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Cesarean sections usually require an appointment, and emergency cesarean sections are only performed if there is a difficult labor during a normal delivery. Emergency cesarean sections can happen at any time, and neither the mother nor the doctor has a choice. The appointment-based C-section is basically a late-pregnancy checkup that evaluates the mother-to-be as not being able to have a normal delivery.
The families of many women who have had a scheduled C-section like to pick a good day or a good time for the baby to be born, saying it will help the baby's future good luck. But in fact, this is all family members? Wishful thinking?
I have a friend who is pregnant with her second child and is due to give birth on November 8, and her most recent checkup was with the doctor who made an appointment for a cesarean section on November 2, and she was planning to have it done on the day she was due to give birth, but the doctor said that it would be better to do it earlier, so that she wouldn't be subjected to two types of cesarean sections when she was in the midst of her labor. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that. The doctor said it would be better to do it earlier, so as not to have to suffer two sins if there were signs of labor. When she asked if she could pick a specific time, the doctor said no, the most she could do was to schedule the surgery in the morning or afternoon, and the surgery time could change depending on the patient's condition on that day.
Is it better to choose morning or afternoon for a C-section?If you have a choice, morning is better for the following reasons:
1. Better hospitalization
As we all know, you have to be admitted to the hospital the day before the C-section surgery, and you have to prepare for the pre-operation work in advance, such as signing, skin test, and preparation of skin, etc.
If you choose to have a C-section surgery in the morning, you will be able to have it done in the morning or afternoon.
If you choose the morning cesarean section surgery, then the day before the afternoon to live in the hospital for pre-operative preparation can be; if you choose the afternoon, then you live in the hospital the day before, there is still a long period of time away from the cesarean section surgery, which is relatively boring, and in the hospital looking at so much maternal groaning, but also increase their own psychological pressure; but if you the day of the cesarean section surgery the morning of the admission, a morning of hospitalization and preparation will again seem particularly urgent, and may also be delayed for some reason in the afternoon surgery time.
2. Pre-operative fasting, so that the mother more acceptable
Cesarean section surgery before the start of the 8-12 hours need to fast, if you choose the morning, then the day before after dinner to start fasting can be, but if you choose the afternoon, then the day before the operation in the middle of the night until the next day at noon need to be fasted, so long without food, breakfast and lunch can not be eaten! The fact that you can't eat breakfast or lunch is making it very difficult for the pregnant woman.
I have a friend who had a cesarean section scheduled for 9 a.m., but a woman in labor needed an emergency cesarean section, and her surgery was pushed to 11 a.m. During the wait, she was hungry, and her hands were shaking with hunger, and she almost fainted.
3. Arrangement of medical staff
Morning cesarean section, most of the doctors and nurses are in, the possibility of change is smaller; while the afternoon cesarean section, sometimes the doctor has to have a meeting or get off work early, then there is a greater likelihood of a temporary change, which may make the operation delayed or can not be designated by the doctor to help you! The first step is to make sure that you have the best possible chance of getting the best out of your situation.
4. Allocation of medical equipment
This refers to the use of analgesic pumps? The use of analgesic pumps?
This point mainly refers to the use of analgesic pumps, which are limited in general hospitals, but when there are too many patients, it will not be able to meet the needs of each cesarean section woman to have analgesic pumps to use. Of course, the morning of the cesarean section, the analgesic pump will use the chance of a lot more, because the morning check will recover a lot of back, it is inevitable that whoever operates first who first use, to the afternoon and then cesarean section, it is likely to arrange for the use of the analgesic pump.
5. The mother's own state
Morning cesarean section, the mother after the previous night's rest, more energetic, good mental state, in the operation of any problem will be timely communication with the doctor, and even surgery is also happy to chat with the doctor, which is helpful to alleviate the psychological pressure.
But if you choose to have a cesarean section in the afternoon, you may have to wait for a morning, and you can't eat during the waiting time, so you will be more tired physically and mentally, and your sleepiness will be obvious, and you may think of going to sleep during the operation, and you don't want to pay attention to the doctor's inquiries, so you won't be able to communicate with the doctor in time if you have any physical discomforts, and that could lead to some unnecessary dangers.
6. Newborn baby care
Mothers who have given birth to a baby know that after the birth of a newborn baby, to do a series of scoring, to take a bath, to be vaccinated, etc., and if it is the morning surgery to give birth to a baby, the doctor will have plenty of time to do all these things on the same day.
But if you choose to have a baby by caesarean section in the afternoon, these things may not be able to be completed on the same day, if the baby's condition is all good it's okay, but in case the baby is born with some special circumstances, you need to ask the doctor and the doctor is off duty, you can only look for other doctors, and the other doctors are not fully aware of the situation of your family's baby, and the process will make the family anxious and tired.
Combining the above points, Jingmama's advice is that the morning is the most appropriate time for a C-section.
As for that? What is the doctor's advice that he won't say to outsiders? , I don't think that one exists.
Because before the operation, the doctor will communicate with the mother or the mother's family for a long time, they have to eliminate some potential risks, the possible situations are explained, the mother's well-being and the smooth birth of the fetus is the doctor's duty, there is nothing to hide. I hope my answer can help you.
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