Scheduled repeat c/s

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When is the earliest or latest you can do it or were offered to do it? My due date is 4 days after William's birthday and I really want to NOT miss his birthday. His birthday is Saturday and I'm hoping maybe they will induce me the following Monday, but it's just two days before my due date.


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[whodey]

I believe they typically schedule a repeat c/s 1 week prior to your due date so you don't go into labor on your own, at least that's how it worked for everyone I know

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Earliest is 39 weeks with my doctor. Not sure he latest bc she did not want me to go past my due date

[formerlyllizzyb]

Aug 20, 2014 16:41:51 GMT -5 whodey said:

I believe they typically schedule a repeat c/s 1 week prior to your due date so you don't go into labor on your own, at least that's how it worked for everyone I know

yes, me too.

My due date is Jan 9 and I'm already tentatively scheduled for Jan 2.

I'm actually hoping she comes a few days earlier like her brother did for insurance reasons

[honeybee503]

Mine was also exactly a week before my due date.

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So if they do it exactly a week before by due date, the baby will be born in William's due date, which is April 1st. I wonder if I could actually get out of the hospital on the 4th then? I could deal better missing part of his bday but not all of it.


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[thedahliharpa]

I know it's not quite the same but I would pretend his bday is around your 38 week mark. You can still do something the real day but a holiday type day right after birth is hard.  It's the last time you can get away with it. By the time they are almost 4 they understand the calendar, lol.

[skiesthelimit]

My OB would schedule for 39 weeks at the earliest and would go up to 41+3 if I wanted to.

[fusion]

I scheduled with a specific doctor who only does them on mondays, so I was 39 + 2 and 39 + 5 for my RCSs.

[laurensmomma]

I think thedahliharpa made an excellent recommendation. I had a C-section that was scheduled for a week before my due date (6 days, really). I was out of the hospital 2 days later, but really, what kind of shape would you be in to help host a birthday party? Good luck! I hope whatever you choose works out fantastic.

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I wouldn't have a party. I just want to be with him and I'll be really sad if I'm not. I know I seem overly attached/sensitive, but he still hasn't had a babysitter before and then I'm going to have to leave him with my IL's for days the haven't watched him before and I especially don't want to do it on his birthday. I like the idea of having his special day before I have the baby though to celebrate his birthday!


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[DesertMoon]

You should do Williams bday the week before.

[Beener]

39 weeks was the earliest I could schedule it but the hospital wouldn't book csections until 36 weeks was reached. By that time, the earliest appointment they had for me put me at 39+5. Ugh.

[kkfeb04]

I was scheduled for a RCS 6 days prior to my EDD, mostly because I had GD. If you are in the hospital, you can have him in your room (if you are in a private room) all day with you. Kalvin came after daycare three days and was there all day for 3 days as we were hoping for discharge one of those days. We just took movies and H made sure he had some toys. They arrived around 9 am and they left around 9 pm.

Also, just because it gets scheduled doesn't mean that is the date, Katelyn didn't like 4/3/12 for a birthday.

[rxbeth]

Without medical reason, my hospital won't schedule a RCS before 39 weeks but it doesn't HAVE to be at 39 weeks. I talked to my OB today and I could always try for a VBAC and asked to be scheduled for a RCS at, like, 40.5 weeks. If I don't go before then, I have the RCS.

I'm still not sure what I want to do.

[greenkitty98]

I had mine at 40+4 because I was showing signs of pre-e and we decided not to wait for a vbac any longer. My dr wouldn't have pressured me to schedule a RCS until 41 weeks.

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[charmediamsure]

Yup my friend just had a scheduled c section yesterday and her due date was the 26th.

[skiesthelimit]

Aug 20, 2014 18:15:12 GMT -5 @huahualove said:

I wouldn't have a party. I just want to be with him and I'll be really sad if I'm not. I know I seem overly attached/sensitive, but he still hasn't had a babysitter before and then I'm going to have to leave him with my IL's for days the haven't watched him before and I especially don't want to do it on his birthday. I like the idea of having his special day before I have the baby though to celebrate his birthday!


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Ah hun I totally get that. I was away from X for 3 days while having A and it was hard on me. They sent me home 36hours after my c/s but I laboured for a really long time before hand so X was with my BIL. It was hard because I had never been away from him that long and my BIL had never babysat him. It wasn't easy for me but X did great and William will too. I hope you can get it scheduled on a day that will still allow you to be with William on his bday.