r/ElectiveCsection

I had an emergency C-section at South Health Campus, and I wasn’t given the chance to do skin-to-skin with my baby or even hold him right away. I was very drowsy from the medication, but it still would have been nice to have that moment.
The hospital also started giving my baby formula immediately. I’m still struggling with breastfeeding and don’t really have a milk supply yet. I can’t stop wondering whether my milk might have come in if the hospital had encouraged breastfeeding more from the beginning.
I would love to hear about other moms’ experiences with C-sections and breastfeeding

I wanted to share my real birth story because before giving birth, reading other women’s experiences helped me feel less alone.
My pregnancy was filled with hope, fear, excitement, and so many emotions. I imagined the moment I would finally meet my baby, but I never expected how intense and overwhelming the experience would become.
After long hours of labor, exhaustion, pain, and emotional stress, things suddenly changed and I needed an emergency C-section. In that moment, I felt scared, vulnerable, and completely out of control. Everything happened so fast.
I remember lying there terrified, wondering if my baby was okay and if I was okay. But despite the fear, my body kept fighting. The doctors and nurses moved quickly, and then finally — I heard my baby cry for the first time.
That moment changed everything.
All the fear, pain, and exhaustion suddenly felt worth it. I cried from relief and disbelief. I realized that strength does not always look the way we imagine it. Sometimes strength is surviving something we never planned for.
Recovery after the C-section was not easy physically or emotionally. There were moments I felt weak, overwhelmed, and emotional. But I’m proud of myself for making it through one of the hardest moments of my life.
To any mother reading this:
whether your birth was natural, induced, traumatic, peaceful, vaginal, or by C-section — you are not less of a mother. Your story matters and your strength is real.
Thank you for reading my story ❤️

Hello everyone!
Today I have booked in my elective c section and I’m feeling totally terrified and miserable about it.
This is my 3rd baby. The first 2 came naturally with no intervention and I had such amazing births so just assumed I’d have the same again this time around.
This pregnancy has been pretty overwhelming from the start. I have a bicornuate uterus, I had bleeding on and off for the first few months, then diagnosed with placenta praevia, potential issues with baby found at anomaly scan. Thankfully somehow the placenta moved out of the way so no more bleeding and baby is totally healthy so that was a relief! My birth plan was back on track!
Then at 32 weeks I had a growth scan (because of my uterine abnormality) and we discovered baby was breech. I’ve done everything I can to flip him but due to the shape of my womb, it’s just not happening.
I met with the consultant today and we have gone ahead with booking a c section to get baby here safely.
I’m absolutely terrified. I didn’t want this. I’m so scared that something will go wrong. I had to go to theatre after both of my previous births to manually remove part of the placenta and on my first one the spinal block didn’t work on my left side. The second time it worked but it felt like it was up quite high and I couldn’t breathe properly so felt really panicked.
Just really struggling to come to terms with the new plan and want some positive stories 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