter about 2 weeks. During this time, I was able to resume most activities normally.
I heard that once a person had a C-section, any subsequent deliveries would be via C-section as well... If that is true, and I would have to have a C-section this time, I would insist on letting the baby stay in as long as he/she wishes, and only check in when natural constractions begin (not pre-scheduled). Then, I wouldn't mind having another C-section again!!
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