C Section Question (for those who have had one)

BlackBerry25 · Jul 27th, 2008, 10:35 AM

This could be a stupid question, I thought of it in the middle of the night on one of my "run to the toilet before I pee the bed" trips.

When you have a C Section scheduled, so you haven't begun going into labour yet, what happens to your mucus plug? Do they leave it in and it eventually falls out?

Also, with the placenta does the doctor surgically remove it or after the baby is out, does it loosen and he just grabs it?

lol, the things I think about while peeing.

clairebear · Jul 27th, 2008, 10:40 AM

mine wasnt elective so i was in labour before having an emergency c section and lost my mucus plug when waters broke.

not sure how they remove placenta but they do take it i even checked with doc when he had finished and he looked at me like i was mad

Tootsie · Jul 27th, 2008, 10:42 AM

i assume the mucas plug is loosened during the procedure anyway with all that tugging and pulling, but the surgically remove the placenta once the baby is out.

Ann-Marie · Jul 27th, 2008, 11:49 AM

You still bleed after a c-section, so it will come out along with all of that

BlackBerry25 · Jul 27th, 2008, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ann-Marie

You still bleed after a c-section, so it will come out along with all of that

Oh, I did not know that.

I don't have a c section booked, lol, I was just wondering.

leeanne · Jul 27th, 2008, 12:40 PM

Funny, because you think that if you have a C-section there would be no bleeding after right? Not true. It happens and mine last for 3-4 weeks.

They do surgically remove the placenta and, quite truthfully, I suppose the mucous plug goes somewhere. However, I do think that is taken care of too in the procedure as I've never experienced what people describe as losing their mucous plug during the bleeding after.

Tootsie · Jul 27th, 2008, 12:54 PM

no come to think of it i don't remeber losing no lumps as such i remember bleeding lots though and as like you leeanne it lasted a good few weeks.

Bex1981 · Jul 27th, 2008, 16:09 PM

My planned section became an emergency one when my waters broke day before it was booked! I didn't lose my mucus plug, the placenta was surgically removed.

I've been bleeding since but very light and its tailing off now - had the section on 3 July. I've recovered really well and can actually get about really well.

The only problem I'm having is a bad back which I've had for years anyway but carrying Alexander around is straining it.

Rach & Bumpy · Jul 27th, 2008, 17:36 PM

what happens to the amniotic fluid then?

or am i being really dim??

Younglutonmum · Jul 27th, 2008, 18:04 PM

It just gushes out

My mum had a C-section & she was carrying waaay too much water. So much so my brother couldn't move out the position he was in when he was in her womb. He was wedged in her right hand side the whole pregnancy

When they made the c-section incision my mum said the fluid gushed out & there was so much & so loud one of the nurses jumped lol

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BlackBerry25 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 15,180	C Section Question (for those who have had one) This could be a stupid question, I thought of it in the middle of the night on one of my "run to the toilet before I pee the bed" trips. When you have a C Section scheduled, so you haven't begun going into labour yet, what happens to your mucus plug? Do they leave it in and it eventually falls out? Also, with the placenta does the doctor surgically remove it or after the baby is out, does it loosen and he just grabs it? lol, the things I think about while peeing.

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clairebear Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: southwest uk Posts: 11,539	mine wasnt elective so i was in labour before having an emergency c section and lost my mucus plug when waters broke. not sure how they remove placenta but they do take it i even checked with doc when he had finished and he looked at me like i was mad

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Tootsie Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London Posts: 885	i assume the mucas plug is loosened during the procedure anyway with all that tugging and pulling, but the surgically remove the placenta once the baby is out.

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Ann-Marie Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Leigh, Oxfordshire, UK. Posts: 5,174	You still bleed after a c-section, so it will come out along with all of that

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leeanne Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 26,691	Funny, because you think that if you have a C-section there would be no bleeding after right? Not true. It happens and mine last for 3-4 weeks. They do surgically remove the placenta and, quite truthfully, I suppose the mucous plug goes somewhere. However, I do think that is taken care of too in the procedure as I've never experienced what people describe as losing their mucous plug during the bleeding after.

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Tootsie Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London Posts: 885	no come to think of it i don't remeber losing no lumps as such i remember bleeding lots though and as like you leeanne it lasted a good few weeks.

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Bex1981 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 12	My planned section became an emergency one when my waters broke day before it was booked! I didn't lose my mucus plug, the placenta was surgically removed. I've been bleeding since but very light and its tailing off now - had the section on 3 July. I've recovered really well and can actually get about really well. The only problem I'm having is a bad back which I've had for years anyway but carrying Alexander around is straining it.

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Jul 27th, 2008, 17:36 PM	#9
Rach & Bumpy Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 428	what happens to the amniotic fluid then? or am i being really dim??

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Younglutonmum Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Luton Posts: 3,157	It just gushes out My mum had a C-section & she was carrying waaay too much water. So much so my brother couldn't move out the position he was in when he was in her womb. He was wedged in her right hand side the whole pregnancy When they made the c-section incision my mum said the fluid gushed out & there was so much & so loud one of the nurses jumped lol

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