All through my pregnancy I have mostly managed to successfully repress the though of actually having to pop this sprog out. That is until now.
The C.Section has been booked for 19th May at 1.30pm and that’s just a little too much like reality for me. :eek:
We have been so busy at work for the last two weeks I even managed to forget I was pregnant but now I’m training my maternity leave temp and people keep asking me baby questions.
I don’t want to do it, can someone please just weave some hocus pocus and make this baby come out in a puff of smoke or something equally painless.
Both my mother and mother-in-law have been asking me if I’ve got my bag packed for the hospital – I don’t even have a bag yet! Let alone a packed bag.
I really don’t like reality – why does it have to keep intruding into my life. I want to return to happy oblivion please – asap.
I will include this smiley :smack: in the hope that hitting myself in the head will cause a return to oblivion :smack: .
Hang in there! At least you’re doing a C-Section. Both of my kids were delivered vaginally after VERY SUCKY pregancies. I puked every damn day until delivery.
The reason your Moms keep asking if your bags are packed is that you may deliver early (I am sure you know this).
My daughter decided to arrive six weeks early! :eek: The ONLY reason my bag was packed was because I had a childbirth prep class and I was supposed bring it to the class to show it was packed.
C-Sections are very safe and actually far less damaging to the mother than “real” birthing.
My wife had hers set for a specific date because our baby was breech, but they found out during an exam that her “fluids were low” … guess she needed an oil change or something, and they said, “Sorry, Mrs. Heap, but we have to do it now instead.”
It was about two weeks early.
Everything worked out fine. We had a healthy baby and my wife was doped up for a good while.
She did say that her belly hurt for a long time, but hey, since I had already gone through major spine surgery I figured it wasn’t anything she couldn’t handle.
My magic wand has been in the shop for along time…something about them having trouble getting the part they need to repair it. So, I don’t have any hocus pocus to offer, but I’m thinking that if you can just hang in there a little bit longer, you’ll be holding your little one in your arms and it’ll all seem worth it…or something like that.
All I really have to offer you is {{{{{{leechbabe}}}}}} and my email is open if you want to talk my friend.
Gorgon Heap, I’d like to point out that YMMV, and my two natural deliveries were a damn site easier than my C-section.
HOWEVER, the C-section went as well as could be expected, and my baby is fine because of it, so I’m not complaining.
Hang in there, leechie. There’s not long to go now, and this is the worst part of pregnancy, IMO…the waiting.
I know its probably hard since you have a big stomach and you probably get backaches, but get as much sleep as you can now (basically enjoy it while it lasts).
My only other advice is GET THAT BAG PACKED, and get up and walking as soon as you can after the operation, even if its only for a minute or two at a time.
don’t really know what to say, except that i’m wishing you good thiughts for may 15th, and am sending you lots of backrubs (cause you’ll need them more than hugs).
put your feet up, have a neck rub and get someone else to pack the bag for you (you’re pregnant, you have the power to order people around!).
Thanks everyone. I’m hoping this is just a temporary attack of last minute nerves - stage fright so to speak.
I’ve decided to spend my Easter break making sure that bag is packed and start preparing for having a baby in the house. That should work out well as Leechboy gets a couple of days off at the same time so I can get him to help.
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Just wanted to step away from the OP for a moment to say that Leechboy has been fantastic over the last few months - especially in the last two weeks when I have had to work 12 hour days. Foot rubs, hot dinners, spa baths, even coming to my work after he finishes work for the day and lending a hand so I can finish up and go home a little sooner. So husband dearest if you see this - thank-you so very much.
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The end of pregnancy is the worst. You’re big as a whale, sleeping is uncomfortable, the “fun” parts like feeling the first kicks and just fitting into cute maternity tops are looooooong over. I feel for you.
I had a c-section and yeah, it’s major surgery, but once that little critter is out it is all worth it. My c-section came after a long attempt at a vaginal delivery. By the time they finally gave in and wheeled me into that freezing cold surgical suite I felt like utter crap. I was lying there exhausted, cold, scared, and wondering why I didn’t feel like a miraculous, movie-worthy moment was at hand. I thought, Oh crap, my birth memories are going to SUCK. But you know, as soon as he was out and my husband told me he could see him and I heard him cry–it was just as sappy as you could ever want, and then some.
Hang in there. Pack your bag soon so no one can nag you–but remember, even if you end up making a surprise trip before your scheduled c-section…unlike the stupid TV shows imply, it’s not like you have to break speed records getting to the hospital at the first twinge.
I had a c-section two weeks ago, also scheduled. It was great–at least, it was way, way better than the c-section after 24 hours of labor a couple of years ago. I have been really surprised by how good I feel; as soon as Baby G (a girl, 9lbs.1oz) was out, I felt a whole lot better than I did for the last 2 months of pregnancy, and I got to hold her right away and nurse within about 30 minutes. The pain has been pretty minimal, considering that I have a cut across my much-abused tummy muscles, and I have been up and around much more than I expected to be!
So I’m here to say that them scheduled c-sections without labor are pretty great, if a good vaginal birth isn’t an option (and I’ve never had one of those, so I wouldn’t really know…). Here’s hoping you’ll have an easy time of it!
(Oh, the worst part was during the actual operation; the morphine effects everything from your lower ribs on down, and it becomes harder to breathe because you can only use your diaphragm. The anesthesiologist gave me oxygen, which helped a lot, but I still felt a little dizzy. After that, it only got easier.)
Thanks for sharing your birth stories - makes it a little easier hearing some positive stuff. People in RL seem to delight in telling me horror stories.
That is until now.
