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My emergency c-section at King's couldn't possibly be anymore different to this... The team were lovely before and during, but Baby Knomester was taken away for what seemed like forever (but I'm reliably informed was more like 7 or 8 mins) with no explanation despite me shouting questions across the room. I wasn't even told that he was a boy straight away. Watching this lovely delivery makes me quite sad and reminds me of what I felt I missed (and was in some cases refused)...
Unfortunately, as you point out Konmester, emergency sections are completely different from planned ones. Sorry to hear Knomester :-(((( but look at it this way - both you and your baby are well and, if you had been left to labour or had lived in a different century, that might not have been the case. Thank goodness for medical technology that can get these babies out quickly when it is required.
I completely agree new mother! Ultimately that is all that matters and I am very lucky to have a gorgeous little boy. I guess before watching that clip I just didn't realise a c-section could be any different and it just reminded me of things like how I had to fight for skin on skin and even then not whilst I was in theatre.

This made me feel happy and really sad at the same time.


Happy, because I can see how calm, serene and non-terrifying it CAN be for the majority of parents, particularly if it's an elective section.


Sad, because if I was ever in the unhappy situation of having a section again, this would never be the reality for me and my husband. I'd be under general, so my husband couldn't be in the room meaning yet AGAIN me and my husband were both 'absent' for our child's birth. Dare I say, it actually makes me feel very jealous that sections CAN be this lovely but won't ever, ever be for us?


Sorry to be so gloomy :/

No worries, Zeban. I have a spinal condition- scoliosis- which means I am unable to have any anaesthesia anywhere in my back or spine. I was under GA for my first c-section, and wouldn't be able to be awake for anymore. I would also be unable to give birth vaginally with the assistance of forceps for the same reasons. It's either all natural (have a feeling I may have a reaction to the group that Pethidine belongs to, judging by a reaction I had to a similair analgesic after a previous surgery) or out for the count, on the operating table.

Yes this C-sec makes even my straightfwd natural birth look a bit stressed! I'm sure we all do have regrets (isn't guilt a part of parenthood?!), and it can be tough not to focus on them sometimes. I do like the idea of a natural c-sec, and it would be my hope for women in general that the techniques presented here would become more available and common place.


I can really highly recommend course of antenatal acupuncture. I have scoliosis too. Mine is not so bad that I couldn't have had an epidural (at least no one ever mentioned it would be an issue...), but I REALLY didn't want one. Antenatal acupucture can help condition your body for the birth in addition to helping with common late pregnancy issues. Your acupuncturist can also attend you during the birth. And even if you do have a c-sec, postpartum acupuncture can help you to recover faster.


Ella Keepax and Giles Davies are both very good acupuncturists.


xx

I was fortunate in that my emergency C Section at Tommy's was not disimiliar, the C Section was emergency but not crash which I suspect made all the difference. Again, there was no bubble wrap though!


It's good to hear all these positive elective caesarian at Kings experiences, I am booked in for an elective on the 3rd May!


Does anyone know which hospital is following this "natural" C Section procedure? I agree it does look as though it's a private hospital rather than NHS, although from my experience the NHS non crash C Sections are not very different - although I am fairly certain I didn't look as glam having laboured all day ;-)

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