Comments on: A Mom Shares: Why I Chose to Have a C-Section

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By: Happily Whatever

Happily Whatever — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:18:35 +0000

For me personally, I was more scared to deliver naturally and elected for a C-section.
Why? I would rather have the baby taken out than deal with scary things like a wrapped chord, forceps, vacuum, distress…

I know a lot of people will say I’m wrong, but personally it was the best choice for me and my family.

By: timeagain3

timeagain3 — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:17:03 +0000

I had 3 c-sections. No one pushed me into any of them, every Dr I spoke to pushed for a vag birth whenever possible. I have never met a Dr or nurse who said the section was NBD…but some moms thought that of their own experinces. I am one. First section baby I went straight from the hosptial to a dinner party- with baby. Second section baby I cooked dinner for the whole family including grandparents and cousins. After the third section I stopped a a grocery store on the way home and shopped. It does speak to the fact that a section by an good Dr is not any more debilitating than a vag birth. All 3 babies born with high Apgars and needed no assistance.
Over the past 12 years I have know hundreds of mothers and not only have I never met anyone pushed towards a section, I have met several who had to fight for it as it was best for their family. I sometimes think documentaries are made by people who had questionable experiences and filter the info to suit their experience. I have however met several women who slam the need for sections every chance they get…which is insulting to me as woman and a mother for anyone to assume they know what my body or my baby needed. If the goal is to have a healthy mother and child the route taken should be second to the outcome. Not everyone agrees that pushing through risk on principal when a perfectly reasonable alternative is available makes sense.
Although I started my journey to motherhood assuming I would give birth naturally I am grateful medical technology was available to me when I needed it.
It is also of note that while researching my options there were several articles I read that found a correlation between the rise in c-sections and the increase in size of humans. Even good nutrition has its down side ! The one negative reason I did find was related to insurance and the problem of lawsuits and insurance hikes. We sometimes forget birth is inherantly risky under the best of circumstances and the unwillingness to accept that fact may lead to overly conservative practice in some parts of the country. By far the most pervalent explanation seemed to be the increasing safeness of the procedure and the decreasing recovery times associated with it.

By: Carla Ellis

Carla Ellis — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:06:45 +0000

Fortunately in my country we have free health service. So in our maternity hospital you can have a c-section or you have the option of private hospitalization which costs a fortune. So thankfully “The Business of Being Born” wouldn’t apply here.

By: Micah

Micah — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:51:51 +0000

You should watch the documentary “The Business of Being Born.” Doctors get paid a lot more for C-section which is why the rates are so, so high… so that is why you will get horror stories and No Big Deal responses from most doctors. Its a very good documentary!

By: Amie

Amie — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:20:02 +0000

I found out that my DD was breech at 36 weeks, was told that I would need a C-section. I was very upset, but only had a few days to get used to it because my water broke 4 days later! I did not have a single contraction, between my water breaking and my c-section! So I have no idea what labor is like. My recovery seemed so easy for me!! I am 35 weeks with DS and I have chosen to have another C-section. Other Mommies have tried to talk me into a VBAC, but I honestly don’t want to labor ever!

By: beckyweiand

beckyweiand — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:37:32 +0000

I did have a c-section and it was something that was planned. My son was a bigger baby measuring two weeks ahead. I had multiple ultrasounds to monitor his growth. I had one the day before my scheduled c-section and Gabriel was measuring off the charts, they couldn’t even tell me what he weighed. The doctor did say well over 10 lbs and that his head was 12 cm. I have the c-section and he was 9 lbs 2 oz, so smaller than they thought, but they were still glad they did a c-section. My healing time was fast, I was released early and moving around and felt great just a few days after.

For my second baby, I decided to have a c section from the beginning as they say the second baby is always bigger and if you were to do a VBAC they wanted the baby smaller. Natalie was 10 lbs and 6 oz!! She was my chucka monka! Like the first one, I healed great! Released early again and moving around with no problems a few days later, but not as fast as the first one.