Disappointed after C-Section
My wonderful son is 2 weeks old - and was born by c-section.
Contractions started at 10:00pm Saturday night, followed by being in the hospital for 12 hours...I got up to 6cm dialted, with contractions 5 minutes apart, and we were stuck there for 4-5 hours making no progress. There were several cases where his heartrate dropped below what the Doctor's wanted to see, which resulted in a bunch of people running into the room trying to get it to go back up. And then it got to be a common occurence, after every contraction his heartrate would drop. That lasted for awhile, and it was decided that it'd be best that we have a c-section.
It turns out the cord was wrapped around his neck pretty good - which is one of the reasons his heartrate went down after every contraction. They also said since I was over a week past my due date that the placenta wasn't functioning properly...
I know the c-section was for the best. And it was such a great feeling to finally meet my son, and no longer have to wait for that moment. But I still can't help to be devasted that I ended up having a c-section and not being able to go through the whole labor process. I sit hear in tears everytime I think about it.
Everything else about my delivery was great - I had great nurses, great doctors...was able to hold my little one once we got back into our recovery room, and we started breastfeeding right away with no problems.
Contractions started at 10:00pm Saturday night, followed by being in the hospital for 12 hours...I got up to 6cm dialted, with contractions 5 minutes apart, and we were stuck there for 4-5 hours making no progress. There were several cases where his heartrate dropped below what the Doctor's wanted to see, which resulted in a bunch of people running into the room trying to get it to go back up. And then it got to be a common occurence, after every contraction his heartrate would drop. That lasted for awhile, and it was decided that it'd be best that we have a c-section.
It turns out the cord was wrapped around his neck pretty good - which is one of the reasons his heartrate went down after every contraction. They also said since I was over a week past my due date that the placenta wasn't functioning properly...
I know the c-section was for the best. And it was such a great feeling to finally meet my son, and no longer have to wait for that moment. But I still can't help to be devasted that I ended up having a c-section and not being able to go through the whole labor process. I sit hear in tears everytime I think about it.
Everything else about my delivery was great - I had great nurses, great doctors...was able to hold my little one once we got back into our recovery room, and we started breastfeeding right away with no problems.