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| .I haven't read all the replies. I just wanted to write my experience and what I choose. I'm 5 foot and weighed I think 103 when I had my son and I am sooooooo glad that I had him vaginally. Which is quite the change of heart when I initially found out I was pregnant. First thing I asked my doc was if I could arrange a section and she about laughed in my face. She asked if I was too posh to push. Then she advised me that if the circumstances lead to a natural delivery then that's what I'm getting. I was HORRIFIED! And was praying for the baby to be transveresed or SOMETHING. Man was I wrong. I was up and at 'em hours after the delivery and was not in the pain I saw my sis and SIL when after they had their sections. My mom saw lots of different recoveries for both deliveries as an L&D nurse and both have their pros and cons. My sil didn't have a choice with her first section but because she already had the scare tissue and is a big wuss and can't take pain, she had the option to do it again for her 2nd. My sis also had a section with her first and actually wanted to try a vaginal with her 2nd but it just wasnt in the cards for her. Because of her health she had to have a section. I lucked out and had an effortless delivery, but who knows - it may not be the case the next time around. I'd rather experience and participate in the delivery - as painful and unplanned as it may be - get the pain over with one time and done.
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He proposed March 2005.
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| I had a c-section. I agree with some points... I sometimes wonder that if I didn't get the epidural ( which I was very on the fence about) if things would've been different. The epi didn't work anyways. I wouldn't dialate ... etc etc etc... All I know is that I'm VERY happy that my lo and I are both safe and healthy. That's all that really matters right?
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jbuckle (7/5/2008)
I had a c-section. I agree with some points... I sometimes wonder that if I didn't get the epidural ( which I was very on the fence about) if things would've been different. The epi didn't work anyways. I wouldn't dialate ... etc etc etc... All I know is that I'm VERY happy that my lo and I are both safe and healthy. That's all that really matters right? Exactly! What matters is that everyone is safe and healthy. What is done is done and it won't change anything to feel guilty about some choices you have made. Chances are it wouldn't have changed anything. We'll never know... I think that we should all be proud of our birthing experience, whether it's an all natural birth, home or hospital, epi or not, meds or not, emergency or planned c-section, etc. Each pregnancy and birth is different and what's good for someone isn't for someone else. We are all proud and loving mommies and ready to do what's best for our little ones.
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Joule5 (7/6/2008)
[quote] jbuckle (7/5/2008)
I had a c-section. I agree with some points... I sometimes wonder that if I didn't get the epidural ( which I was very on the fence about) if things would've been different. The epi didn't work anyways. I wouldn't dialate ... etc etc etc... All I know is that I'm VERY happy that my lo and I are both safe and healthy. That's all that really matters right? Exactly! What matters is that everyone is safe and healthy. What is done is done and it won't change anything to feel guilty about some choices you have made. Chances are it wouldn't have changed anything. We'll never know... I think that we should all be proud of our birthing experience, whether it's an all natural birth, home or hospital, epi or not, meds or not, emergency or planned c-section, etc. Each pregnancy and birth is different and what's good for someone isn't for someone else. We are all proud and loving mommies and ready to do what's best for our little ones.[/quote] Cheers to us eh????!!!!!
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I read something today that I thought was interesting:
In the case of a C-Section, you usually have the operation before your body goes into labor. So you skip the contractions, especially the really strong ones that push the baby out. But the real pain comes in days two through four. That's because the uterus still needs to contract to it's original size. Hitomi was given a Pitosin IV to stimulate contractions. In addition, she was nursing, which naturally stimulates contractions. Finally, she had twins, so her uterus was the size of a basketball (or so). The point is that it was very painful. The worst pain was when she was nursing AND on Pitosin, which provoked the strongest contractions. That's the pain the nurses were warning her about, and it's the reason why many new mothers give up and send their babies to the nursery. Hitomi thought this pain was worse than when she delivered our first child naturally.
From a personal story here:
http://www.globalcompassion.com/japan-birth.htm
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Zim (7/9/2008)
I read something today that I thought was interesting: In the case of a C-Section, you usually have the operation before your body goes into labor. So you skip the contractions, especially the really strong ones that push the baby out. But the real pain comes in days two through four. That's because the uterus still needs to contract to it's original size. Hitomi was given a Pitosin IV to stimulate contractions. In addition, she was nursing, which naturally stimulates contractions. Finally, she had twins, so her uterus was the size of a basketball (or so). The point is that it was very painful. The worst pain was when she was nursing AND on Pitosin, which provoked the strongest contractions. That's the pain the nurses were warning her about, and it's the reason why many new mothers give up and send their babies to the nursery. Hitomi thought this pain was worse than when she delivered our first child naturally. From a personal story here: http://www.globalcompassion.com/japan-birth.htm That would be true if you elected to have a c-section. It's not at all the case if you have an emergency section. I went through 15 hours of labour and 4 hours of pushing. 2 hours of pushing without the epi. Yes, nursing and the contractions to reduce to the uterus were painful (for me) as well.
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