simmer2 - first off - congrats!!!!
my wife had one 8 weeks ago.... what do you want to know?
this was my experience.....
my wife got wheeled into the o.r. i had to wait in the hall while they prepped her
someone came and got me
i sat down beside my wife's head. the only thing i could see other than her head was the big tarp they had drawn across her chest (i wasn't really into watching them pull my daughter out)
the doc's got our little girl out, gave her to the nurses who checked her over, cleaned her up and wrapped her like a taco (swaddled her... but i prefer wrapped like a taco)
they brought her over to us and plopped her into my arms (first time i've ever held a baby, let alone a new born!)
i showed her to my wife, then my daughter and i had to go to the recovery room to wait while they finished the c-section procedure
once they wheeled my wife into the recovery area they removed her robe from the waist up and put our daughter across her chest to help establish a 'skin to skin' bond
after maybe an hour in the recovery area we were taken to a hospital room and that's when the recovery starts
my wife was pretty out of it becuz of the spinal
don't be alarmed if your wife's milk doesn't come in right away. it took my wife's body a couple days to realize that, 'hey... i've got a kid to feed!' (i guess the whole going into labour helps the body prep not just for deliverey, but for post delivery too... and with a c-section her body goes from pregnant one moment to 'mom' the next)
one big thing to remember is that a c-section is a fairly substantial surgery. it was tough for my wife (she hates asking for help) but for a good week she really had to depend on me to do everything for her
we had a constant rotation of nurses so i pretty much got out of changing those first few nasty 'black tar' diapers! good times!!!!
like i said earlier, it's been 8 weeks... my wife still has to be careful with lifting things so i'm still doing most of the lifting of anything over 10-15lbs
enjoy those first few days/weeks... they are AWESOME!!! take lots of pictures too. i can't believe how much our little girl has grown in just the first 8 weeks!!
minutes old....
day 1....
8 weeks, 2 days....
don't be shy about asking questions.... i'll answer them as best i can