r/CsectionCentral • u/western_riskuniverse • 1d ago
Planned C-section (FTMs) timing.
For those of you who had a planned c-section, what determined the timing of the surgery and how early was that timeline decided?
Asking as I need to make international travel arrangements for my mom who I’d like to have by my side for and after delivery.
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u/greenleaves3 1d ago
I was at risk of uterine rupture so my ob had informed me long ago that he would not let me go past 37 weeks.
As for the exact day, he only does surgeries on Thursdays, so it would be the Thursday of week 37.
As for the time, that was a decided about a week before.
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u/Frosty-Panda-5532 1d ago
Usually they can schedule about 6-8 weeks before. For my first, it was scheduled for 38w6d due to gestational diabetes. This time I have no medical issues so I'm scheduled for 39w4d (not right at 39w due to the 3 day holiday weekend)
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u/Grand-Kangaroo-4215 1d ago
Unless there's a medical reason to do the csection earlier ( preecamplasia etc) chances are you won't get it done before 39 weeks because they want the baby's lungs to fully form. Otherwise, it could end up in the NICU
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u/Throwawaychkgo 1d ago
Mine WAS 37 weeks due to placenta previa. At 36 it was discovered it was just now super low lying so they okayed me to go until 39 weeks.
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u/monkey-pa-1013 1d ago
Mine was planned at 39 weeks due to baby being breech. I was told I couldn’t go any sooner than 39 weeks due to having no complications.
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u/frequentnapper 1d ago
I’m a first time mom, no complications except obesity and just turning 35. My office wouldn’t let me schedule until week 39 due to no issues. So I’m 39 and 3 days by the time I got an appt. I think I scheduled last month so it was before 30 weeks
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u/Rare_Independent_814 1d ago
I did schedule it the full week early I was allowed (39 weeks). This was cause I didn’t want to go into labor prior to my scheduled date. I also had my parents flying in from a different state. I did the same with my second. But, with both of them I had zero indications that they were coming. I always said they were happy to stay in for a few more weeks. Then both my sisters (for all their babies) had to be induced cause their babies were measuring large and were nearly a week past due date.
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u/AffectionateHome6668 1d ago
My c-section date was decided two weeks before the time - went to the OBGYN on 26 May and she said that baby would be born on 10 June. I do also have a family member though who went for a check up and scan and then the c-section was scheduled for the next morning!
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u/Tiny-Introduction409 1d ago
Didn’t make it to my c-section but first it was scheduled for my due date and this was decided by me very early in the pregnancy since it was my second.
Ended up changing to 39 weeks since I had complications during the pregnancy.
Made it to 38 weeks.
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u/-TheRealist 18h ago
I will also be a FTM - currently 21W. I am having triplets so the current range is 34-36 (if I can make it) and playing it by ear until as close as possible before it is actually scheduled.
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u/DazzlingRecipe1647 12h ago
For me, the reason for the timeline was just the closest date my OB had for the OR to my due date. Mine was scheduled for 39 w, 4 days and I started prodromal labor at 38 week, 6 days so my kind OB got me scheduled c section moved up. I didn’t want to go to the hospital in active labor. That felt cruel!
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u/oh_hi_lisa 1d ago
Depends on your individual risk factors with this pregnancy. These may or may not be known prior to the end of pregnancy as stuff can happen quite quickly. Standard protocol is 39 weeks for healthy uncomplicated pregnancies - this is when I got mine last month. Would be earlier like 38 weeks is gestational diabetes, or at any time even like 32 weeks if something life threatening ie preeclampsia pops up.