Prepare For Cesarean Section

Your abdomen will be cleansed.

Prepare for cesarean section. Eating and drinking before a c section. Your health care provider might ask you to shower with an antiseptic soap the night before and the morning of. Have some peppermint tea on hand to help.

As a result you should try to have your bags packed and ready to go at least one month before your scheduled c section. In your c section preparation days ask for skin to skin contact with your baby as soon as possible and start breastfeeding within the first couple of hours after your baby is born. Usually you should not eat or drink anything for around six to eight hours before the caesarean.

There are several hospitals that will allow this so ask beforehand if you want to breastfeed. If the baby s size is the reason ask how accurate the weight estimates are. Find out if you have any other options.

Include a dressing gown and nightgown something loose fitting that won t put pressure on the incision area. First of all you need to create your birth plan. Have an intravenous line iv started in your arm or hand.

A nursing assessment of a pregnant woman about to undergo cesarean birth is also important to obtain health history that would become essential later on. If you can t do any of these things though don t despair. Even if you schedule your c section for a specific day there is still a chance that you could go into labor before your intended delivery date.

Pack all the regular things you should bring to the hospital. Use your lochia bleeding to gauge your activity level it will increase if you are doing too much activity. Now even though you are having a c section birth you can still have few preferences to make your delivery experience better.