For my c-section I went into L&D and was admitted to my room, was prepped and walked down to the OR. When I was finished I was brought back to my room for recovery. My hospital also prefers to do VBAC's but I dont' want another long labor that ended up a c-section. Lilliana was over a pound smaller at birth with a much smaller head. So I might not have had the same issues as I did the first time.
I thought I only wanted 1 child at first, I have a 4 1/2 year age difference. It's the best decisson that I made.
One other thing about my hospital is Lilliana never left my side. She was put in my arms after they took me off the table and put in my bed. During our stay she was only taken out of the room for her weighing and hearing test.
I'm debating a VBAC but DH doesn't think it's worth attempting because of how many issues I had getting over the "emergency c-section" with Lucas. He's probably right, but that isn't a decision that has to be made for a long, long time.
That is great that she was in your arms when they got you off the table!!
I was still crying my eyes out and shaking horribly when I got back to my L&D room. After they hooked up the morphine drip, my OB checked in on me and all that they moved me to my hospital room and then I think I got Lucas about a half hour later.
To give them credit it was late (midnight-1am) and they only had two nurses... and two of us there that had had c-sections back to back. I think they truly did the best they could.
At my hospital there is an OR on the L&D floor. I knew I was having a c-section in advance. What happend with me was I had to get to the hospital 2 hours before hand. They got me all hooked up and filled out paperwork. I was wheeled into the OR with my husband. She was born about 5 minutes after they started. They let me see her and pose for a quick picture, then the baby and my husband went to the nursery while they finished my up. About 45 minutes after they started I was in recovery. My husband and Natalie came in for the 2 hours I was in there. I could hold her and we both fed her. Once I could move my feet, we were placed in our room. It really was a nice experience.
Thanks for sharing, it's crazy how different everything is. Maybe I'm weird, but I find it really interesting to read about!
I have no pictures with Lucas right after birth.
They tried to pull down that paper barrier they put in front of your face to show me, but I didn't see him. They have a mini-nursery in the a side-room off the c-section OR, where they took DH and Lucas to weigh/clean/diaper him. I have pictures of him in that room after he had already been cleaned up.
2 different hospitals...3 csections later (plus another hosp sis in law had csection at) all had them in L&D OR area, recovered in L&D for a couple of hours than off to mom and baby ward... go figure. Not sure how I'd feel about having baby in general or and recovering in general recovery!! With my older 2 they brought baby right into my room in L&D while I was in "recovery" CJ he's another story, but that was because of his issues.
I'm the same way! I would hate recovering in general!! I didn't get Lucas in L&D room, but I wasn't there for hours. I'm thinking maybe an hour max before they moved me to the other room. They brought him to me maybe an hour after I was in that room but came back and got him after about 20 minutes. I didn't fight them, I was exhausted, DH had been gone for over an hour. I kept worrying about what would happen if I dropped him or he rolled over and I couldn't move him or if I fell asleep with him in my bed. It freaked me out so I handed him back over. They kept him every night, he never spent a night with me.
I'm thinking that DH is going to be the one getting the snip snip, too, because a c-section is much more intensive than a vasectomy. I figure it's better for me to go to a hospital I'm 100% comfortable with to deliver at vs. going to one I hate just so I can get my tubes tied.
Since I was at a hospital with a regional perinatal center, there were dedicated c-section OR's on the L&D floor. There was a small (4-6 bed) recovery room, where I would guess I spent the first hour or two post c/s -- but visitors were welcome, my mom & DH were both there with me.
Are there really on 2 hospital choices? Near me, I can think of at least 3 hospitals pretty close & around 7 (maybe more) if I venture just a little bit further afield -- which would include the one where I delivered.
Hmmm.. that is a bit better than being in the general recovery room at least! Obviously that hospital sees a lot more patients than mine. We only have 4 L&D rooms total, no need for a 4-6 bed c-section recovery room!
My hospital had an OR on the L&D floor. I dont know how recovery went, but Im pretty sure they just wheel you back to your room.
Our hospital had an OR on the labor and delivery floor for c-sections. I would call the maternity ward of the hospital you hate and double-check.
He claims some of the shirts my mom washed had been in some black hole since before I was pregnant. 
So glad Katie is home. How is she doing? How are you doing?
to you in advance. 
I also got a script for Genetian Violet because I seem to still be having problems with Thrush/Yeast. I pick it up on Monday. Now I get to look forward to being purple!!
