The health and well-being of you and your baby are of utmost importance to us. We are committed to providing you and your family with the best possible care.
What is the Enhanced Recovery Program?
Enhanced recovery is a way of caring for surgical patients to help them get better faster. All of the members of your care team work together with the goal of a smooth recovery. This includes your obstetrician, family medicine provider, anesthesiologist, pediatric care provider, nurses and midwives. This lets you and your family focus on taking care of your newborn.
Goals of Enhanced Recovery:
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Helping you understand the process from start to recovery, including how to prepare for it.
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Reducing the physical stress of surgery and delivering a baby. This means allowing you to drink clear liquids or a carbohydrate drink up to 2 hours before surgery and eating up to 8 hours prior to surgery.
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Less opioid pain medicines. We will use multiple methods to control your pain, including a pain block. Our goal is to reduce the side effects of opioids on your body and their transfer into your breast milk.
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Eating and moving around earlier after your baby is born. By controlling your pain, you are more able to eat, drink and move around, which helps improve your recovery.
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Having a partner with you in the operating room, as well as a doula if you have one.
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Giving you the right amount of IV fluids.
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Managing your blood pressure.
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Skin-to-skin contact with your baby as soon as possible after delivery. This helps you bond while keeping your baby warm. It also leads to better success making milk and feeding your baby.
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Waiting to clamp your baby’s cord, which can improve baby’s red blood cell counts.
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Helping you avoid nausea (feeling sick to your stomach).
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Controlling your temperature to help prevent shivering.
We take a family-centered approach to cesarean delivery. We aim to make surgical births feel less like surgery.
Contact MetroPartners OBGYN
If you have any questions about your specific c-section, it’s best to consult your provider. Give MetroPartners OBGYN a call and schedule an appointment today if you are in need of gynecological surgery.