I am scared

[nikkif]

I cannot stop thinking about Thursday, when i have presentation scan, and that i might well need a C-section. Baby has been head down all along but midwife thinks may now be breech.

I don't want to offend anyonme here who is having a C-section through choice or who are happy to have one, its just really not what i want or expected. I am trying to tell myself that as long as baby is ok thats all that matters, which is is, but i am worried about the recovery and not being able to do as much for baby to start with. as well as many other things that i cannot stop worrying about

Sorry i just feel really upset
xx

 

[jenna]

hope the scan goes alright hun

 

Nikki,

I'm also worried about having a c-section. My baby is transverse (though I'm not as far along as you). I'm seeing my m/w on Thursday.

I just wanted to say that my cousin had a c-section a few months ago (her 2nd c-section) and she was absolutely fine afterwards. She was up and about, caring for her baby as normal straight away. I kept trying to remind her that she'd just had major surgery.

I had my first child vaginally after a very prolonged "back-to-back" labour and his head presentation wasn't good, causing me to have a large 2nd degree tear in my perineum (sp?). This meant that although I gave birth naturally, walking about and sitting were very uncomfortable for me at first. No matter how you have your baby, you might have pain afterwards, either in your healing stomach or perineum.

My cousin was out clubbing 4 days after leaving hospital with a c-section!!! Her baby is less than 5 months' old now and the yummy mummy has been out at weekends in hotpants for the past few months (lucky so-and-so!). I, on the other hand, was hobbling around like an ancient cowboy for a week after my "normal" birth. My cousin is in her mid-twenties, same age I was with my firstborn.

It just goes to show that everyone's recovery is different. so try not to worry too much about post-operative effects of the c-section. Just wait and see.

Good luck for Thursday anyway.

xxx

 

[trixipaws]

good luck hope LOs head down

 

[Redshoes]