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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
I think that most definately there are more c-sections being performed in this day and age, but at the same time, I think it falls into the category where doctors recognize more problems sooner and try to deal with them in a proactive manner. In this day and age a lot more things are diagnosed (not just in pregnancy) because medicine is just that much better than it ever has been before.
I worked in med mal law for 3 years and you know what? There are plenty of cases that we saw were the parents wanted to labor on their own and the doctor's respected their wishes literally to a fault. I feel for OBs because it is such a touchy area of medicine, a woman can have a perfectly fine pregnancy and then everything can go down hill at the birth and vice versa. A c-section is considered "easier" but you know what? It is major surgery and personally I don't think that OBs jump to do them unless they feel that they are or could be necessary.
Personally, I do not believe there are too many c-sections performed. I was induced due to possible preeclampsia, my doctor felt I ran the risk of delevoping a condition that would be bad for me and my child. Sure, I was worried that I could have a c-section, but I trusted my doctor and that she had the well being of my child and myself at heart.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
I am thinking about all of this now since I may be getting induced tomorrow night. I was reading lots of birth stories that started with inductions and I think I am going to tell my doctor right away, that if she feels after a certain amount of time that things just are not working then I want to opt. for a c section.
I'm not going to walk in there asking for a C - and I want to try whatever we have to - to get him out vaginally - but, my greatest fear is something happening and not being able to get him out in time. I've had a friend lose a baby because the cord was wrapped around his neck, and I have another friend who this almost happened to.
I am at the point where I just want him out and out safely - that is the most important thing to me right now. So, if there is no progression after a certain amount of time....c section it is (if my Dr. will agree to it of course)
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
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Both. You have no clue what kind of emergency can arise while giving birth. What if the baby stops breathing? What if the heart rate drops dangerously? Life and death can be determined in mere minutes if something goes wrong, and if you do not have the necessary medical equipment, knowledge and training, it can turn ugly, very quickly. Personally, I wouldn't take the risk.
I do know that homebirth midwives carry oxygen for baby, and are up to date of newborn resucitation techniques. They also carry pitocin to help if the is post-partum hemorraging. And they intermittently monitor the heartrate with a doppler. Every homebirth midwife I've spoken to will not do a homebirth if its the woman's first child, if she's had previous c-sections, she's less than 37 weeks, etc. Most have back-up plans in case there were and emergency, and will call an ambulance immediately if anything goes wrong. Granted, if you're 40+ minutes away from a hospital I wouldn't take the risk.
They have also done studies that show planned homebirths with low risk Moms is as safe as hospital births. They have the same infant/maternal mortality rates and homebirth has a lower infant/maternal morbidity rate. I'll try to find it.
So far I've found there are only a few life or death conditions during labor that cannot be handled during a homebirth.
That being said, you make the choices based on your comfort level. If you don't feel safe outside of a hospital then hats fine. For me, I have no problems with it and will have a home waterbirth. Having had 3 uneventful vaginal deliveries I'm not high risk by any means and am the perfect candidate for homebirth.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
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I do know that homebirth midwives carry oxygen for baby, and are up to date of newborn resucitation techniques. They also carry pitocin to help if the is post-partum hemorraging. And they intermittently monitor the heartrate with a doppler. Every homebirth midwife I've spoken to will not do a homebirth if its the woman's first child, if she's had previous c-sections, she's less than 37 weeks, etc. Most have back-up plans in case there were and emergency, and will call an ambulance immediately if anything goes wrong. Granted, if you're 40+ minutes away from a hospital I wouldn't take the risk.
They have also done studies that show planned homebirths with low risk Moms is as safe as hospital births. They have the same infant/maternal mortality rates and homebirth has a lower infant/maternal morbidity rate. I'll try to find it.
So far I've found there are only a few life or death conditions during labor that cannot be handled during a homebirth.
That being said, you make the choices based on your comfort level. If you don't feel safe outside of a hospital then hats fine. For me, I have no problems with it and will have a home waterbirth. Having had 3 uneventful vaginal deliveries I'm not high risk by any means and am the perfect candidate for homebirth.
That is, of course, your choice, your comfort level. I understand, and acknowledge that the risk of emergency for a normal pregnancy is low, but for me, even a .0001 percent risk is too high. Particularly with my daughter, after experiencing several miscarriages and going through hell during my pregnancy, I just wouldn't take the risk, no matter how small. I couldn't possibly live with the potential regret. And, in the end, I'm glad I didn't, as my simple, easy, no-risk pregnancy turned into a nightmare at the last possible moment.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
I found the study I mentioned British Medical Journal
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
Part of me thinks that more and more c sections are done for the convenience of the dr. and the lower risk of liability, but I also think that the better pre-natal care gets, the more we know if a woman needs a c-section or not.
