Well, my first one was a great experiance, it was an emergency one, and I had an epidural and was feeling great. You stay in the hospital longer, I stayed in four days and my doctor sent me home with lots of percocet so I was feeling good at home as well.
My second was a planned c-section, and that didn't go as well, though I wouldn't describe it as a horrible experiance at all. My complaints about that one was well first of all it was a different doctor. They put in the foley cathetor BEFORE I was all numbed down there and it was extrememly uncomfortable. I couldn't sit up and down strait for the people putting in my spinal block so they stuck me about three times, which didn't really hurt because they give you some local anestetic first, but they had a hard time, kept telling me to sit up strait, and I didn't say anything and the only thing I could think about was how uncomfortable that cathetor was. So this time I'm going to ask the doctor to order that I have my spinal block before they put the cathetor in (yep, you'll have to have a foley cathetor in). I was having a lot of discomfort right after the opporation and was unable to hold the baby, not to mention that I vomited some during the oporation, it just didn't go as smoothly. They let me out in two days, per my request because I had my daughter Dec. 22cd and wanted to come home christmas eve if not christmas day, and I got my wish, however I think I could've benenfited from staying longer. They took the staples out too early and after I removed the steri strips when they said I could, part of my wound opened up and seaped, but it was major, they just wanted it to close on it's own, and I had a hard time getting out of bed, and the doctor didn't send me home with near as much percocet as my last doctor did so I didn't get to enjoy the comfort it brought for as long, and I needed it more this time then the next. This time I have yet a different doctor because our company switched insurance and I feel like she's pretty good, atleast that was my first impression. So, sorry, describing my second experiance may not have been reassuring to you, but I'll just say don't push yourself to get out of there right away....... and well, I don't know if you want to request to have the cathetor afterwards or not, it may not bother you like it bothered me, I complained about that thing until they had it removed. It takes a little longer to recover, but I really liked it the first time, because there was no hard labor, not too much pain because they keep you well medicated, and you stay there longer to give you a little more time to get on your feet. I think it wasn't until my third day the first time that I could go to the bathroom by myself, without my hubby or nurse to assist me there, because you are pretty uncomfortable with moving around at first, you have this burning just pain where your incision is, just take your time. My husband slept in my room with me a couple nights, and with both , so it was nice. And my in-laws came and stayed at our house taking care of our son, and when we came home with the baby on christmas eve I just bursted into tears because my mil cleaned our bedroom, masterbathroom, bought some decorations for it (which she didn't know it was actually the colors I had wanted) and they had done all kinds of shopping and cleaning elsewhere, so I cried, and she cried, and it was just sweet. Anyways, God Bless. When I was in the hospital with my first I was just so in-love with the baby (and I almost didn't want to leave the hospital because I had such good care), I cried one night and told the nurse it was because I was just so happy. It's a neat experiance. Enjoy your happy time.
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