All things C-section and other health issues

WHY WOULD I HAVE SCHEDULED/PLANNED/ELECTIVE C-SECTION?
In some cases, your doctor will recommend a c-section instead of a va**nal delivery. For example, you may require a planned c-section if:
You've had a previous cesarean with a "classical" vertical uterine incision (this is relatively rare) or more than one previous c-section. Both of these significantly increase the risk that your uterus will rupture during a va**nal delivery.
NOTE: If you've had only one previous c-section, with a horizontal uterine incision, you may be a good candidate for a va**nal birth after cesarean, or VBAC . (Note that the type of scar on your belly may not match the one on your uterus.) Or you may choose to have an elective c-section.
You've had some other kind of invasive uterine surgery, such as a myomectomy (the surgical removal of fibroids), which increases the risk that your uterus will rupture during a va**nal delivery.
You're carrying more than one baby . (You might be able to deliver twins va**nally, or you may need a cesarean, depending on factors like how far along in the pregnancy you are when delivering and the positions of the twins.) The more babies you are carrying the more likely it is you’ll need a c-section.
Your baby is expected to be very large (a condition known as macrosomia ). Your doctor is particularly likely to recommend a c-section in this case if you're diabetic or you had a previous baby who suffered serious trauma during a va**nal birth.
Your baby is in a breech or transverse position. (In some cases, such as a twin pregnancy in which the first baby is head down but the second baby is breech, the breech baby may be delivered va**nally.)
You're near full-term and have
placenta previa (when the placenta is so low in the uterus that it covers the cervix).
You have an obstruction, such as a large fibroid , that would make a va**nal delivery difficult or impossible.
The baby has a known malformation or abnormality that would make a va**nal birth difficult.....
To be continued

After having 2 C-section, please do not try va**na delivery.
Your womb may rupture in labor resulting in death (of mother & or baby)
Be so wise women🚶🚶

C-SECTION: TIPS FOR QUICK RECOVERY

Childbirth is an exciting time. You finally get to meet the baby who’s been growing inside of you for the last nine months.
Yet having a baby can also be taxing to your body, especially if you’ve had a cesarean delivery (C-section). You’ll need more time to recover than you would after a routine va**nal delivery.

Here are four suggestions to speed up your recovery so you can spend less time sore and tired, and more time bonding with your new baby.

*1. Get plenty of rest*

A C-section is major surgery. Just like with any surgery, your body needs time to heal afterward. Expect to stay in the hospital for three to four days after your delivery (longer if there are complications), and give your body up to *six weeks* to fully heal.

That’s easier said than done. It’s hard to crawl into bed for hours on end when you have a baby who is demanding lots of attention.
You’ve probably heard the advice from well-meaning friends and relatives: “Rest whenever your baby rests.” They’re right. Try to sleep whenever your baby naps.

Ask those friends and relatives for help with diaper changes and housework so you can lie down when possible. Even a few minutes of rest here and there throughout the day can help.

*2. Baby your body*

Take extra care in getting around while you heal.
☘️Avoid going up and down stairs as much as you can. Keep everything you need, like diaper changing supplies and food, close to you so that you don’t have to get up too often.

☘️Don’t lift anything heavier than your baby. Ask for help from your spouse or a friend or family member.

☘️Whenever you have to sneeze or cough, hold your abdomen to protect the incision site.
It could take up to eight weeks for you to get back into your normal routine. Ask your doctor when it’s fine to exercise, go back to work, and drive.

☘️Also wait to have s*x or use tampons until your doctor gives you the green light.

☘️Avoid strenuous exercise, but do take gentle walks as often as you can. The movement will help your body heal and prevent constipation and blood clots. Plus, walks are a great way to introduce your baby to the world.

☘️Just as you take care of your physical health, don’t forget about your emotional health. Having a baby can bring up feelings you never expected. If you feel exhausted, sad, or disappointed, don’t ignore it. Talk about your emotions with a friend, your partner, your doctor, or a counselor.

*3. Relieve your pain*

Ask your doctor what pain medicines you can take, especially if you’re breastfeeding.
Depending on the level of your discomfort, the doctor might prescribe a pain reliever or advise you to take an over-the-counter pain medication.

In addition to pain medicine, you can use a heating pad to relieve discomfort at the surgical site.

*4. Focus on good nutrition*

Good nutrition is just as important in the months after you deliver as it was while you were pregnant.
If you’re breastfeeding, you’re still your baby’s primary source of nutrition. Eating a variety of foods will keep your baby healthy and help you get stronger.

Research shows that eating vegetables while breastfeeding imparts flavors in breast milk that increase your child’s enjoyment and consumption of those vegetables as they grow.

*Also, drink plenty of fluids, especially water. You need extra fluids to boost your breast milk supply and to avoid constipation.

*When to call the doctor*

You’ll probably feel some soreness in the incision, and you may have bleeding or discharge for up to six weeks after the C-section. That’s normal.
But the following symptoms warrant a call to your doctor, because they could signal an infection:

⚠️ redness, swelling, or pus oozing from the incision site
pain around the site
⚠️fever of more than 100.4°F (38°C)
⚠️bad-smelling discharge from the va**na
⚠️heavy va**nal bleeding
⚠️redness or swelling in your leg
⚠️difficulty with breathing
⚠️chest pain
⚠️pain in your breasts
⚠️Also, call your doctor if you feel sad and your mood never seems to lift, especially if you have thoughts of hurting your baby.

