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Timing of planned cesarean
- After labor begins
- Scheduled before labor begins
Support people
- No support people present
- Partner only
- More than one support person
- Support person seated at mother's head
- Support person stands and watches or photographs surgery and birth
Anesthesia
- Regional anesthesia with or without premedication
- General anesthesia
Participation by mother
- Mother watches delivery of baby (window in screen or screen lowered)
- Anesthesiologist or obstetrician explains events during surgery
- No explanation of events
Postoperative medications
- At mother's request only
- Medications for anxiety, trembling, or nausea at anesthesiologist's discretion
Contact with baby
- Baby held by partner near mother soon after birth
- Baby held by mother during surgical repair of incisions
- Baby taken to nursery for well-baby observation
- If baby goes immediately to nursery or intensive care, partner goes with baby or stays with mother
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WOMEN’S HEALTH
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