My 3 Cesareans (C-Sections) Brief Experiences

Good Morning or Good Afternoon or Good Evening, this post should take about five minutes to read from start to finish. All cesareans (C-sections) are so different. I had three cesareans (c-sections) within 38 months. From my experience of each cesarean (c-section) was so different. 

Birth to E: I'll show more into details on a different post for another day. 

I wasn't expecting to have emergency cesarean (c-section) as my first delivery to give birth. I’ve given birth to my oldest child (E) via Emergency cesarean (c-section). From my experience with my first delivery was via emergency cesarean (c-section), I’ve learned everything happens so fast and in a rush to save my life and E’s life. I don’t remember the conversations that the doctors and my OB has said on that day. 

All I remember was my body was shaking, I’ve chosen to have the spinal block, Jacob has held my hand, Jacob has comforted me with the words that he has said - I don’t remember what he has said, the anesthesiologist wasn’t able to insert the spinal block in the correct spot due to me shaking, and it took about three times or more for finally the spinal block was inserted in the right spot. I also felt super scared and I was afraid of losing E. 

I wasn’t 100% prepared to give birth to E super early. 

After I’ve given birth to E; every time that I’ve sneezed and cough, the incision hurts so badly and thankfully that phrase was temporary. I felt so much pain and thankfully that pain was temporary. 

Thankfully my other two cesareans wasn’t emergency cesarean (c-section) but I did learn different things from those cesareans (c-sections) despite of me still feeling scared as time approached close to the date when I’ve been scheduled to delivery my other two children. 

L was born at 37 Weeks and 2 Days gestational age but my OB thinks that she was actually born at 36 Weeks and 2 Days gestational age because she was constantly been measured one week behind at each ultrasound appointment during my pregnancy with her. On the day that I’ve given birth to L, my OB didn’t arrive to the hospital in time for when I was scheduled for the cesarean (c-section) which made me think that he has forgotten about me. When he finally have arrived at the hospital, he thought I wasn’t suppose to deliver L until another several weeks from that day.

Anesthesiologist took several attempts to insert the spinal block. I was scared and felt nervous again. The experience of my delivery with L, the cesarean (c-section) went super quickly and felt like another emergency cesarean (c-section). I remember my OB was telling me this "Baby will be out in ten minutes" in Operating Room and L was born approximately two minutes after he has said that. 

After I’ve given birth to L; I felt so much pain but I was able to experience skin to skin contact, I was able to experience having L to latch onto me for attempting of breastfeeding and little other moments that I was able to do that I've missed out on the opportunity of doing with E after I've given birth to E. However L had low blood sugar levels when she was born and I didn't have gestational diabetes when I was pregnant with her. The nurses in the hospital did treat L if she was born prematurely, pushing me to formula feed L because according to them say that she was losing too much weight (which that information wasn't true) and they wanted to do car seat ride for L. 

I felt super itchy everywhere on my body. It felt like mosquitoes bites all over my body. It must be allergic reaction to the pain medicine through my spinal block. I didn't approve of any pain medicine through my spinal block. I felt uncomfortable. That itchiness has lasted for the first twenty-four hours after I've given birth to L and finally went away after I had my first shower from giving birth to L. 

R was born at 37 Weeks and 1 Day gestational age. On the day that I've given birth to R, everything seem to go very smoothly until ... My OB has arrived at the hospital a little early. 

The anesthesiologist has made one attempt to insert the spinal block. I remember my OB was telling me "Oh he's mad, he's peeing on you, he's definitely mad." I try not to laugh how funny that statement was as soon as R was born. I was able to do skin to skin contact. I didn't experience any pain (the same described pain that I've experienced after I've given birth to E and L) until I was about to hop into the car after I was discharged from the hospital.

However I did experience shoulder pains for the first six hours postpartum. I was shaking, my shoulders had trapped gas and it was very uncomfortable. I wasn't able to urinate (I know too much information) for the first six hours. I was feeling cold constantly which has lasted for about either six hours or overnight. 

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