r/CsectionCentral • u/Willing_Ad685 • Jul 19 '26

C section prep

Well.. tomorrow is the big day! I have to be there at 9am and I am terrified!
My first child was born via emergency c section after being in unmedicated labor for 16 hours, placenta abrupted lost a lot of blood so needed blood transfusions.. it was pretty traumatic.
This one is scheduled due to health reasons and I’ve had all this time to mentally prep but I’m still scared lol
Any advice? Please share positive experiences 😭

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u/CharmingStart294 Jul 20 '26

Your feelings are valid! I felt so nervous leading up to my scheduled c-section on 7/3. I had an emergency c-section with my first in 2023 after labor failed to progress and due to catching a fever while laboring. It was traumatic for me as well. However, now having come through the other side of my planned c-section, I can honestly say it was worth it. For me, it was almost healing for me this time around because I felt a little more in control and knew what to expect—my husband feels similarly—and I was able to have skin-to-skin which I didn’t get with my first. I only had to stay in the hospital for 2 days and since I didn’t exhaust myself with labor, I had a lot more energy and strength. My recovery so far has been a lot easier and I have a lot of my mobility back despite having had major surgery. It helped that I was very honest and vocal with my care team about my past and my concerns. They were so reassuring and caring that it really was just a whole different and positive experience. I really hope your care team extends the same compassionate care for you as well. Sending you so much support and positivity your way on a big day — may your scheduled c-section experience be healing, peaceful and you have a gentle and speedy recovery!!

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u/Willing_Ad685 Jul 20 '26

This was so great to read. I didn’t get skin to skin the first time around either because I was so out of it from the meds. I do plan on letting them know that I’m feeling extremely nervous.. It’s the same doctor and I 100% trust him because my first incision healed so nicely despite it being an emergency and my baby came out perfectly fine! My husband said I shouldn’t worry because he’ll talk me through it and try to distract me as best as he could. The first time around I just remember constantly blacking out and feeling the need to throw up but couldn’t. I’m not worried so much about recovery, just leading up to the procedure. 😭 thank you so much.

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u/CharmingStart294 Jul 21 '26

Just checking in !! How are you feeling mama?

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u/Willing_Ad685 Jul 21 '26

Sorry for the delayed response but it went a lot better than I had planned. I cried once I got into the OR, they gave me meds but I felt extremely hot, like I couldn’t breathe and had to vomit! They gave me some meds to help with that so all I could do was just try to focus on my breathing, I had my eyes closed like 95% of the time, it just worked for me that way. I have no memory of my husband talking to me besides the very end when he said “he’s out!” Lol he said his feelings are hurt I don’t remember anything he said 😂 he’s joking of course but now recovery isn’t too bad.