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MissAngel 
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 7:18pm |
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Hey everyone :) Just got reccomended this site from another member so I thought i'd come register etc.. Anyway, my name is Alex, I'm 28 and I live in Rangiora in Canterbury and i'm 20wks pregnant with my first baby. My partner and I found out we're having a wee boy yesterday, and it was really exciting :D Will be interesting to learn about everyone elses experiences - I'll be having a c-section due to horrible back problems, so the whole thing is extremely daunting. Si yea, Hi again and stuff!
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 7:22pm |
Hi there! Welcome to OhBaby and congrats  . I had a c-section and it wasn't half as bad as what I'd thought  . So are you due in May? There are plenty of ladies from CHCH on here (I'll be another one in a couple of weeks!)
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MissAngel
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 7:29pm |
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Hey :) They've given me a due date of the 30th of may, but I guess that will all change with the c-section? Im so nervous about it lol.
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 7:37pm |
Hey miss angel congrats on the baby boy. 
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 7:38pm |
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Hi there, i'm not far away i'm just down in little old Kaiapoi.
I have a 7 month old who was born by C section cos he was breech. We had some other issues and he was born at 38 weeks, normally for an elective c/s they do them at 39 weeks, especially if there is a reason for not wanting you to go into labour otherwise some women like to wait until labour starts naturally and then have the c/s done so that the date is still a surprise.
I was quite nervous about mine as well but at least you have a lot of advance warning. c/s was my worse case scenario but actually it was a very good birth experience for all of us.
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 7:40pm |
Hi Alex and welcome to OB
I had a c sect too but mine wasnt planned so I cant imagine what you are going thru with being nervous about it. AnnC had a planned c sect she may have some good advice for you to help with the nervousness.
Oops nearly forgot
CONGRATULATIONS ON HAVING A BOY!!!!!!
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 7:41pm |
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I assume you went to chch womans for that? Are they good there and stuff? I'm waiting for an appointment with a specialist there to discuss my 'options' which made me laugh cuz I dont have options :P I HAVE to have a csection lol. my MW said they'd decide closer to the time what they're gonna do, but yea. I dont know - its all so confusing.
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 7:46pm |
Hi & welcome, I also had c/sect 1st was emergency due to not progressing 2nd was baby was too comfortable & didnt want to come out. All worked out well in the end so long as everyone involved it healthy. Have you had too much trouble with your back during the pregnancy?
When are you going out shopping for some wee outfits???
We are in Southbridge but my hubby works in Rangiora, we will prob be up there for the 26 or 27 Jan, I'm sure Karl will want to go have a look.
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 7:49pm |
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With being an elective you may also go to St Georges, I havn't been there but it is meant to be great since the refurb.
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 7:49pm |
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oh ive already bought a few bits :P And with my back - ive got multiple compressions of the discs in my spine, one is bone on bone now so i'm in constant pain. I'm in a wheelchair if I wanna go to the mall etc - and man people are rude!! They look at me and turn their noses up all the time - even one old lady was like 'oh look at her, isnt she fat' I woulda got up and socked her one if I could have :P
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 7:55pm |
Yeah I was at CWH, I got admitted at 34w6d cos my waters had broke and i had gone into labour that's when I found out he was breech, for some reason my labour stopped so I basically then spent 3 weeks mostly at the hospital, had 3 other false starts but eventually had him via elective on the 11th June at 38weeks gestation, which was great cos it gave me a bit of time to get my head around it, stupid me had assumed I wouldn't have a c/s  . I found the staff really really good, I saw pretty much every obs there and they all saw me  , all of them were very nice as were the midwifes. I had him on the monday and then transferred to burwood on the thursday (would have been earlier but there were no beds) we stayed in till the saturday cos Spencer had a bit of jaundice and needed to go in the billibed.
The hospital had a great c/s pack that I was able to borrow and read through and I read every book about c/s that I could find so I was fully prepared for what would happen. I'm an information person and feel more in control if I have read all about it.
