OB/GYN Explains C-Sections: Why You Might Need One Emergently + Tips to Prepare and Recover After 

Really? I'm so glad for you. Gives me hope too haha

wow that is so great to hear! makes me less anxious since my c section is coming up in a few weeks and i am terrified! haha

@@PTS2024 Good luck! Of course, everyone's body and experience is different, but the (planned) c-section was honestly totally fine. I know a few people who have delivered one child naturally one via planned c-section, and they've all told me they preferred the c-section delivery lol. One even congratulated me when I told her I had to have one. You'll be okay and within 30-40 mins, you'll be holding your baby.

Thanks for your comment. This gives me so much hope for my planned CS in few weeks 😌

How long is the healing process

Sending lots of positive vibes ✨ you will have a healthy baby and a safe delivery 🙏🏼

I hope it’s all going well!

Yeah im 36 weeks and i just found out i need one and it freaked me out but alot of my family and friends have had them and said i should be good so hopefully all goes well

How did it go?

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Congrats to you and your baby! :)

Amen!! I was discharged 24 hours post c section with zero pain meds in February. It was barbaric and traumatizing. I’m so angry about it.

@@TheSarahscorbin omg! I’m so sorry to hear that. Next time you need to advocate for yourself. If nobody listens speak to a manager, then a supervisor. If no luck speak with administration. If administration don’t help you ask for the CEO and insist on getting correct contact information. If you keep climbing up the chain someone will listen to you. I had a C section 2 weeks ago & was at times refusing my narcotics & stretching out the hours in between them. When I was discharged I refused them also. Luckily I had the option to do so. I was in excruciating pain. I did prescription Motrin & Tylenol. Everyone does not have the same pain level you should have been treated better. I’m so sorry.

@@sfindley28 thank you for your kind words. At the time of my discharge, my baby was being transferred emergently to another hospital so he could be admitted to their level 3 NICU, so I was so focused on him and going with him that I didn’t even think to advocate for proper pain medication. But nothing was even offered to me either. They didn’t even counsel me about what OTC pain regimen I could follow. One of the NICU nurses (they are all saints, I swear) was horrified at the condition I was in when I went to see my son the following day and she blessedly wrote out a schedule of Motrin and Tylenol for me to follow. It was all such a shit show.

@@TheSarahscorbin oh honey. You didn’t deserve that. I hope all is well with you & your little one now♥️

@@sfindley28 thank you 💜 I followed up with the ob practice so they can make sure that doesn’t happen to anyone else ever again

How did it go?❤

I’ve heard this so many times! Glad you are ok. Thanks for the reminder

I have to have a c section and I am so scared. Thank you for sharing this and I am so glad you are okay and survived. So many people make it seem easy but it sounds terrifying.

@@jademchale4310 Just be aware of what your body is feeling. You know your body best. When I called the number to reoprt I had a fever the doctor on call suggested I take Tylenol and see how I felt in the morning, I told her, no, my Doctor told me if I had a fever over 100.4 to go in and be seen, so she sent me to the ER. My doctor was so glad that I advocated for myself and demanded to be seen.

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I am so so sorry that you had a traumatic birth experience. And I am so glad that you were able to see a therapist to help unpack and work through that.

I also have a large subserosal uterine fibroid of 10cm and I'm currently 32 weeks. I'm a FTM and so scared of the mode of delivery. Even though I'm a dentist myself but having the thought of undergoing a major surgery, difficult and long recovery period, and the size of fibroid itself, I'm really anxious. as days are getting near. I send you best wishes, hope things turn out fine for you.

How did it go ladies? How are babies doing? Im 33 weeks pregnant and have to have a C-section due to an obstructive fibroid I'm so scared

Congrats on making it through that first year!! I am sorry your daughter's entrance to the world was a traumatic one, but am thankful you have had the support you need to work through it. I hope you feel supported with your next steps--and I want to echo what you said--you don't need redemption!! Everyone glorifies unmedicated "natural" births, but really everyone is a warrior and deserves a medal for giving birth!!