I had a c-section because my daughter was breech. Years ago, they would not have known that and let me labor. So the more medicine advances and the more we can pinpoint reasons to do a section, then the more sections will be performed. I really think it has less to do with insurance and convenience and more to do with dr.s knowing more frequently when to do a c section.
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I'm very torn on this issue- I was a big believer in natural birth and then just couldn't have one- after laboring and suffering for so long.
I'm not sure what I would do if we have another baby- DH does not want me to try for a VBAC- I am torn.
I think that c-sections are on the rise for lots of reasons and previous posters said. On the other hand, Matty was only 7lbs, I am only 32 and had a completely complication free pregnancy. He was just stuck and a v-birth was impossible- so, I am so grateful for modern medicine and I am wary about trying for a VBAC.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
I didn't have a c-section. I delivered 2 children vaginally & without any medication.
I agree that there are many unnecessary c-sections performed at the convenience of the doctor or the concern over liability issues.
However, to quote the high-risk ob/gyns at Coumbia that I met,"A c-section is the quickest, easiest way out for the baby."
If the mother or baby are in distress, I would opt for a c-section in a heartbeat over the devastating consequences that I have seen firsthand.
I've seen mothers cry for the stillborn baby & I've seen potential grandparents devastated by the loss of their daughter during childbirth.  None of these happened decades ago. They happened within the last 5 years.
Too many c-section? For me it's not a debate. I don't care. I just wouldn't want to be the one that opted not to have one & needed one.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
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While c-sections can be wonderful life savers for both mom and baby, there are plenty of cases when c-sections are performed because the Dr is afraid of a law suit or is just plain lazy. Unfortunately, so many women are eager to agree with whatever the doctor tells them to do simply because they fail to do some very basic research and prepare themselves for birth.
I have noticed that older women, especially if pregnant with twins, who had issues conceiving are routinely scheduled for c-section without any questions and of course, after going through years of infertility treatments and heartache, and being afraid to death of any complications, they happily agree.
Breached babies are also immediately scheduled for csection. How women 30 years ago had breached babies without any problems remains a mystery.
Perhaps I should ask my own mom. I know I was breached and she had a regular natural and complications free birth.
Also, anyone pregnant with twins is for some reason considered high risk and automatically becomes a C-section case.
My sister has a friend who is currently pregnant with twins. She is 27 years old, very healthy, in good shape, conceived naturally without any issues, both babies are perfectly fine. In fact, she is currently on bed rest BECAUSE her cervix is starting to open ahead of schedule which clearly indicates that her body is ready to go through birth on it's own. However, she is scheduled to have a c-section. Why? Nobody knows! Most likely because she has more then one baby to birth and it can get timely and inconvenient for the Dr.
First of all ALL twin pregnancies are not automatic C-section cases. You should get your facts correct before making such broad incorrect statements. I now plenty of twin mothers who had vaginal births and had Dr's who supported this. I had to switch Dr's and all of my Doctors were pro vaginally delivery for me, but my son had to come out and after 3 days of a failed induction I needed a c-section. They would not have tried for 3 days if they didn't want to spend the time or if it was inconvenient.
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I kept telling DH that I was amazed at how commonplace csections are these days - I definitely needed one because I was low fluid, had to be induced, and he was under my ribcage practically - but so many women get them now after pushing....
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
This isn't a new discussion. This has been going for at least the past 30 years. When I was pregnant, this was a hot topic and the same figures were used (up 30%). I guess it comes around each generation.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
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Also, anyone pregnant with twins is for some reason considered high risk and automatically becomes a C-section case.
My sister has a friend who is currently pregnant with twins. She is 27 years old, very healthy, in good shape, conceived naturally without any issues, both babies are perfectly fine. In fact, she is currently on bed rest BECAUSE her cervix is starting to open ahead of schedule which clearly indicates that her body is ready to go through birth on it's own. However, she is scheduled to have a c-section. Why? Nobody knows! Most likely because she has more then one baby to birth and it can get timely and inconvenient for the Dr.
First of all ALL twin pregnancies are not automatic C-section cases. You should get your facts correct before making such broad incorrect statements. I now plenty of twin mothers who had vaginal births and had Dr's who supported this.
