It doesn't help you now, but my consultant obstetrician is going to write a book on c-sections and on traumatic birth as soon as she has spare time. I saw her specifically to discuss in detail what a c-section is like, because fear of that was one reason I wasn't getting better, and honestly, they sound fine.
Even my inner hippie thinks they sound fine. This is for my hospital in the UK, of course, but your hospital sounds similar in attitude to me:
An expected c-section tends to be lower-stress than a slightly complicated vaginal birth, because c-sections are more predictable. Everyone knows what to do and when, more or less, and the cleanup is a lot faster than for a complicated vaginal birth, so you get to be alone with your baby sooner. They are *more* conscious of a need to put the baby on your skin because they are aware of having already interrupted the natural order of things quite enough. And they are, apparently, "quite jolly, really."
The photos aren't as awful, either, because the mother tends not to be as exhausted, but does get the New Baby High, so she looks radiant. Most *new* new mother photos are scary.
And you can pee afterwards. I'm looking forward to that.
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Books on C-Sections
Date: 2005-03-10 08:02 pm (UTC)Even my inner hippie thinks they sound fine. This is for my hospital in the UK, of course, but your hospital sounds similar in attitude to me:
An expected c-section tends to be lower-stress than a slightly complicated vaginal birth, because c-sections are more predictable. Everyone knows what to do and when, more or less, and the cleanup is a lot faster than for a complicated vaginal birth, so you get to be alone with your baby sooner. They are *more* conscious of a need to put the baby on your skin because they are aware of having already interrupted the natural order of things quite enough. And they are, apparently, "quite jolly, really."
The photos aren't as awful, either, because the mother tends not to be as exhausted, but does get the New Baby High, so she looks radiant. Most *new* new mother photos are scary.
And you can pee afterwards. I'm looking forward to that.
Baby baby baby baby BABY! SQUEE!
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