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C Section Awake Or Asleep. You wont feel any pain but you may feel some pressure or tugging sensations. Second baby was elective cs and I stayed awake and had a really good experience but as I suffer from quite bad panic and anxiety attacks Im really really nervous and anxious this time around so thought it would be best if I was asleep during the procedure. Birth happens in many ways some of which are unexpected. Your birth partner will not normally be present in this case.
You wont feel any pain but you may feel some pressure or tugging sensations. I dont care what anyone says a C-section is a major surgery. The doctor will place a screen across your waist so you wont be able. The operating room staff will insert a catheter into your bladder and place sterile drapes over your tummy. Your birth partner will not normally be present in this case. While the surgery is scary it is also the birth of a baby.
That way they are awake to see and hear their baby being born.
The cut is usually made across your tummy just below your bikini line. You will be awake throughout the operation. Asked by Wiki User. Time is getting closer for my 3rd c section and im so undecided whether to stay awake or go to sleep. It also means your birth partner can be with you. General anaesthetic where youre asleep is used in some cases if you cannot have a spinal or epidural anaesthetic.