We were scheduled for c-section on the 11th August and we were in hospital at 7:30 in the morning. We were very excited the night before but after a re-assuring chat between my hubby and I we went to bed and had a surprisingly good night's sleep. On the day we were both very calm, on our arrival in hospital we were sent to a room with an en-suite and asked to wait there for our turn. I slept for some time as my hubby chatted on the phone and read his book.
I was given a hospital gown to wear which opens at the back - not very flattering! My husband was given an ER type of shirt and trousers but he looked far off from a George Clooney :D
After a 2 hours wait we were ushered to the theatre, a small room with a couch in the middle of it. I was seated on the couch and nurses, midwives and other people started poking me and trying to put needles in me all at once. This was pretty overwhelming. Someone was trying to put a needle in my left hand but they couldn't manage and that's where I started to see clouds! So they put me down and allowed me to rest for a while. My husband started turning green - I wasn't expecting this at all! People in the room started joking about this to alliviate it a bit as he sat down on a stool with his head down. He came back to normal in a few minutes just in time to hold my hand while the epidural went in. This was probably the worst part as I could feel something going in my back, tingling in my legs but the midwife was pretty good at it in telling me what's going to happen before it did.
As I lost feeling in the lower half of my body I was moved to lie flat on my back and they tilted the table to the left. After a few minutes from when the operation started I could hear suction and then the words: "Oh I see a foot there!" and then he was out, As soon as we heard him scream we knew everything was going to be fine. They showed him briefly to us and took him to weigh him (3330g) and check him out. My husband went with them and after a few moments they put the baby on my chest. He looked so cute! And so perfect!
He stayed there for a while and then took him again to give him vitamin K injection and check some more things. The operation was over and I was transferred to another bed where we were moved to the recovery suite where we stayed for a few hours.
