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Rating Summary based on 33 reviews

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  • 4 Stars
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  • 3 Stars
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  • 2 Stars
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  • 47 of 47 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    spoilt_little_br

    2 Stars Is It Over Yet? Review with images 06/10/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Your baby, quick.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Recovery time, Bomding with your baby.

    From the moment I found out I was pregnant I just blocked out the thought of giving birth. I wasn't scared and I knew it would hurt so my logic was that it was not even worth thinking about. Near the end of my pregnancy I went to an open day at Doncaster Womens Hospital, where I was due to give birth, and talked with staff about the sort of pain relief I wanted. I had my whole birth plan mapped out in my mind and never for one second considered the prospect of needing a C-Section. As during my pregnancy my iron levels dropped dangerously low I had to go for regular check ups at the hospital; ... more
  • 101 of 101 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 rojm

    Member since 19/02/2006

    Reviews written: 149

    5 Stars It was right for me 30/03/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages safe delivery

    Disadvantages Disadvantages slow recovery

    I am going to try and give some facts and some personal experience as it is a major operation (which some don't see it as) ---------------------------- what is a Caesarean Section ------------------------ A caesarean section is a procedure in which a baby is delivered by cutting through the front wall of the abdomen to open the womb. Babies born by caesarean (C-section) come out through incisions in your uterus and abdomen. If you decide to have a caesarean, or, more likely, you're advised to have one in advance of labour, it's called an 'elective' caesarean. One that takes place after you've ... more
  • 20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    iloveshoping

    4 Stars Caesarean Section 06/02/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Can be planned and can elimante labour completely

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Slow recovey time, at least 6 weeks

    This is a review based on my personal experiences, obviously everyone's experiences are different, so please bear this is mind. Caesarean Section is also know as a C-Section for short, thank goodness, its a nightmare having to write caesarean on things, I never spell it right! It is major surgery and should not be used as a way to avoid labour pains, ie, too posh to push,!!! There are many different reasons why a C-Section is decided and obviously I do not know everyone else's situations so I will go on my own experience. There are 2 C-Sections decisions, planned and emergency. PLANNED C ... more
  • 31 of 31 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jo1l

    3 Stars A few tips for afterwards 07/06/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages your baby

    Disadvantages Disadvantages It hurts

    My Little Treasure was born by emergency cesarian section. I was one of those pregnant woman that believe that C sections happened to other people, I had a very realistic view of labour, thanks to going to NCT classes and a friend who gave birth 4 months prior to me. I knew it was going to hurt like hell but I still believed that with the help of the midwives, my partner and drugs I was going to be able to cope with it. My main priorty was to make sure that no one in a white coat was present!!! To say I was disappointed by having a C section was an understatement. Yes I know I had my little ... more
  • 37 of 37 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Cazz

    3 Stars You still have choices, it's your baby 20/04/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages calm, planned, but it's still your birth

    Disadvantages Disadvantages a medical procedure rather than a natural event

    As a bit of an old hippy at heart, I had always - in the abstract - imagined giving birth in a spiritual, earth-motherish ritual, bringing forth my baby in a powerful act of self and naturalness. As the months wore on, I began to think more realistically about the process, and was tending towards the view that provided I could have my music and candles a few strong analgesics and state-of–the-art medical facilities on stand-by wouldn’t really spoil matters, I would decide nearer the time. However at 7 months the choice was taken from me when I developed severe Diastasis Symphis ... more
  • 25 of 25 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    aider1st

    3 Stars Not one..but four 09/12/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Could save the baby's and mother's life

    Disadvantages Disadvantages you will be sore and rather tired.

    Let me start by saying that I am not a sucker for punishment. I just tend to have a high pain thresh hold I think. I have had a total of four C-Sections now. Two were emergency and two were elective. Three of them I was awake for, and this is an experience I would recommend. C-Sections are a major operation. In preparation for a section a woman will need to be shaved in the pubic area. She will then be given a small rectangular tablet (Ranatidine), this is to settle her stomach acids, and she will also have a premed. She will need to sign a consent form. And then a catheter will be put in ... more
  • 16 of 16 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Jenner1

    4 Stars Third Caesarian Experience 06/06/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages The baby comes out.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Long recovery time needed.

    I've just had my third Caesarian op 4 weeks ago so while it's fresh in my mind... It was elective(planned) not emergency like the first one (because of pre eclampsia). The second was also elective as they thought the baby would get stuck- I don't do stuck! Despite having two previous ops it is still an anxiety provoking situation so here is some background for anyone who is about to have one. You receive information from the hospital but sometimes it is not easy to take this in properly with everything else that is going on. About a week before you go to the hospital to be clerked in and have ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dibalmond

    5 Stars Nothing but praise for the NHS 20/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages hospital staff were well trained

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Wish I had known before hand and then I would not have had all the contractions

    With all the bad press the NHS have been getting lately and the horror stories I have read about child birth, I thought I would write about my own experience. I was pregnant with my second child when a week before my due date my waters broke. From what I had seen on the TV I expected a great big gush of water and a huge puddle on the floor. What I actually experienced was a slight gush and a few trickles, all of which were easily contained without puddles. I rang the hospital and was told to go to the maternity unit without delay. When I got to the hospital I was examined and put on a monitor ... more
  • 60 of 60 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Ladychatterbox01

    4 Stars Not really as bad as you think 16/01/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Quick, definate birth date for baby

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Discomfort

    ***UPDATE*** God I have been away from here for so long, I never even informed everyone of the outcome. I went into hospital on the 4th of July as planned and the procedure followed the same routine as before with the visits from my carers. At 2.30pm I was taken to theatre and gave birth to a beautiful baby girl called Rebecca Jade at 3.03pm. This C-section lasted slightly longer as I was sterilised at the same time (but that is a different story!). The after pains (when the uterus contracts back to normal) after the birth were worse, but I have been told that this occurs after several ... more
  • 13 of 13 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lexijoe

    4 Stars Doctor and midwife couldn't agree. 03/02/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Quick, reasonably pain free

    Disadvantages Disadvantages scar, recovery time

    I was due to have my daughter on 26th October 2002. That day came and went and six days later I had to go to hospital to be checked over to make sure there were no problems. I was strapped to one of the monitoring machines and the midwife said she would be back in about 20 mins and that I was to press down on a handheld button every time I felt the baby move. Fifty-five mins later she came back and said that the baby wasn't very responsive and that I should go and have a walk around and then come back for more monitoring to see if the baby had just been asleep. I went and ate some chocolate ... more
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