@@TheDoctorsBjorkman it was really fascinating to me, the leadup to giving birth the first time, and the way the doctors tried to guide everything as naturally as possible, they were fantastic - in the end there wasn't ever a "natural" option for me, modern medicine helped me along the whole way! Nobody knew at the time, but my baby girl could never have fit through my pelvis, so after an induction at 41 weeks, all the way through from cervix ripening (including 2 foley balloon attempts), to stalling for over 12 hours at 7cm dilated - my baby girl was eventually delivered by emergency c-section. the medical team were so supportive and never once pressured me to an early c-section (even though I had no aversion to one) - they gently guided me through 4 days of labour, and got us all through safely. I'm so grateful for the experience I had, considering I had no idea what I was doing and it all went as calmly and as positively as it could have. ❤️

Aww man. Totally relate. My first boy born 6 years ago ended as well in traumatic c section and hard recovery. I'm 33 weeks nows with second son. As much as my heart yearns for a natural birth experience it does seem safest for the baby to go another surgery but elected this time. I too am having to kind of mourn the loss of the vaginally birth experience. This is our last. Lot ls if people don't seem to understand my emotions around it. Doing a vbac or elected surgery was one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make. But like you said, his health and outcome is so much more important than my experience. And now we realize it all goes by so fast anways....cheers.

Good luck and safe delivery.

wow congratulations!

I had my baby via c-section at 35 weeks as well. So preterm and emergency c-section. We were not ready for it. 😅

Congratulations. Hope you had a safe delivery.

How are you doing mama? I'm scheduled for my second c section on May 25th. Was the recovery easier this time around? I feel more prepared this time, since the first was an emergency c section, but I'm NOT looking forward to the recovery process.

@@malcollie_ wow twins so adorable. Congratulations too.🎉

@@Lil_Aly951 hi. I’m sorry for delayed reply. Congratulations. It’s easier recovery compared to emergency c-section.

@@srikrishnaswaty Thank you 😊

good luck I had mine in june it was great. The biggest regret is not getting a recliner , getting in and out of bed was the hardest tbh not even my stairs.

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Ugh. I had the same experience. 6 years ago. All I can tell you is you WILL heal and maybe even be willing to get pregnant again. May take time and that's okay. I'm finally pregnant again 6 years later and it's cause I was terrified this time. But hey I learned alot and found new hospital and new doctors and a doing an elected c section and just praying God works it all out! Hope God brings you healing and peace too. I know it's so hard to mourn an experience that you hear so many others have...but I promise you will get better. Took me about w years. Start working out. I started zumba and that really helped my mental state!

@@crosstamedheart9913 thank you for your kind words 💛 I'm doing so much better now and we're planning to start trying for another by the end of the year - maybe lol I found an excellent practice to work with and have extremely validating. I was in therapy for some time and on meds to help keep me balanced, I'm in a very different state than I was when I wrote that almost a year ago 🤗 Congrats on your journey! I'm happy to hear you've healed and felt encouraged to make choices for what you wanted rather than fearing what may be if you went for it. Wishing you much health, smooth delivery, and easy recovery!

Hope everything went well! ❤️

I was a week early because my water broke. But I tested positive with mild covid despite having no symptoms and fully vaccinated. and so complications with the confusing protocol by hospitals, had me moved to another hospital, made me labor for 20 hrs, and left my amniotic fluid leaking for 28 hrs leading to my baby having infection. They isolated me and my husband and I wasn't able to see my baby for 11 days and I have to literally ask another person to claim my baby on our behalf because the hospital wouldn't allow us to claim him personally. The hospital was understaffed, (overbooked, at least in the covid wing,.. And mild and severe cases are mixed) and oftentimes the nurses would forget about me and I would often times go without pain medication. Still salute to the nurses... They risk their lives for less pay, literally on their toes the whole shift. There are just about 4-6 nurses on the entire covid wing. I literally saw my doctors about twice after my operation for the entire 11 days confinement so it was all the nurses taking all the bulk of the burden. I went without dressing my wound. It was just dressed once the entire confinement.and the discharge bill was laughable in its huge amount compared to the care I received. It was ultimately hilarious and hellish. It was one hellish experience but I thank God he gave me the strength through it all. It was definitely the worst I had to go through in my life. The worst was not being able to see my baby, feed him, not knowing how he is and not even knowing how he looks like. But God is a God of answered prayers and mercy. Now, my baby is breastfeeding with me. He was able to latch on although I still have trouble having to increase my milk production to match my son's already growing need. But we are now together. My son tested negative with covid and we are now catching up on lost time getting to know each other and making up for those times he didn't have much interaction in the NICU because again, also understaffed.(the hospital were we were at are more concerned admitting and earning from more patients and rather than giving quality care or the welfare of their medical staff ) .. Infact my son was confused in the beginning why suddenly there are people talking to him and showing him affection. Pandemic babies are really having it bad... I hope and pray it goes better for other moms and babies... It really boils down to compassion... Sometimes hospitals forget that human trait factor. But I learned more in this experience. The resilience of mothers, the compassion i found from unlikely ordinary people, and that my God indeed answers prayers and always come through in times of need.

