International C sections

BelgianBells · October 2011

So, a Dutch colleague of mine and his wife just had their baby in Belgium two weeks ago. The baby would not turn around (head down) so they had to get a C section - not an emergency, it was scheduled. Everything went well, but the Dad did not get to watch the operation on the other side of the glass like the gyno told him he could. He did not even get to see the Mom until like 2 hours after surgery! They put her in a separate "recovery" room.

I would totally want my DH in the room with me for everything, but apparently its not allowed in Belgium The Mom got to see the baby when he came out, then they whisked him away and the Dad held him for the two hours Mom was in recovery. I think it is really sad they did not get to share the birth moment together! And her wound got infected...not sure how I feel about that. Hopefully its not a sign of the hospital's cleanliness Tongue Tied

MouseInLux · October 2011

Thats sp different to here! DH was with me and once DD was clean she stayed with us!

Mrs.E.07 · October 2011

That really sucks! I've seen quite a few c-sections here and the dad has always been able to sit right next to the mom's head the whole time, and hold the baby as soon as it came out (if the baby was healthy). And that sucks about her infection. Any wound can get infected, though...hard to say if it was the hospital's fault, since it was just one person.

kelly321 · October 2011

DH was with me for the whole c/s except when he went out with DD while they checked her out. Since she was breathing on her own, they brought her to me for a couple minutes before taking her to the NICU. She would have stayed with us the whole time if she hadn't been a preemie. And the hospital put me back on the pregnancy ward and not the maternity ward after I came out of recovery since they knew it would be hard for me to have a mom with her new baby in the room when mine couldn't be with me. It was a great experience considering the circumstances.

MrsBini10 · October 2011

My H wasnt there when they actually took the baby out (he got to come in right after) but mine was an emergency c-section so it might be different. From what I've heard in the US the dad can almost always stay in the room for a routine c-section and dad (and often mom) can hold the baby after it comes out. For me after the surgery they took me to recovery and my mom and DH could both be with me, but DH alternated between my room and the special care nursery where minibini had to be due to being a preemie. My hospital allows two "support people" (has to be the same people the whole time, you can't rotate them out) during labor and delivery so for me those were my mom and DH, and no one else was allowed to visit until after the birth.

bugabean · October 2011

Mine was unplanned, but DH was only away from me for the time it takes to scrub up. He held my hand throughout until she came out, and then he went with her while they gave her a quick once-over to make sure she was ok. She was on my chest as they wheeled me down the hall to recovery, where the three of us stayed together. We also roomed in together until discharge. I have no complaints about how our care was handled.

I have to echo what Mrs.E. said: any wound can get infected. I wouldn't let that get to you.

LadyMadrid08 · October 2011

That's such a bummer! I know in Spain that is not the norm. If I end up with a c-section he will be in the room and they will even do immediate skin on skin with baby and dad as long as everything is okay.

I'm really surprised they would do that to them! I agree, it's sad that they weren't able to share that experience.

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