Finally, if you have a friend or sibling who went through a C-section, try not to compare yourself to them. Every woman’s experience with this surgery is different. Focus on your own healing right now and give your body the time it needs to get back to normal.

Culled from: healthline

Cesarean Section : Overview (Part 2)

◇Things to Note While preparing for a C section ?

The following are key steps to take while preparing for a C section , especially Elective option:

♧ Review your ongoing/ preexisting health conditions with your care provider most especially regarding allergies and conditions that would increase your risk of anesthesia complications.

♧Your health care provider might also recommend certain blood tests before your C-section. These tests will provide information about your blood type and your level of hemoglobin — the main component of red blood cells.

♧ These details will be helpful to your health care team in the unlikely event that you need a blood transfusion during the C-section.

♧ Lung maturity of the baby is very important especially if C-section is planned before 39 weeks for a non-emergency reason. Some test will be conducted in this vien.

♧Fyi, Even if you're planning a va**nal birth, it's important to prepare for the unexpected. Discuss the possibility of a C-section with your health care provider well before your due date.

♧ Ask questions, share your concerns and review the circumstances that mgight make a C-section the best option.

♧ Be mindful in an emergency, your health care provider might not have time to explain the procedure or answer your questions in detail.

♧ After a C-section, you'll need time to rest and recover. Consider recruiting help ahead of time for the weeks following the birth of your baby

What are the steps Involved in the procedure?

This can vary, but overall most C-sections involve these steps:

1. At home: You might be asked to bathe with an antiseptic soap before your C-section to reduce the risk of infection. This practice is not really fully proven to have an effect.

2. Generally it's advised you don't shave your p***c hair. This can increase the risk of surgical site infection. If your p***c hair needs to be removed, it will be trimmed just before surgery.

3. Now, you are at the hospital. Before your C-section, your abdomen will be cleansed. A tube (catheter) will likely be placed into your bladder to collect urine. Intravenous (IV) lines will be placed in a vein in your hand or arm to provide fluid and medication. You might be given an antacid to reduce the risk of an upset stomach during the procedure.

4. Anesthesia: Most C-sections are done under regional anesthesia, which numbs only the lower part of your body — allowing you to remain awake during the procedure. A common choice is a spinal block, in which pain medication is injected directly into the sac surrounding your spinal cord.

5. However in an emergency, general anesthesia is sometimes needed. With general anesthesia, you won't be able to see, feel or hear anything during the birth.

6. Abdominal incision : The surgeon will make an incision through your abdominal wall. It's usually done horizontally near the p***c hairline (bikini incision). If a large incision is needed or your baby must be delivered very quickly, the doctor might make a vertical incision from just below the navel to just above the p***c bone.

7. Your doctor will then make incisions layer by layer – through your fatty tissue and connective tissue and separate the abdominal muscle to access your abdominal cavity.

8. Uterine incision: The uterine incision is then made , usually horizontally across the lower part of the uterus (low transverse incision). Other types of uterine incisions might be used depending on the baby's position within your uterus and whether you have complications, such as placenta previa when the placenta partially or completely blocks the uterus.

9. Delivery : The baby will be delivered through the incisions. The doctor will clear your baby's mouth and nose of fluids, then clamp and cut the umbilical cord. The placenta will be removed from your uterus, and the incisions will be closed with sutures

As I run my finger across the scars, let them serve to remind me of the wounds I have healed. There is beauty in the imperfections. Scars tell a story. A story you’ve healed from. One that you share and give hope to others. You are not alone. Let it be said. Let it be done. So may it be. ~ Silent Recovery

Have been in this room 3times, God bless my surgeons for standing tall and staying strong despite when it seems all hopes are gone. Thank you Jehovah for always bringing me and my babies out and alive.

Congratulations to all cs mom's,you are the true definition of super heroes 😘😘😘🥰🥰🥰🥰.

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Today, *Is anything too Hard for the Lord?* Pray that God Should Visit You this Year with that which You Desire Most. Pray that He Should End the Delay & Release All You've been Hoping for. *You'll Laugh at the Turn of things & Everyone who hears will Rejoice with You* IN JESUS NAME, AMEN ( Genesis 18:10-14). GOOD MORNING & HAVE A LOVELY FRIDAY

DOCTOR'S TIPS TO WOMEN

1. You should NOT finish all housework in one day. Those who have done it are stressed and some are already buried.

2. Take time to rest, it's not a sin to sit, put your legs on the table and eat something you like.

3. SLEEP if necessary for headache to disappear. Those who refuse to take vacation leave, take time off or break time, if not, their families will miss them because they have prematurely gone on the journey without return.

4. STOP taking sedatives to sleep, you're destroying your brain and organs. Sometime you'll start forgetting things. Relax your brain, worry less, go for a walk, laugh, smile more, everything will happen eventually.

