Planned C-sections increase infant mortality. We're not talking about C-sections for medical reasons here, which are something different. Then the risks with a vaginal delivery are deemed to be higher than surgery.
I still can't believe people choose to have a caesarian (sp?). I mean, if you're so afraid of giving birth you're about to go psycho it's not really a choice, right? It would also be interesting to know how they compare to induced births.
Sometimes its not a choice, but a necessity due to medical reasons. I had to have a c-section because the baby wouldn't fit through my pelvis after being in labor for 14 hours and pushing for 2.5 hours. I really wanted to deliver vaginally, the recovery would certainly have been a lot easier than what I'm currently going through!
This of course is not the case with some well known celebraties (Brittney Spears) who chose a c-section because they are afraid of pain.
I guess that wasn't very clear - the emphasis is on *choose*. I wouldn't be alive if it weren't for c-section, so I'm definitely not against them if there is a good enough reason.
I would have preferred to have a vaginal birth. I TRIED to have a vaginal birth. Pity I did not dialate even 1 cm and after 7 hours of labor and no dialation I was scheduled for the C-section. Anyone who thinks a C-section is "Easier" than normal delivery must be on crack. It took me almost 12 full months before I felt normal again and could twist and turn and sit up like I had prior to the C-section. I'll bet that it doesn't take that long for mostpeople who have had a vagnal delivery to get back to their old selves.
I think it all depends on the person. I had a planned c-section (twice) due to medical reasons. I wish I could have tried vaginal, but I wasn't willing to take the risks that were there in my case. Even in the hospital, people would come in, see me sitting in bed, check the chart, and say "did you have a c-section?" I just recovered pretty quickly. I'm 3 weeks post partum now, and having a hard time staying still. I feel normal, but my doc tells me I need to still take it easy.
Anyway, I don't want to discount your experience. It sounds awful. It's different for everybody. I know my mom had such a terrible experience with vaginal birth and recovery, that she thinks that everybody should have c-sections. I do not agree, at all, but her experience was awful.
I'm not surprised at the data. Vaginal birth and labor tell a baby that it's ready to be born. The trip through the birth canal squeezes fluid out of the lungs, and helps the baby breathe. I got my doc to pull Edward out of my incision slowly, to somewhat replicate that process, and she says that she could see the fluid coming out of his nose. My other son was born (at same gestational age) via a "normal' c-section, and spent 3 days in neonatal intensive care.
I also wanted to have a regular birth, but the baby was too big to fit through the pelvis. When I have other children, they probably will be by planned c-section as well since VBAC's aren't all that common, and given the problem with my narrow pelvic bones, do I really want to spend 14 hours in labor again only to have another c-section?
Anyway, I'm just happy to have a healthy baby, even though the recovery is slow and painful.
Though giving birth was a rather long-winded and painful business, I also found it a very powerful experience, which I wouldn't be without. Of course it can be necessary witrh a c-section- my sister won't be able to have a baby if that wasn't an option- but if there's no medical reason, I don't see why one would prefer a c-section. I've had to remove a tumour (not a dangerous one) from an ovarie, and the surgery rthen is almsot the same as for a c-section. And to recover from that was probably as painful as giving birth. And I could recover without having to take care of a baby...
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Date: 2006-09-08 08:34 pm (UTC)This of course is not the case with some well known celebraties (Brittney Spears) who chose a c-section because they are afraid of pain.
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Date: 2006-09-08 12:42 pm (UTC)Anyway, I don't want to discount your experience. It sounds awful. It's different for everybody. I know my mom had such a terrible experience with vaginal birth and recovery, that she thinks that everybody should have c-sections. I do not agree, at all, but her experience was awful.
I'm not surprised at the data. Vaginal birth and labor tell a baby that it's ready to be born. The trip through the birth canal squeezes fluid out of the lungs, and helps the baby breathe. I got my doc to pull Edward out of my incision slowly, to somewhat replicate that process, and she says that she could see the fluid coming out of his nose. My other son was born (at same gestational age) via a "normal' c-section, and spent 3 days in neonatal intensive care.
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Date: 2006-09-08 08:31 pm (UTC)I also wanted to have a regular birth, but the baby was too big to fit through the pelvis. When I have other children, they probably will be by planned c-section as well since VBAC's aren't all that common, and given the problem with my narrow pelvic bones, do I really want to spend 14 hours in labor again only to have another c-section?
Anyway, I'm just happy to have a healthy baby, even though the recovery is slow and painful.
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