So do I, however, every mom of twins I know did so because she CHOSE to TRY to deliver vaginally against her Dr's advice to go for a c-section. My point is that drs alway PREFER a mother of twins to elect a c-section rather thAn trying for labor just to make life easier. Most twin pregnancy are automatically considered hi-risk simply because there are2 babies instead of 1 and doctors assume that a c-section is most likely in the future. Those ARE the facts.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
I thank God for modern medicine. I never would've sustained my pregnancy & delivered my baby without it. I need progesterone supplements in my first trimester, blood sugar testing in my third for GD, then insulin shots three times daily. Finally, a c-section due to a breach baby.
I'm so grateful for c-sections. It was absolutely necessary for my delivery. I was disappointed to find out that I wouldn't have the labor & vaginal delivery that I expected & planned for, but in the end, I had a great c-section experience.
I hate to think that doctors simply do them for their own convenience. It's just not right. It adds to health insurance costs for everyone.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
Posted by nrthshgrl
I didn't have a c-section. I delivered 2 children vaginally & without any medication.
I agree that there are many unnecessary c-sections performed at the convenience of the doctor or the concern over liability issues.
However, to quote the high-risk ob/gyns at Coumbia that I met,"A c-section is the quickest, easiest way out for the baby."
If the mother or baby are in distress, I would opt for a c-section in a heartbeat over the devastating consequences that I have seen firsthand.
I've seen mothers cry for the stillborn baby & I've seen potential grandparents devastated by the loss of their daughter during childbirth. None of these happened decades ago. They happened within the last 5 years.
Too many c-section? For me it's not a debate. I don't care. I just wouldn't want to be the one that opted not to have one & needed one.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
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While c-sections can be wonderful life savers for both mom and baby, there are plenty of cases when c-sections are performed because the Dr is afraid of a law suit or is just plain lazy. Unfortunately, so many women are eager to agree with whatever the doctor tells them to do simply because they fail to do some very basic research and prepare themselves for birth.
I have noticed that older women, especially if pregnant with twins, who had issues conceiving are routinely scheduled for c-section without any questions and of course, after going through years of infertility treatments and heartache, and being afraid to death of any complications, they happily agree.
Breached babies are also immediately scheduled for csection. How women 30 years ago had breached babies without any problems remains a mystery.
Perhaps I should ask my own mom. I know I was breached and she had a regular natural and complications free birth.
Also, anyone pregnant with twins is for some reason considered high risk and automatically becomes a C-section case.
My sister has a friend who is currently pregnant with twins. She is 27 years old, very healthy, in good shape, conceived naturally without any issues, both babies are perfectly fine. In fact, she is currently on bed rest BECAUSE her cervix is starting to open ahead of schedule which clearly indicates that her body is ready to go through birth on it's own. However, she is scheduled to have a c-section. Why? Nobody knows! Most likely because she has more then one baby to birth and it can get timely and inconvenient for the Dr.
Posted by sumlynmad
the reason c sections are up to 30%? statistics show it has a lot to do with inductions when that poor baby is just NOT READY YET, and dr inter. as far as medicine and epidurals and pitocin etc etc etc....
That is absolutely true! So many women chose to induce only to end up with the c-section!
Also, pitocin is a huge labor complicator and leads to an emergency c-section in in many many cases . Unfortunately, Drs just love to give in to laboring women to speed things along.
I think that you need to stick to what your doctor tells you and what is best for your baby and your body. You are making quite a few "blanket" statements here, you do not know circumstances and to say a doctor is lazy or afraid of lawsuits is kind of uncalled for.
Also, 30 years ago breeched babies were turned manually, c-sections weren't given as commonplace so the doctor would reach in and turn the baby. Personally, if my baby was breech I would want the c-section!
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but you have to be respectful that everyone has different circumstances.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
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While c-sections can be wonderful life savers for both mom and baby, there are plenty of cases when c-sections are performed because the Dr is afraid of a law suit or is just plain lazy. Unfortunately, so many women are eager to agree with whatever the doctor tells them to do simply because they fail to do some very basic research and prepare themselves for birth.
I have noticed that older women, especially if pregnant with twins, who had issues conceiving are routinely scheduled for c-section without any questions and of course, after going through years of infertility treatments and heartache, and being afraid to death of any complications, they happily agree.
Breached babies are also immediately scheduled for csection. How women 30 years ago had breached babies without any problems remains a mystery.
Perhaps I should ask my own mom. I know I was breached and she had a regular natural and complications free birth.
Also, anyone pregnant with twins is for some reason considered high risk and automatically becomes a C-section case.
