I am writing this article not for the purpose of propagating childbirth with caesarean section. Simply, I want to support young mothers in preparation for such births.
Cesarean section is a caval operation that is used to extract a child by cutting in the abdominal wall and in the uterus. The operation is performed under strict medical conditions, when deliveries through natural ways are either not possible, or pose a great danger for the mother and child.
Many women are tormented by fear: what will happen, how will it be? In fact, the devil is not so terrible as he is painted. I myself went through this, so I just want to share my experience.
Often, when a young mummy gynecologist in a women's consultation makes a "verdict" that she will have to give birth through caesarean section, she is horrified. So it was with me. What was I most afraid of? What kind of anesthesia will I make? What will happen to my child? What will my stomach turn into, and in general, what complications can there be during and after the operation?
I do not know whether it is worth talking about how much different information on this topic I read in a short time. Materials from some sources calmed, while others, on the contrary, were horrified. There was a desire, by all means, to give birth in a natural way. However, my beloved daughter, from the fifth month to the end, was sitting in the tummy, like an intelligent child, booty in the birth canal. And yet, my very experienced doctor assured me that given my "state of affairs," my narrow pelvis and cord with my umbilical cord around my daughter's neck, I myself do not give birth.
My child's health is above all for me. So, I did not risk it.
I was put in the maternity ward to prepare for the planned operation. Only then did I stop being nervous about something wrong with me. Round the clock, I and many more mothers were under the supervision of experienced doctors. At once I will say that I did not know a single doctor, and I did not talk about any bribes at all.
I realized that cesarean section is a big risk for both mother and baby. But to go to give birth in a natural way in this case, like mine, the risk is much greater.
Now actually about the operation. A whole team of doctors took me to the operating room. In advance they told me that they would do epidural anesthesia. From the realization that I will see and hear everything, I was sick. Anyway. There is nowhere to go nowhere.
A young anesthesiologist gave me a shot in the spine. In fact, it does not hurt as much as I thought. Then I was put on the operating table.
Have connected a heap of different equipment and a dropper. Everyone who was with me at that moment treated me like a small child, controlling every breath and movement of my eyes. Constantly asked about my feelings, sometimes even joked about something.
Actually, when I started to "cut", my mood has already risen. From the support of doctors and from the realization that I'm about to hear the cry of my baby. My body split the screen in half, through which nothing was visible. Yes, I felt something during the operation. But it was not pain. So, something is not very pleasant. Just a feeling that "there" is doing something.
In short, at 9.55 am my sun was removed. When she cried, tears of happiness began to flow. At that moment, it was impossible to describe my state at the moment with ordinary human words.
While I was in euphoria of happiness, I was sewn neatly. Then they gave me a kiss and they took me back to the intensive care unit.
There I was pricked with painkillers, under the influence of which I was in a drug intoxication. Nurses and resuscitation doctors circled around me in droves. After a while, I felt my feet start to turn on. Later, the lower abdomen fell ill. Thank God, it's tolerable. Shivered. I was covered with warm blankets, and soon the chill passed.
On the night of the same day, I reached the toilet myself. She even reached the washstand herself, because she wanted to drink unbearably.
In the morning I was transferred to a regular room, where my mothers lay, who gave birth themselves. With me to the hospital I grabbed a postnatal bandage. He perfectly supports the stomach. In this case, without him at all. In short, on the same day I already fully serviced myself and my new friends, who felt much worse than I did.
Unlike the girls who had a cut of the perineum during childbirth, I could sit like a normal person. Even for transfers from relatives for myself and for them, I walked along the corridors to a nearby building. True, the first days, you had to bend a little down. I thought, if fully straightened, the seam would break. But this is not so.
Milk I had before all and most of all. So the myth that the milk of Caesar does not appear is nothing more than a myth.
We were discharged from the hospital one week after the birth. My fears about a huge seam did not come true. Approximately a month and a half later he completely healed. To date, it's been two years since that moment, and now at my lower abdomen there is only a small, barely noticeable "smile."
In general, dear moms! If you have a cesarean, do not risk giving birth naturally. Medicine today is not what it was 25 years ago.
Think, first of all, about how it will be better for your baby. If you are prescribed cesarean, then there are good reasons for that. All the best to you.