Cathed During C-Section

So I was talking with my mother the other day and she said for her c-section she was cathed before the spinal block was put in - so she had to feel the cath going in.

For my c-section I was cathed exactly right after they put the spinal block in, so I only felt it slide in for a second.

Now, my next baby is scheduled to come out on July 6th and I'm having another c-section. My mom says since this a planned c-section, they will probably cath me before they put the spinal block in so I'm all prepped before. I REALLY hope that is not the case. I'm not at all into the pain of being cathed.

So I guess my question is - Do they cath you before or after your spinal block goes in on a planned c-section?

Both times, I has my cath before the spinal block.

Medfedcouple-wife

Thanks Mashie for the advise! I will definitely have to talk to my doctor about that! I just find it funny that I find that to be the worse part of having a c-section! Haha!

I don't want to scare you but i found that the most painfull part of my cs.

i had an emergency cs under full Anastasia but the caterization was done before that

if i was you i would ask your doctor to do it after the spinal.

its possible sometimes they do it

again i hope i diddent scared you.

some of my friends told me that they diddent found it painful so maybe its just personal or depend on the doctor who does it.

anyway it goes really really fast so its done before you know it.

congratulations with your pregnancy!!! 🌹

Me and my wife had a baby in February of this year and as for her being catheterized they done it after she was given her spinal block i can tell you that she never knew she had it until she was finally off the sedative 12 hours later and to be honest she said that it didn't really bother her that much

I have the Foley put in after the spinal for pt. comfort. If it is a true emergency I will have the Foley placed before the anesthesia. If the pt does not have a Foley to decompress the bladder there is a much higher risk of damaging the bladder. I have never had a pt request a Foley before the anesthesia so they could feel it

I got the catheter always before the spinal block. Once already some hours before the c-section, the other times in surgery just minutes before the block.