Hey there mamas! I will be going in for my 2nd c-section in June and want to see what ideas you all have for making it extra special. My daughter was breech the last pregnancy and we had her by c-section. Being my first pregnancy, and scheduling it the day before, I wasn't prepared to get creative with what went on during the surgery, other than having an instrumental suite CD played that was special to both my husband and I, which we had planned on doing if the labor went naturally anyway. That was great, by the way, because now my daughter has a special song and when I listen to it, I can relive when she was delivered, learning her gender, hearing her first cry, etc with certain phrases within the piece.
With this baby, I've heard from friends what they have done or heard done, such as 1) having a nurse take pictures of the surgery and of the baby being delivered so I can witness it, 2) having the doctor lift the baby out of my tummy so my husband can see over the curtain and him being the one to tell me if it was a girl or boy, 3) insisting that the baby be cleaned in the operating room and be wheeled to the recovery room with me so (s)he never leaves me (although my husband was really able to bond with my daughter when she was taken to the nursery to be cleaned up).
Thank you in advance for your ideas! I hope you can gather a few for yourself as well to help you feel like you have a little more control over the labor.