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Heck yes I would (and plan too next month!) I look like hell in my pictures after my section with DD (20 hours of labor first.) and so I figured a perk of scheduling is I can look pretty in pictures My C-section is at 1 pm in the afternoon, so I'm going to have a lot of time to kill before while being anxious and not being able to eat/drink, might as well get ready!

I would do my hair, brows and some mascara - prob not blush and lip color for medical reasons.

I was SO MAD that I didn't have a fresh mani pedi for my birth. 8cm and I was telling the nurse that I really wished I had gotten a pedicure ha ha

Of course! Hello - that is a perk of a scheduled c section! I wore the same amount of makeup I wear to work - nothing crazy. I also dried and straightened my hair. My pre-op didn't say anything about not wearing makeup. It said no deodorant, lotion, wash with antibacterial soap. With my 2nd, it was planned but bumped up unexpectedly. I went in for an appointment and was dressed for work. They sent me over to the hospital and had me clean up. No one said anything about taking my makeup off. Unless, you wear a TON of makeup, I think the doctors and nurses will be able to see if your coloring has changed. At one point, my blood pressure dropped. They knew from my face and the monitors.

I had a scheduled c-section & I made sure my hair and makeup were both done! I love looking back on my pictures

Meh, I don't tend to wear makeup very often anyway.

@Applesandbananas: I guess I'm not understanding how it's so dangerous - they're not doing anything to your face and from the comments it seems like most doctors (including mine) have no problems with it.

@wonderstruck: my OB said they look at your face, eyes, lips, fingernails, etc. during the surgery to gauge how you're doing and make up (and fingernail polish) masks a lot of that. It's hard to tell, for example, that someone's lips have turned blue if they're wearing red lipstick.

It was, in my opinion, a reasonable explanation and I trusted my OB's judgment.

@Applesandbananas: I was told not to wear nail polish - I never asked why but that must have been the reason.

I probably wouldn't because I'd want to be comfy and makeup starts to feel kinda crusty after a while.

Maybe get some eyelash extensions instead? That way no makeup is required!

@jedeve: that was my thinking. They're not checking the skin under my eyebrows.

As long as my doctor okayed it, sure. I looked terrible in my photos right after E's birth. But I don't wear a ton of makeup...a little BB cream, some mascara, a swipe of lip gloss.

I will definitely be getting my eyebrows done and a pedicure right before, though!

Well, my c-section was an emergency and took place right after I had an external cephalic version to turn my breech baby. I had a day full of meetings scheduled after the procedure, so of course I had on makeup (I happened to have done a nice winged liner that day) and I had blown out my hair. Everyone remarks how "glamorous" I look in my baby's first photos...I actually feel a bit embarrassed about it as the winged liner is a bit much! I tell everyone "but I didn't realize I was having a baby that day--I thought I would be meeting with my CEO!"

I'm fortunate that my eye makeup didn't run at all despite the tears of joy I shed upon my baby's early (but safe) arrival.

I would have except I am a crier and it would have run and looked awful!

@jh524: I've had two RCSs now and worn makeup to both. Just some bb cream, mascara, and eyebrow pencil. My OR pictures from my this are great. Haha. I'm not usually vain but after my awful photos with my first I'm so happy to not look like a homeless person with my next two.

I would and I did! BUT I was told no manicures or pedicures because I guess they need to keep an eye on the color of your nails during surgery and make sure they're not turning blue or anything. And no perfume either but that might just be in case someone is allergic.

I had to leave the house at 4:00am to get to the hospital on time and I still showered, straightened my hair, and put on some eyeliner and a bit of blush. I also got a pedicure but was told in advance no nail polish (like somebody said, they need to see your nail beds).

Not a chance. When LO was a newborn I basically never wore make up, so many chemicals in all of it that I wouldnt want getting on her and irritating her sking. I started wearing makeup when I took her to church for the 1st time she was nearly 4 months old at the time