Your doctor will recommend an injection or medicine through an intravenous drip to make your uterus contract and to reduce bleeding. The doctor will stitch the layers of the uterus, muscle, fat and skin in your tummy back together and put a dressing over your wound.
Early skin-to-skin contact helps your baby to stay warm and feel secure. It also lets you and baby bond physically and helps with breastfeeding. You should be able to have it in the operating theatre. You can ask a midwife to go with you to the recovery room to help you breastfeed your baby. After a general anaesthetic, the midwife or nurses will look after you in the recovery room until you wake up.
The midwives will regularly check your blood pressure, your wound and how much vaginal bleeding you have. After the first 12 hours, a midwife will help you get up so that you can shower. Getting up and moving around as soon as possible after the surgery will help reduce your risk of blood clots. And you might be asked to keep wearing compression stockings or be fitted with another compression device over your lower legs to reduce your risk. Some birthing mothers are also given daily injections of blood thinning medicine.
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Saving Just a moment, please. You've saved this page It's been added to your dashboard. In This Topic. A caesarean may be recommended as a planned elective procedure or done in an emergency if it's thought a vaginal birth is too risky. If there's time to plan the procedure, your midwife or doctor will discuss the benefits and risks of a caesarean compared with a vaginal birth.
If you ask your midwife or doctor for a caesarean when there are not medical reasons, they'll explain the overall benefits and risks of a caesarean to you and your baby compared with a vaginal birth. If you're anxious about giving birth, you should be offered the chance to discuss your anxiety with a healthcare professional who can offer support during your pregnancy and labour. If after discussing all the risks and hearing about all the support on offer you still feel that a vaginal birth is not an acceptable option, you should be offered a planned caesarean.
If your doctor is unwilling to perform the operation, they should refer you to a doctor who will. Most caesareans are carried out under spinal or epidural anaesthetic. This mean you'll be awake, but the lower part of your body is numbed so you will not feel any pain. Occasionally, a general anaesthetic where you're asleep may be used, particularly if the baby needs to be delivered more quickly.
Find out more about how a caesarean is carried out. No matter what type of birth you're planning and hoping for, you shouldn't rule out the possibility of a Cesarean section. Knowing how to prepare for and "personalize" a C-section can make the surgery less traumatic and help speed recovery.
A Cesarean section C-section is a procedure for delivering a baby through abdominal and uterine incisions. C-sections are sometimes scheduled in advance for various pregnancy complications , such as breech presentation or maternal high blood pressure. According to Michele Hakakha, M. The entire C-section lasts about 25 to 60 minutes, and recovery takes longer than with vaginal delivery.
As with every surgery, complications are possible, including infection, blood clots, or excessive bleeding. However, most side effects are minor and resolve within a few weeks. Sometimes no amount of planning can prevent a C-section. However, certain risk factors might increase your odds of having a C-section, including pregnancy with multiples , sexually transmitted infections like herpes, and maternal medical conditions like heart disease, high blood pressure, or kidney disease.
Obese women had three times the risk. Other research has shown that overweight women labor longer which can lead to a C-section and have lower success rates when attempting a vaginal birth after delivery VBAC. When you're packing your hospital bag , adding a few extra items can improve your stay in case you have a C-section.
Some women pack cranberry juice, which is believed to reduce the risk of a post-catheterization urinary tract infection; others bring chewing gum or molasses to hasten notoriously balky post-surgery bowel function. If you already have an epidural in place, the anesthesiologist will increase the dosage. If not, your obstetrician and the anesthesiologist will most likely choose an intrathecal spinal.
Both involve an injection in your back, and both numb you from the rib cage down. Next, you'll drink some chalky stuff called Bicitra to neutralize your stomach acids, and you'll be given a catheter and IV. Then it's on to the operating room, where your partner suits up in scrubs and a mask.
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