My sister has a friend who is currently pregnant with twins. She is 27 years old, very healthy, in good shape, conceived naturally without any issues, both babies are perfectly fine. In fact, she is currently on bed rest BECAUSE her cervix is starting to open ahead of schedule which clearly indicates that her body is ready to go through birth on it's own. However, she is scheduled to have a c-section. Why? Nobody knows! Most likely because she has more then one baby to birth and it can get timely and inconvenient for the Dr.
Posted by sumlynmad
the reason c sections are up to 30%? statistics show it has a lot to do with inductions when that poor baby is just NOT READY YET, and dr inter. as far as medicine and epidurals and pitocin etc etc etc....
That is absolutely true! So many women chose to induce only to end up with the c-section!
Also, pitocin is a huge labor complicator and leads to an emergency c-section in in many many cases . Unfortunately, Drs just love to give in to laboring women to speed things along.
I think that you need to stick to what your doctor tells you and what is best for your baby and your body. You are making quite a few "blanket" statements here, you do not know circumstances and to say a doctor is lazy or afraid of lawsuits is kind of uncalled for.
Also, 30 years ago breeched babies were turned manually, c-sections weren't given as commonplace so the doctor would reach in and turn the baby. Personally, if my baby was breech I would want the c-section!
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but you have to be respectful that everyone has different circumstances.
Of course, everyone has different circumstances, which is why i started by saying that c-sections can be a wonderful life savers for both mom and baby. However, you can't argue that tere are plenty of unnesessary c-sections perfrormed every day. Why do YOU think that is so?
Also, not every baby was turned manually 30 years ago. In fact, I don't think it was such a common practice at all, but i am not sure about that one. I know I wasn't turned.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
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Also, anyone pregnant with twins is for some reason considered high risk and automatically becomes a C-section case.
My sister has a friend who is currently pregnant with twins. She is 27 years old, very healthy, in good shape, conceived naturally without any issues, both babies are perfectly fine. In fact, she is currently on bed rest BECAUSE her cervix is starting to open ahead of schedule which clearly indicates that her body is ready to go through birth on it's own. However, she is scheduled to have a c-section. Why? Nobody knows! Most likely because she has more then one baby to birth and it can get timely and inconvenient for the Dr.
First of all ALL twin pregnancies are not automatic C-section cases. You should get your facts correct before making such broad incorrect statements. I now plenty of twin mothers who had vaginal births and had Dr's who supported this.
So do I, however, every mom of twins I know did so because she CHOSE to TRY to deliver vaginally against her Dr's advice to go for a c-section. My point is that drs alway PREFER a mother of twins to elect a c-section rather thAn trying for labor just to make life easier. Most twin pregnancy are automatically considered hi-risk simply because there are2 babies instead of 1 and doctors assume that a c-section is most likely in the future. Those ARE the facts.
You said all, and I am telling you that ALL is not the case. Maybe a better statment would have been that the people I know all ahd c-sections, that is fact, but saying that ALL Dr's of Twin Mothers do something one way is completely inaccurate. Maybe your friend's don't knwo how to pick a good Dr, but putting all Dr's inot one big group and over generalizing is usually not a good idea!
Most Dr's want their patients to be comfortable and not have to go thur a vaginal delivery followed by an emergency c-section immediately following that. That is why twin mothers are given the choice to go right ofr the c-section. Also anytime there is more then one baby in there the risks of things going wrong go up ten fold. What goes on with one child can seriously imapct the other. That IMO is not laziness on the Dr's part but the desire for the Dr to have both children be born healthy instead of their being serious complications for the baby and the mother. Don't judge when you have not been in that situation.
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Of course, everyone has different circumstances, which is why i started by saying that c-sections can be a wonderful life savers for both mom and baby. However, you can't argue that tere are plenty of unnesessary c-sections perfrormed every day. Why do YOU think that is so?
Actually, I said that I do not believe that there are too many unnecessary c-sections performed. I worked in med mal law for three years and I firmly believe that you see a doctor for a reason while pregnant and if that doctor believes your circumstances call for a c-section, then you should probably have a c-section. I think there are more performed, but I believe they are performed b/c medical technology is so much more advanced then it has been and problems are seen earlier and can be dealt with.
If my doctor felt a c-section was best for me I would follow their advice, I do not contend to know better than the medical professional who is caring for me, and if I did think I knew better I would see a different doctor.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
the growing rate of c-sections was a concern of mine, and with a different doctor, I may have ended up with one, but whatever it takes to have a healthy baby...
I labored for 45 hours - only the last 8 were at the hospital. At that point my midwife was all for "helping" me along: breaking my water, starting pitocin. I was <this> close to a c-section, but eventually E gave up and came out. (It certainly wasn't a case of her not being ready yet, as she was 10 days LATE)
I do think dr's are quick to jump to c-sections at the first sign of trouble (its an easy out, forgive the pun) but I also think that c-sections are the best case scenario in many instances.
