natural vs C section

ok so as time gets closer and i have to make up my mind im panicking.........first off all my 1st labour was hidous like in hospital after emergency for 2mnths and nearly died.........this time specialist said that i (providing bub turns which it hasnt) that i can chose either.............but now i have the choice i dont know...........i laboured for 8hrs b4 i had to give up...........my body wouldnt let bub through dispite him being bit...........something to do with a lip......so for the first 2mnths of bubs life i cant remember anything and couldnt hold him due to amazing pain.........so if i go through natural im scared of having none stop contractions and having to push with out a break which happened last time or go through c and im scared of the same thing happens then i cant hold bubs again.....hubby suggested epidural this time as he said he couldnt handle how much pain i was in...which i hadnt considered...going to MW on thursday to discuss but wanted everyone elses apoinions ...thats if you understand my rambling

Hi, I had high BP so was induced but had a normal VB delivery with no stitches .... My MW was pushing for a C Sec because of my BP but the consultant said I had gone to far and I was just about there and after 5 hrs I delivered - I can't speak high enough of the epidural which was done just after my waters were broken (it had to be done twice cause blood got in the line - but that doesn't happen often) - I don't remember ANYTHING- poor hubby I don't think he will forget in a while and I will definately want one of those again!!!! Good luck.

I loooved my c-section, because it was planned the whole thing went so smoothly. I had my date a couple of months in advance and was first on the list for the day so I went in at 7am and by 8.30am I was in theatre. The whole thing took 45mins and I never used any morphine afterwards. I loved that all I had to do was lie their and let everyone else do the work lol. Plus I felt like I had more control that way. There's was no worry that I might end up in an emergency C/section which I couldn't stand the thought of. I healed so much faster than I expected as well. I'll be having any future kids the same way

Check out the c/section support thread there's a wealth of info there and good luck which ever way you go chic

Okay granted I had a c-section done in SA under total different circumstances but here was my experience.

I wanted a natural waterbirth and we were all on board with it. For ten days before I saw the dr again I was having sharp contractions. Some lasting as long as 5 minutes a minute apart and then after about 12 of them it will stop. So thought okay great not real labour or something.

When I got to see her she immediately checked it out and it was all real contractions but down there nothing was happening. McKayla was still high up and not engaged at all.

So choices: My BP was going slightly up, M was fine for now but she wouldnt let me go over due dates (we had a few mc's and I had BP problems before pregnancy and it spikes quite quickly in stress). We could induce but she said that makes contractions stronger and about 70% to 90% of the cases like mine lands up in an emergency cesear.

You are sore from the birth then you have a cesear and it is just double pain. Emergency cesears are far more painful than elective ones.

I knew something was up as the whole time she wouldnt discuss cesear with me and here she was giving it up on a platter.

Good thing I did. McKayla when she got out: Skull a bit crushed, head was presenting wrong and she would have gotten stuck. Her heartrate was going erratic before hand (trouble with spinal). My BP was going sky high quite quickly and they knocked me out.

The first 24 hours they kept me hooked up to everything so I can just rest. The next morning I got up had a shower and could feel a bit of pain but refused pain killers. Really it wasnt bad at all. By the next day I could feel it but it wasnt sore as such at all. Not as much as I would have expected. Not even 10%.

Now I know all woman are different and so are surgeons but mine was great and this is the reason I am chosing another one (among other medical issues).

But once again it is your choice.

Heaps of you have recommended and epi (so does my sister :) ) but I've been told you can't have one unless there's a medical reason for it..is this wrong? Sorry to threadjack tysmummy

I got rolled into the delivery room in a wheelchair and it was the first thing I asked for .. (and got) lol

i have been seeing specialist for over a month due to pain from last delivery and botch up. he is the one that suggested i could have either

lilfatty wrote: I got rolled into the delivery room in a wheelchair and it was the first thing I asked for .. (and got) lol

asked for ....or yelled for ?
I certainly yelled for one , was too far dilated tho, but it was ok (she says 7 years later , psyching herself up for the next birth )

I don't know much about having a c-section , if id needed one, I would have had one , definetly , but I was lucky that my labour was very straight forward , I can tell you tho , being a csection baby myself, that c -section babies are very good looking, friendly , talented people

seriously tho, in the end it is your decision, have the mw/drs etc said if there are any risks in your case either way ? sometimes it is the less pleasant but safer option, my friend should have had a c section, but in her case (being her first) noone knew how unsafe it was for her to have one (she had an undetected blood clot ) , if they do know more info about whether its safe in your case or not, it might be easier for you to make a decision too