C-Section Recovery – Useful Tips For Cesarean Delivery & Recovery

One of the C-Section questions women often ask me is what’s the difference between an Epidural and Spinal Anesthesia.

This is a great question because although most anesthesiologists have their own preference on what anesthesia to use, you can make your own choice, so understanding the differences between the two may help you make that choice.

Both the Epidural and Spinal are used as partial numbing when having a C-Section and both are completely safe and effective,  but these are the primary differences.
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There are basically 2 types of C-Section incisions that a physician will make during the C-Section Procedure.

These types of incisions are referred to as the vertical incision and the horizontal incision and they can be significant when it comes to the size of your C-Section scar as well as future births.

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Having C-Section surgery is never easy, there’s always a fair amount of anxiety, fear and pain involved.

The good news is that much of your C-Section anxiety and stress can be substantially reduced if you prepare your mind.

For example, below is a study that was done on women having surgery that showed some remarkable statistics when they prepared their minds.   Read more »

If you’re going to be having a c-section chances are you’re a little nervous or maybe even down right scared, especially if it will be your first c-section.

Most women having a c-section worry a lot about recovery and things like how long it will take, how painful it will be, their cesarean scar and so on,  but is there anything about the c-section procedure itself that freaks you out or that you are particularly worried about?  Let’s discuss it.

You moms that have already had c-sections, what were your fears and were they as bad as you thought?

In case you’re curious, here’s  a c-section birth video.

Kind of brings a tear to your eye, doesn’t it?

The more  you know about the C-Section procedure, the less frightened you will be.

There are a number of things that happen prior to your C-Section procedure as well as during the procedure, so here’s a run down of what you can expect. Read more »