5. Meditate. Have a quiet time and relax. Breathe fresh air. Breathe out all negativities.

6. Stay in front of your mirror, smile for yourself. That turns on a positive aura around you, so you can shine with your own light.

7. GO buy you a snack or something to drink. Just do something for yourself, even if your partner doesn't do it for you... do it yourself, so you can download things in your head.

8. GET the appliances needed to ease your job and avoid stress as it is women's largest silent killer.

9. Ask help when you don't feel good, do something about it, go to health center, hospital or call some nearby doctor. Don't self medicate.

10. CONTROL YOUR PRESSURE AND SUGAR LEVEL OCCASIONALLY, whether you're sick or not. Doing this has saved a lot of women in the past.

Trust this good advice I give you and give yourself the value you deserve, love and care, you are a great woman and don't forget you are a BEAUTIFUL CREATION. ❤

~Amazing Satisfy

After the C- Section procedure,
What Happens? What is expected?



1. ♧C-section is a and has always been a major surgery, in most uncomplicated CS the surgery would be completed within 45minutes. During the short term phase of the recovery the new mum and baby/ies would stay in the hospital for about 24-48hrs. This stay can vary depending on individual recovery periods including if any concerns with baby, and or if any complications during the procedure.

2. ♧ As most patients recover on the ward the spinal anaesthesia or general anaesthesia would wear off, we would install a pump which allows you to adjust the dose of intravenous (IV) pain medication. Fyi, this particular method might not be readily available in all the centres, in such cases you would be provided with regular ands ongoing pain relief which you would need.

3. ♧ It is very important that as part on going recovery process that you endeavour to get up and walk. Moving around can speed your recovery and help prevent constipation and potentially dangerous blood clots which could be prevented by drinking appropriate clear fluids, blood thinners like clean, and TEDs stockings. ( VERY IMPORTANT ).

4. ♧ You must be aware of signs of infection, but would be monitored for them while hospital. CS increases the risks of infection in the womb, called endometritis. Ensure you incision scar wound is clean and dry. Keep an eye for any offensive loss from your va**na. If you are not sure , pls ask.

Also your movement would be monitored, the amount fo fluid you are drinking, including your bladder and bowel function. ( These are standards that ensure any complications will be picked up early)

5. ♧ You will be able to start breast-feeding as soon as you feel up to it. Ask your nurse or a lactation consultant to teach you how to position yourself and support your baby so that you're comfortable. It is very important to initiate breastfeeding early , the very first breast milk is very helpful to your baby. It's called colostrum.

6. ♧Your health care team will select medications for your post-surgical pain with breast-feeding in mind. Continuing to take the medication shouldn't interfere with breast-feeding.

7. ♧ Adequate Pain control is paramount, to ensure there is no interference with the release of oxytocin, a hormone that helps your milk flow.

8. ♧Also it is very important that you discuss with your doctor regarding other medical concerns or ongoing medical problems you have, how it might impact on your recovery from CS, including vaccinations.

9.♧Take it easy, take baby steps. Allow yourself to heal, the mind and the body heal at different pace, but keep it all harmony. Rest when possible. Try to keep everything that you and your baby might need within reach. Plan ahead.

10. ♧ It takes about 4-6 weeks to fully heal form CS, but clearly in the first 2 days you would be up and about, however you need time to heal internally. Therefore, avoid lifting from a squatting position or lifting anything heavier than your baby. Support your abdomen.

11. ♧ While at home when breastfeeding ensure you consume lots of fluids, it helps with production of breast milk. You might need extra pillows while lien down, most especially in between your thighs. Drinking water and other fluids can help replace the fluid lost during delivery and breast-feeding, as well as prevent constipation. Constipation can be very bad!

12. ♧ When you are discharged from hospital you would be given some medications it is important to take them on right schedule it works most effectively that way. Most pain relief medications are safe for women who are breast-feeding.

13. ♧ S*x is Beneficial for the body, but it is ok to allow you body to heal before your resume seal activity, most especially your stitches. In most cases you should allow four to six weeks following your CS.

14. ♧ Ensure you create time for your emotions wellbeing as well. Don’t abandon intimacy with your partner, yes it might be time for penetrative s*x, but you can still get time together. This is important, even if it's just a few minutes in the morning or after the baby goes to sleep at night.

15. ♧ You must contact or got to your doctor if you notice any sign of infection, for example:

1● Any signs of infection — such as a fever higher than(38 C), severe pain in your lower abdomen, or redness, swelling and (offensive) discharge at your CS incision site.

2●Breast pain usually associated with excessive warmth over the skin of the breast, fever and Foul-smelling va**nal discharge

3●Painful associated with urination

4●Heavy bleeding, usually associated with passage of heavy clots, and bleeding continuing for more than eight weeks after delivery.
5●unpredictable mood swings, associated with loss of appetite, severely exhausted, lack of interest in looking after the new born baby, could a sign of something wrong.

6● Contact your health care provider if you suspect that you're depressed. It's especially important to seek help if your signs and symptoms don't fade on their own, you have trouble caring for your baby or completing daily tasks, or you have thoughts of harming yourself or your baby.

Thank you.