https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 10:13:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689956 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:41:14 +0000 travelgirl1 2689956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my c-sections were scheduled and in the same hospital. I asked for immediate skin-to-skin both times, I got it after the initial newborn exam, while they were closing me up.<br /> They never discussed whether they would drop the drape with us but the first time they didn't (they did warn DH when to look over it to get photos though) and the second time they did, so I saw my little guy with his head sticking out of my belly as they lifted him out. I really liked being able to do that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689939 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:17:16 +0000 bubblegum 2689939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: Beyond cool! I didn't get to see DS until he was cleaned and bundled up and although I was so happy either way I would really like to see my baby ASAP! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689937 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:14:35 +0000 Mrsbells 2689937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bubblegum: yeah its pretty cool. although they dont drop the drape until after the baby is already out and crying. They told me ahead of time that they wouldnt drop the drape if he wasnt breathing/crying. They would focus on trying to get him breathing first. So there is that split second where they tell you they are about to take the baby out, the we heard him crying and then they dropped the drape<br /> @Mrs. Lemon-Lime: yeah i really preferred it. With DD i didnt get to hold her til after she was weighed and cleaned up and already swaddled. but with DD they put him on my chest right away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689929 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:04:00 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2689929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My hospital did not offer this, but I'm squeamish and probably would have declined the drape part. Immediate skin to skin sounds great especially in situations when the cesarean is completely elective and the baby is healthy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689928 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:59:28 +0000 bubblegum 2689928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: Never heard of this but that freaking cool! I'm having a repeat c-section in April and would LOVE this opinion. I told DH to please record this c-section for me. I want to see my sweet babe being born! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689916 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:48:16 +0000 MsMini 2689916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My hospital isn't doing it yet, we were going to trial it with me (as I am an NICU nurse there) and did the lower drape, etc, but my daughter was in distress immediately after birth and we weren't able to do skin to skin in the OR as she required resuscitation and ended up in NICU. I was a little sad about it, but a breathing baby was more important. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689869 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:58:01 +0000 ocean81 2689869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My hospital didn't offer this 2 years ago, but I would have declined! Just like @My Only Sunshine: I would have either passed out or thrown up. No offense, daughter :) On the other hand, they brought my husband back into the OR when I was already cut open, so he saw that and then he watched our daughter being born. I was shocked when he stood up! After they checked her out and stitched me back up, I got to hold her... It was probably only 30 min? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689867 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:53:37 +0000 Dahlia 2689867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For my c-section they asked my husband if he wanted to watch (and he did!). I got to hold her for a brief moment, but then they took her since she was a month early and needed to be checked out. I got her back about an hour later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689860 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:43:48 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 2689860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, they held her up over the curtain after she was out and the cord was cut (DH was allowed to stand up to see, so he did) and then they took her over to get her breathing. After they got her all cleaned up they brought her to me and put her on my chest, so we got to do skin to skin while they were putting me back together :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689853 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:34:03 +0000 ValentineMommy 2689853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had DS1 in 2013 and it wasn't offered. By 2015, when I had DS2, the hospital changed their entire baby policies. They no longer offer pacifiers, no longer utilize the nursery (everything is done in-room), and they offered a more family-centered c-section. The only real difference in the c-sec though was faster skin to skin contact. I would have thrown up or passed out (or both), if they had lowered that drape - I literally can't handle seeing ANY blood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689851 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:29:57 +0000 Banana330 2689851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm asking my midwife about the potential for doing this tonight. It's fairly new here but i'm hoping that they can help me achieve this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689826 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:15:11 +0000 Mrsbells 2689826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: that is awesome!<br /> @erinbaderin: see i didnt even know i couldt have asked about it with DD,that hospital might have said no but I didnt even know that was a thing that existed<br /> @My Only Sunshine: you dont see the inside of your belly or anything you just see the baby right after being born. because you are still lying down flat, so its not like you can sit up and sit whats happening to your insides </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689811 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:59:35 +0000 erinbaderin 2689811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked but was told my hospital didn't do this, which I found frustrating because they're supposed to be very family centered, it's run by a midwife, and they're doing a lot of work to lower their c section rate. They did let me do skin to skin bonding as soon as he was checked and weighed, and I was able to watch a lot of the procedure in the reflection of the overhead lights, but I don't think that was deliberate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689807 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:56:19 +0000 My Only Sunshine 2689807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: To get "baby friendly" designation our hospital does skin-to-skin contact after just a brief check by the NICU team after c-sections. They told my husband he could watch the whole thing if he wanted. They didn't drop the drape though. I would have declined anyway - the thought of it right now makes me almost want to pass out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689791 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:44:01 +0000 MamaG 2689791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first was an emergency so LO was sent with the NICU team that were in the OR. My second was scheduled with no NICU team in place. My experience was different. They did not drop the drape (and I wouldn't have wanted it), but LO was given to DH and in turn he held her to me quickly, while they finished up the surgery. She was then cleaned up and moved to recovery and I joined her just as they were finishing her bath.</p> <p>Same hospital, three years apart but I think the driving difference was emergency vs scheduled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689790 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:41:07 +0000 yoursilverlining 2689790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is the standard at the hospital I has my c-section at. They didn't call it anything; just their standard procedures for c-sections. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689784 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:36:23 +0000 avivoca 2689784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is a fairly new practice that is becoming more mainstream. I didn't have a c-section but if I needed one then this would have been an option. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689778 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:34:02 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2689778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My hospital did not offer anything like this but I am delivering at the same hospital this year, a few years later and my doctor said they have implemented more options like this. It might be becoming more common elsewhere too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-centered-c-section-1#post-2689684 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:12:26 +0000 Mrsbells 2689684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first c-section was a regular one but the second time around was ai n a different hospital and they offered me a family centered c-section. This means they dropped the blue drapes so we could see them cut the cord and could see DS immediately after birth, they also allowed immediate skin to skin bonding time.<br /> I'm happy I got to do this and it really improved the birth experience but I wonder why my old hospital didnt offer that. Did your hospital offer this? </p>