I had 2 C-sections. My doctor for the first procedure said that he could tell by internal stress marks (whatever they were) that my prior delivery should have been by C-section. I later learned that his hospital was rather C-section "crazed." All the same, he probably had a point, since my first delivery was after a very long and difficult labor that put my first son through tremendous stress. During that childbirth, I had had the epidural administered, not once, but twice (!). My DH, with all his scientific training and experience in hospitals, nearly fainted when he saw the needle. Anyway, my second child was delivered by C-section.
The surgeon for my second procedure also said that natural, vaginal childbirth would be dangerously difficult for both me and my child and confined me home for the last 5 months of my pregnancy. Both times, my incisions were vertical and recovery lengthy - although I would rather be able to sit comfortably than not be able to stand up straight for a while. Ever since, however, I've had very low core strength and persistent lower back pain. Better to live with that than to have put my children at risk during childbirth.
Why should we be made to feel guilty about how we choose to birth our children? It's really not for anyone to thrust their views of natural vs. C-section delivery upon another. How you birth your child is between you and your doctor. I believe that we women have a right to make an educated choice, if possible, in this very personal, individual matter.
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I had 2 C-sections. My doctor for the first procedure said that he could tell by internal stress marks (whatever they were) that my prior delivery should have been by C-section. I later learned that his hospital was rather C-section "crazed." All the same, he probably had a point, since my first delivery was after a very long and difficult labor that put my first son through tremendous stress. During that childbirth, I had had the epidural administered, not once, but twice (!). My DH, with all his scientific training and experience in hospitals, nearly fainted when he saw the needle. Anyway, my second child was delivered by C-section.
The surgeon for my second procedure also said that natural, vaginal childbirth would be dangerously difficult for both me and my child and confined me home for the last 5 months of my pregnancy. Both times, my incisions were vertical and recovery lengthy - although I would rather be able to sit comfortably than not be able to stand up straight for a while. Ever since, however, I've had very low core strength and persistent lower back pain. Better to live with that than to have put my children at risk during childbirth.
Why should we be made to feel guilty about how we choose to birth our children? It's really not for anyone to thrust their views of natural vs. C-section delivery upon another. How you birth your child is between you and your doctor. I believe that we women have a right to make an educated choice, if possible, in this very personal, individual matter.
December 30, 2008 - 9:41pmThis Comment
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