Any questions about anything just let pm me and i will do the best to answer them, there is also a c/s support section on this site.
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 7:57pm |
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Awesome thanks so much! Its hard not having anyone to talk to about all this LOL
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 8:19pm |
welcome alex congrats on the lil boy
i grew up in rangiora!! i live in north beach now with DH and the sprogs.....both mine were c/s...jack was elective at 39wks as he was breech...typical boy, didn't stop and ask for directions! that was at st georges where they do all the elective c/s.
charli was an emergency c/s after only 5hrs labour, she was posterior, head flexed and heartrate all over the show, so i was extremely bummed about that!
but anyhoo.....c/s aren't as bad as they are made out to be. (well mine weren't anyway). just remember to ask what questions you may have, write them down if you have a good a memory as mine and ask when you see specialist or midwife.
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 8:23pm |
Sorry, a bit off topic, but I'll be moving to new brighton vanessa, so just up your way
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 8:32pm |
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Hey Vanessa I had my elective at CWH so they can't do all the electives at st.georges, maybe that changed when the new hospital opened.
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 9:29pm |
just depends on who your mw/surgeon is & wether you go private or not as to wether its CWH or St George, I was given the option this year (m/c)
Also off topic: Shell my sister lives in New Brighton on Marine Parade
Ouch Alex, was it from an accident (just being nosey, dont answer if you dont want ). OMG what a rude woman, imagine the looks you will get when you are getting about in a wheelchair AND a baby!! You'll be turning heads everywhere
On the upside at least with a c/sect you will have a epidural and you will be out of pain fo a wee while, the recovery isn't too bad either (for me anyway) a bit restrictive on what you can do & lift etc, no stretchingupwards to put out washing, no lifting anything heavier than bubs, not susposed to drive for apros 6weeks, - just got to give the muscles time to mend & the stiches to come right
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 9:32pm |
Hi I'm Rachael and I live in Avondale at the moment but spent my teen years in Rangiora and my partner Ben gre up in Rangiora.
Congratulations on the boy wee boys are great
Your back sounds painful and what a rude lady 
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 9:33pm |
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hehe I cant do all of that anyway so it's not gonna be much of a change! Man I feel useless :P Back problems started when I was a teen and had to jump out of a 2 storey window to stop myself being hit in the head with a baseball bat :P Landed on my feet and compressed a disc - didnt really hurt, and was fine until I went back to school last year to become a hairdresser. Doctor reckons all the standing and bending and me being plus sized didnt help, and it just started a chain reaction. I'll eventually have to have a spinal fusion - but i'm gonna wait til we've had a couple of kids, as the recovery from that is at least 6 months.
Im not worried about the wheelchair thing really (as soon as I teach the other half how to drive it properly :P) I can just sit there and tell him where I want to go!
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 9:40pm |
 Kels wrote:
I had a c sect too but mine wasnt planned so I cant imagine what you are going thru with being nervous about it. AnnC had a planned c sect she may have some good advice for you to help with the nervousness.
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Hello there and welcome this site is very friendly and you get heaps of good advise
Yes I had an elective ceasar due to Rhyley being breeched he wasn't my first baby (3rd actually) but he was my first ceasar. As for the nevereousness its all natural to feel that way whether you had elective or not becoming a mother and 'labour' gets you nervous. big advise I have is get moving as soon as you can - lying in bed too long can make the healing processes longer - now I don't mean jumping out of bed as soon as the spinal wears off -definately rest but listen to your medical team and they will let you know when you will be ready and yup will hurt first time you get up (roll onto side and push up - make sure you ahve a pillow or something pressed into your wound - it sure helps)
You got plenty of time to ask lots of questions and get support
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Posted: 10 January 2008 at 9:43pm |
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Hi and welcome. im in chch too. Havent had a c section but have always found the hospital really good, spent heaps of time there with my two pregnancies and they are all lovely.
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