I'm delivering thru c sect soon and feeling nervous abt it. My gynae sounded like it's nothing as she said both ways (natural/c-sect) also will just b as painful. Everytime I asked her abt the c-sect procedure, she would sound like it's no big deal, over quite fast, simple with very little details given to me. I'm a first time mum and I really know nothing and is concern if I can manage pain and the wound aft that. Perhaps my gynae has done it so much that she is numb to it but not me. I hear alot of scary story abt it. Hope to hv better understanding of a c-sect delivery.

Hi there, i also gave birth via elective c-sect and can understand the nervous feeling that you are talking about. In the end, i had the c sect 2 days earlier as i was worried from baby not moving enough so it was really a pretty fast episode - but not an emergency because baby was moving enough after all. The whole procedure is done in less than 30 min and you wont be able to see anything much at all. Before the procedure, they will ask u about ur medical history, then the nurse will shave for you and then have you changed and then you lie on the bed, wait to be wheeled into th room,. The anaesthetic will be administered as a jab at the spinal area (doesn't hurt), they hook you up to some monitor, then they put the partition cloth to block your view and hen the c sect starts. The doc will mark a cut in the bikini area and when ready, there will be someone who will press on your upper stomach (like where ur diaphragm is) while the doctor pull the baby out - 2-3 of these and baby is out. U will feel the heavy weight pressing and soon hear your Bay cry. Then they will quickly prepare baby to put baby on your chest (if husband is in the room, he is only in the room when baby about to be push/pull out and then take photo with u and baby on u. Then the doctor will continue "working" on you and nurses attend to the baby, then soo n you will be wheeled to the waiting area prior to going to your room That was my experience at TMC. So i guess there wont be too much variation from there. There is no pain at all during the procedure. U may feel your first few pees a bit hard to control the flow and a little wobbly on ur legs when you go to the toilet but no pain. There are pain killers given so if you scared, you can just ask for a stronger one ad then take 1 or 2 times and then that should be about it. It's over in a flash but longer recovery than normal birth. The wound will have a dressing over it which u are not suppose to do anything to it anyway - until you go back for your doctors review in about a week. Wearing a binder (hospital will have) will help hold the wound in and help in the healing and pain if any Congrats in advance