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Smileyd17
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Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
No flames please....just curious!
Why would you schedule a c-section if you dont need one?
For me, its actually my biggest fear to have to go through one and I hope that I dont have to unless it is for the safety of my child and MANDATORY!
Maybe Im just not understanding why esp since I have seen/hear more women doing this on their 1st pregnancy.
I know once you get one, its required for other pregnancies to follow.
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Posted by Smileyd17
No flames please....just curious!
Why would you schedule a c-section if you dont need one?
I'm curious too 
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| Posted 3/29/07 11:33 AM |
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
I am having a scheduled c-section. I did have one with my son. It is not 100% required to have another. Some docs will support a VBAC if you are a good canidate.
I am not a good canidate but if I had been I would have opted for another c-section. I had a very good c-section experience and don't feel the need to give birth vaginally. It is also going to be helpful to know when I am going in so I can arrange care for my son.
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KateDevine
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
I completely agree with you. I understand the need to have one if something comes up during labor or you have a pre existing medical condition that does not let you deliver vaginally--for any reason.
But, I think with the flux of Hollywood people who schedule them (look at Britney Spears) and doctors that are willing to do them, people think having a c section will be easier. In reality, it is a surgery and has all of the risks that come along with it.
I am not flaming anyone who chooses to schedule a c section for a non medical reason, but having had two surgeries, I wouldn't necessarily sign up for one b/c it could be "easier". If my doctor felt it was necessary, then of course I would follow her orders.
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Posted by Smileyd17
I know once you get one, its required for other pregnancies to follow.
I don't think this is true anymore..
My SIL has 4 kids, her first 2 were c-section the other two were vaginally
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Posted by chelle
Posted by Smileyd17
No flames please....just curious!
Why would you schedule a c-section if you dont need one?
I'm curious too
I have to have one if my placenta does not move, and personally I am quite unhappy about it. I am not to go into labor, and I have really no say in it. I really wanted to go natural & the chance of that now is getting slimmer everyday.
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meganNbobby
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
i had an option...
i have a severly broken tailbone and it would def break again trying to give birth.... especially now since she is going to on the bigger side.. or hurt her little skull...
i would love to have it vaginally however the recovery from a broken tialbone is well was for me almost a full year last time.... i DO NOT want to be dealing with this when i have my first child.... it would take away from it...
but now she is big and breech too... so i wold have winded up getting one anyway...
but again i'd rather have the month recovery from a c-section than be in pain for almost a year afterwards...
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KateDevine
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Posted by meganNbobby
i had an option...
i have a severly broken tailbone and it would def break again trying to give birth.... especially now since she is going to on the bigger side.. or hurt her little skull...
i would love to have it vaginally however the recovery from a broken tialbone is well was for me almost a full year last time.... i DO NOT want to be dealing with this when i have my first child.... it would take away from it...
but now she is big and breech too... so i wold have winded up getting one anyway...
but again i'd rather have the month recovery from a c-section than be in pain for almost a year afterwards...
See, if I were in your shoes, I would take the c section as well! I mean, you have a pre-existing medical condition that could harm you or your baby.
I also don't think anyone should feel bad or feel like a failure if they have to have a c section, you are choosing what is right for yourself and your child
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LA723
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
I work at a hospital in Administration....and this is what my Director of Maternity told me....so please, don't shoot me..
She said that mothers and OB's love to schedule inductions and csections like they schedule getting their nails done. A lot of OB's are doing this now so that there are no suprises and they can plan their schedules accordingly. The problem with scheduling an induction if you don't have to is that it increases your chances of csection dramatically. Our csection rate is up by close to 60%.
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jameswife
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Posted by LA723
I work at a hospital in Administration....and this is what my Director of Maternity told me....so please, don't shoot me..
She said that mothers and OB's love to schedule inductions and csections like they schedule getting their nails done. A lot of OB's are doing this now so that there are no suprises and they can plan their schedules accordingly. The problem with scheduling an induction if you don't have to is that it increases your chances of csection dramatically. Our csection rate is up by close to 60%.
Wow that is so interesting...thanks for sharing!!
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LA723
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Posted by jameswife
Posted by LA723
I work at a hospital in Administration....and this is what my Director of Maternity told me....so please, don't shoot me..
She said that mothers and OB's love to schedule inductions and csections like they schedule getting their nails done. A lot of OB's are doing this now so that there are no suprises and they can plan their schedules accordingly. The problem with scheduling an induction if you don't have to is that it increases your chances of csection dramatically. Our csection rate is up by close to 60%.
Wow that is so interesting...thanks for sharing!!
Glad I can help, I'm new to this whole thing too, but I'm surrounded by experts....can't help but listen.
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gtsgirl
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
For me it was because I just had major abdominal surgery a month ago and the doctor said that I might not be healed enough to push etc. I told him if there is a chance that I would have to have a c-section anyway then I would rather not go into labor first and then have that on top of a c-section. He said fine and so we are scheduling it.