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i disagree that the whole theory about babies being bigger and healthier has something to do with it. im 5'2 and gave birth to a 9 lb 13 oz baby i weighed 150 lbs and was able to push a baby of that size. i think doctors uses c sections as a way to cover their azz becuase of malpractice.
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I am soo glad that my doctor did a Csection. I was not dialating at all and if he did not do a csection they said I could have broken my pelvic bone because of where the baby was sitting in my stomach
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i think doctors uses c sections as a way to cover their azz becuase of malpractice.
Here are the things that I have learned after reading NUMEROUS cases about this:
1. A pregnancy can go amazingly well and be perfect and all of a sudden, during delivery it can go downhill and if the doctor delays then something bad can happen.
2. Even though it seems like doctor's do them to "save their a$$es", if they feel that potentially something could go wrong with your baby or you, yes they are "saving their a$$es" but aren't they saving your or your child's as well?
I working on the plaintiff side as well....
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I am glad to see that many people responded with a true undertanding of the variety of reasons for C-sections.
There are tons of women like me, having C-sections in cases in which 20 years ago, having children would never have been an option.
For women with a history like mine, of very large fibroids and endometriosis, years ago the standard surgery for my problem would have been hysterectomy, and in my case, that would have had to happen before I had a chance to have kids.
It has only really been in the past 10-20 years that doctors routinely offer myomectomies, which save the uterus and the ability to have children. I had an extensive myomectomy. Some women can still have natural childbirth after that, but my surgery could not be done in a way that would allow it.
I think that women like me make up a pretty big percentage of the number of C-sections performed today.
In the case of women who have C-sections for other reasons, I believe that the C-sections prevent many disabilities and deaths that used to occur as a result of birth injuries.
I do not advocate for C-sections in many situations but it irks me when people don't understand that sometimes the doctors do know best.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
My obgyn performed a c-section on me because my DD was breech. I would liked to have waited longer to see if the baby would turn, but at 38 weeks the Dr. wanted to do it right away because she suspected a growth restriction. I had a lot of questions and was hesitant, but she said alot of things to scare me into agreeing to having an early c-section. I wish I had enough time then to do some research. I would have done things differently, but I didn't know then what I know now. I personally feel my DD did not have an intra-uterine growth restriction, but that she is just a small baby... even now at 13 months she is still very petite. I feel she was born (or taken) before she was ready. Breastfeeding started out rough... DD had difficulties latching on and even when I could get her latched properly, she just could not stay awake more than 60 seconds... I think the drugs I was given may have had something to do with this. I was also pretty "out of it" when I first got to see and hold my DD.
Anyway, to sum it all up: I regret having a c-section and I am envious of everyone who has given birth to their child naturally and with a clear head was able to cuddle, kiss and nurse their baby right away. I feel I missed out.
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Re: Too many c-sections being performed in the US?
Posted by ThreeSkis
My obgyn performed a c-section on me because my DD was breech. I would liked to have waited longer to see if the baby would turn, but at 38 weeks the Dr. wanted to do it right away because she suspected a growth restriction. I had a lot of questions and was hesitant, but she said alot of things to scare me into agreeing to having an early c-section. I wish I had enough time then to do some research. I would have done things differently, but I didn't know then what I know now. I personally feel my DD did not have an intra-uterine growth restriction, but that she is just a small baby... even now at 13 months she is still very petite. I feel she was born (or taken) before she was ready. Breastfeeding started out rough... DD had difficulties latching on and even when I could get her latched properly, she just could not stay awake more than 60 seconds... I think the drugs I was given may have had something to do with this. I was also pretty "out of it" when I first got to see and hold my DD.
Anyway, to sum it all up: I regret having a c-section and I am envious of everyone who has given birth to their child naturally and with a clear head was able to cuddle, kiss and nurse their baby right away. I feel I missed out.
I do understand how you feel, and of course you will have doubts as to if your daughter really did have a growth restriction...but just think...there must have been a reason your doctor suspected some kind of growth restriction-I doubt your doc. would have made you go 2 weeks early if she thought the baby would have been great another 2 weeks in utero. And honestly-it is very rare at 38 weeks for a baby to turn. Usually they are staying put!! You most likely would have gone to 40 weeks and ended up needing a c-section anyway (chances are so high with breech).
You delivered a healthy baby, and although I know it wasn't the experience you thought, isn't it better to know that if your doc. was correct then this was the best way? 
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| Posted 6/20/07 7:04 AM |
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