I’ll be having my fourth CS in a few weeks and I’m here to tell you that a repeat is WWAAAYYYY easier than the emergency one. You’ll pick a day close to 39 weeks barring no complications from pregnancy. So you’ll already know your baby’s upcoming birthday. You’ll be able to walk into the hospital with no pain or ruptured membranes. You’ll get taken to l&d; where you’ll be monitored shortly. You’ll get to hang out with just your support person for a few hours- which is so nice to if you already have a kid or a chaotic life. When it’s time for baby you’ll be taken to the OR where the anesthesiologist will take care of your spinal block. You’ll be prepped with a catheter which you won’t even feel go in, you’ll get covered in those cool blue drapes and you just get to hang out until the baby is born. My last CS 9 years ago they let me pick the radio station to listen to while she was being born. Baby will get cleaned up a bit and then your doc will clean everything up and close the incision. You’ll go to recovery where you get to just chill out and relax some more- the staff will bring your baby to you and all will be well. I like to think of the birth as my relax time, because recovery is going to be the tough part. The chances of you coding are super small and even in the super off chance that you did, literally half the hospital will show up to make sure they save your life. There will be so many doctors, of different specialties that come in, it’s like 150-200 years worth of combined education that will be saving your life. You’re in good hands.

Just had my third c section..was as easy as pie!!!! I was holding baby when they wheeled me out of the OR!! As soon as the catheter was taken out I was up walking the halls to take the soreness away!