I had the same reason and the Doctors finally scheduled my csection for sept 19th. I had to convince them about that because they seemed not ok with it. Its so sad that we do t feel supported on that regard.

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So glad you enjoyed it!! And thanks--we are glad to be back! This sweet little kiddo has been keeping us busy. We had to figure out a different situation for how to film because we actually film in Cec's nursery, and the only time we can film is when she's napping or asleep--LOL poor planning there. But she is getting much better at napping her in playpen, so should be good to go!!

In Taiwan, there's epidural for 48 hr+ 7-day long term pain control shot. Don't know why here in the States it's not part of the standard procedure :(

So glad it was helpful C-sections are something we deal with all of the time, so it is very familiar to us. But if you aren't in Peds or OB you don't always know what to expect...and for me, knowing what to expect is really really helpful!!

Thank you Grace--we truly are so happy you are here with us!!

Omw. How did you overcome or manage that?😟

I think it has more to do with socioeconomic status than c-sections. Wealthier demographics like Asians and whites in the US have infant mortality rates on par with other OECD countries, but if you compare Massachusetts (lowest imr) to Mississippi (highest imr) you’ll see the difference is class related. Poor people overall receive worse health care, are disproportionately more likely to suffer with obesity or high blood pressure, and are less likely to partake in preventative care. Add in racial discrimination (like the dangerous myth that Black women can handle more pain) and we have a very awful situation on our hands. It’s a complicated issue with a lot of symptoms, and to me c-sections seems like the most unlikely culprit.

What hospital? So sorry to hear I hated the catheter ☹️

@@Sara-dp8wg it was one in Germany. Thank you and I feel for you 🤗

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You're welcome!

I had a planned c-section two weeks ago. I was very freaked out by being awake for the surgery and I feel largely the way you do -- there is a weird cruelty to insisting women be awake. That said, the whole thing was way less traumatic and horrible than I had expected, both during and after, and the nurses at my hospital actively suggested bringing the baby to the nursery overnight so I could sleep. I was therefor 4 nights and they took him to the nursery each night. The recovery so far has been virtually painless (I've just been taking prescription Motrin by mouth every 6 hours). All of this to say... it's not so bad and I suspect vaginal birth might actually be worse in terms of pain and drama than a planned c-section.

Aw thank you so much!! We are so glad you are here with us even if it is on the other side of the world!!

Safe delivery for you as well🙏🏼😊

Same

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I'm having one in 5 days! My first, because of my vasa previa. So nervous.

Mines big too, 9lbs as of now. How big was yours?

​@@XioArleendid you end up getting c section?

@@tammynguyen5765 hi, yes but doctors aren’t always accurate on the size of the baby as he was 7lbs. The C-section was due to other complications

@@XioArleen I'm 36 weeks and my baby is 7.7 lbs. I scheduled at 39 wks for an induction. I am healthy and so my baby. Just worried if my baby will be too big to push during the induction and end up get unplanned c section.

@@tammynguyen5765 why are you getting induced? I got what was called a “vaginal sweep” and that broke my water and now I wish I would of waited for the baby to come naturally. I wouldn’t do anything unless you are really past your due date.

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I had a c section I didn’t need ice packs or peri bottle I think that’s more for vaginal birth

I didn't need a peri-bottle for my C-section but I have a high pain tolerance so wiping and minor abdominal movement didn't hurt. I will say that the thing the helped me the most for recovery was a heating pad/ hot water bottle.

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Aw thank you. And thanks for being here! We are so glad you found our channel and are following along on this journey with us.

Different but similar. I needed help with both and there are different restrictions. I think I bounced back quicker after the augmentation than the c section. I had a pain block right afterwards in two different spots in my abdomen. I don't remember what it's called but helped with the first 36 hours for pain control. That was awesome.

1, dont worry, its very fast, if you are anxious, try to talk to your care provider and let's them calm you, explain what they will do and so on... im scared too and my team helps so much 2, no info about it 3, Yes, i'm 100% breastfeed my baby Yes, if you feed your baby frequently , they will stimulate the milk to come (take 3 days for me ) 4, Yes

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@@mollylidge1733 that’s great to hear! Congratulations!!! 💕💕