I had a planned c section with my now 20 month old and it was a wonderful experience. I went in around 9am. They prepared me for the surgery, took me to the O.R around noon, the anesthesiologistcame in and gave me my spinal block, which was a lot less painful than the epidural I received with my first son, he left & doctor came in. checked to see if I was numb, and of course I was so they put a curtain up and begin the surgery.