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gpsyeyes
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
I don't think anyone can just request a c-section. The insurance company will not pay for one if it is not medically necessary and if it is not medically necessary, the doctors put themselves at a greater risk for malpractice suits if anything goes wrong. There is a big misconception out there that more people are having c-sections - this really isn't the case if you look at all the variables. Yes, doctors will choose this over a vaginal delivery if there is any chance at all that there will be complications, but that is because they must do what is best for the patient and anticipate all negative possibilities that could be associated with a vaginal birth for that person.
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Posted by gpsyeyes
the doctors put themselves at a greater risk for malpractice suits if anything goes wrong. .
This really isn't true. I work in plainitff's med mal and I feel really bad for OBs a lot of the time when something goes wrong in a vaginal delivery. Then they always say "well, you should have done a c section at xyz point"
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gpsyeyes
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Posted by KateDevine
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the doctors put themselves at a greater risk for malpractice suits if anything goes wrong. .
This really isn't true. I work in plainitff's med mal and I feel really bad for OBs a lot of the time when something goes wrong in a vaginal delivery. Then they always say "well, you should have done a c section at xyz point"
What I was saying was that if they do a c-section that wasn't medically necessary, then they are risiking a suit if they shouldn't have done it in the first place.
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Reese1106
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
I'm having a scheduled c-section. This is our first child.
My reason is I've had 2 surgeries for a herniated/blown disk at the base of my spine and none of the specialists have been able to tell me I wouldn't have further complications or damange from natural labor and vaginal delivery.
For us, the best option is a c-section. Basically, my doctor, DH and I decided it was not worth my chancing going through possible hours of labor and pushing to possibly end up having a c-section anyway.
I think it's a personal decision but for me, I would not choose to have a c-seciton if I didn't need one.
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KateDevine
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Posted by gpsyeyes
Posted by KateDevine
Posted by gpsyeyes
the doctors put themselves at a greater risk for malpractice suits if anything goes wrong. .
This really isn't true. I work in plainitff's med mal and I feel really bad for OBs a lot of the time when something goes wrong in a vaginal delivery. Then they always say "well, you should have done a c section at xyz point"
What I was saying was that if they do a c-section that wasn't medically necessary, then they are risiking a suit if they shouldn't have done it in the first place.
I see what you are saying, but I think the doctor could probably find a way to justify it.....maybe I'm wrong on that. I've never seen a suit (in my office) where that was the case, usually it is the other way around
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Karebaby
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Posted by LA723
I work at a hospital in Administration....and this is what my Director of Maternity told me....so please, don't shoot me..
She said that mothers and OB's love to schedule inductions and csections like they schedule getting their nails done. A lot of OB's are doing this now so that there are no suprises and they can plan their schedules accordingly. The problem with scheduling an induction if you don't have to is that it increases your chances of csection dramatically. Our csection rate is up by close to 60%.
Wow that is interesting. My doc said he would induce me 2 weeks early b/c my DD was big, but if there is a chance I won't progress and I will have to have a c/s, I don't want to be induced. Having a c/s scares the crap out of me. I have never had any kind of surgery, so the though freaks me out.
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gpsyeyes
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Posted by KateDevine
I've never seen a suit (in my office) where that was the case, usually it is the other way around
Exactly... most likely because despite what people think, doctors don't just do c-sections because the mother "wants" one done!
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Secret4Now
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Please, ladies, do not assume that a woman who has a C-section on her first pregnancy does so by choice. I knew before I was pregnant that I would need a C-section and I got 3 doctors opinions just to make sure. What baffles me is why insurance would cover it if it was elective.
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Michelle913
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
I agree..I dont think a DR just does one for no reason...I had one with my first for a failed induction...and I plan on having another.
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Secretmama3
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Once you have a section, it is NOT required for you to have another. My first c/s was after an induction led to "failure to progress" when I stalled at 9 centimeters (VERY impatient doctor).
My second was a VBAC attempt ( vaginal birth after c-section) that ended in a second section for very real fetal distress.
I will be scheduling a c-section this time because I am not brave enough to attepmt a VBA2C.
I wish I were... I hate having my children surgically 
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Laura1
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
I didnt want to have one unless it was necessary, it is major surgery. I should have prepared myself for the possibility, maybe then I wouldnt have been so scared getting it done
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Goldi0218
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Posted by gtsgirl
For me it was because I just had major abdominal surgery a month ago and the doctor said that I might not be healed enough to push etc. I told him if there is a chance that I would have to have a c-section anyway then I would rather not go into labor first and then have that on top of a c-section. He said fine and so we are scheduling it.
Do you know if a person is more likely to need a c-section if they have had abdomial surgeries in the past - more than 5 or 6 years ago. I have had an abdominal surgery and wonder if I may need one. Perhaps it depends on the type of surgery. Whatever it is, it is. Just curious.
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Re: Question re: C-sections (for ladies having them)
Posted by Secret4Now
Please, ladies, do not assume that a woman who has a C-section on her first pregnancy does so by choice. I knew before I was pregnant that I would need a C-section and I got 3 doctors opinions just to make sure. What baffles me is why insurance would cover it if it was elective.
Actually, I think the question was very much directed at people who chose to, not people who had to have them for medical reasons, even for a first child.
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