If you are found to be critically ill, the priority will be to save your life and, if your baby is still alive, the safest and quickest way to save them. There will not necessarily be time to make choices. If there is time, do tell the staff if you have any particular wishes such as if and how you want to see your baby.
This situation can be very frightening for both parents. It can be particularly difficult for the partner, who can feel powerless and frightened.
Except in an emergency, you will probably be offered a spinal or an epidural anaesthetic for a caesarean section. This is usually safer than a general anaesthetic, and recovery is often quicker. It also means that your partner, or someone else you have chosen, can be with you in the operating theatre and that you will be awake when the baby is born. However, there may sometimes be medical reasons for having a general anaesthetic.