Elective C Section Ireland

So due date is looming ever closer and at our last appointment on wednesday i was hooked up to the ctg monitor and asked to attend the hospital were i ll be having the baby last friday for a scan and further monitoring.

Elective c section ireland. As a caesarean section is considered to be major surgery it is only performed if there is a clinical need following discussion between you and the obstetrician. What to expect before during and after an elective c section in ireland. Based on your previous history you ve stated above it s unlikely you will labour.

Sometimes a c section is scheduled in advance perhaps due to a multiple pregnancy or mum s health concerns. This is a post i feel i had better write before all the info is gone from my head lost in the blur or sleepless nights and school runs and preparing food. They won t do it before 39 weeks unless it s an emergency.

Elective c sections bring a slightly higher rate of ttn transient tachypnea of the newborn where the baby doesn t clear the lung water out as quickly. A caesarean section is an operation to allow the baby to be born without going through the birth canal. I m being brought in for an elective c section next week at 39 weeks 1.

Unfortunately a previous section isn t a reason for a repeat elective c section to be done before due date. 26 01 2016 11 26 pm babymc. I had a stitched cut at my first birth and have to say it healed a darned sight quicker than the elective section scar for breech ds2 16 months later.

Had a vbac on ds2 but back to c section for no. September 14 2018 thetwodarlings. And he was only a section baby because he was a 9lb breech.

Ireland s c section rate is average to high within the oecd where countries like the netherlands have rates almost 50 lower than ireland. Having pushed one out and had a section for medical reasons i would push one out any time over another section. They grow up so fast.