Reply With QuoteThat to me is a completely informed choice. Sorry you didn't get the birth you'd hoped for. but a healthy baby is paramount. Well done for researching all you could .
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I had a scheduled CS with DD at 38w1. This wasn't my preference, nor that of my ob but based on the information we had to hand the choice we made. It's been both a good thing and a bad thing for me.
We (DH, me and ob) took over 2 weeks to make the decision and I researched everything I could get my hands on, both IRL and URL.
I didn't have the birth I had planned and hoped for, but the choice we made meant that DD arrived safely and healthy which may not have happened had we ended up in a situation with an emergency CS
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That to me is a completely informed choice. Sorry you didn't get the birth you'd hoped for. but a healthy baby is paramount. Well done for researching all you could .
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yep. what Willow said. Good on you.
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I agree with willow Emma that seems well informed I'm not saying that some cs aren't needed they are there for a reason
You were RAK'ed in 2015
I owed it to myself and my gorgeous girl do to all the research I could and check every option I could. I wish that everyone had the confidence and support to do what I did
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If the c/s rate is declining in the US, I wonder if that's related to the new policy in some states or hospitals that noone is induced before 39 weeks without a very good medical reason.
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That's good to hear though because every American pregnancy show I've watched has a lot of cs and intervention
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I'd say this would be a big factor. But also, the rate of instrumental deliveries and epidurals is still inclining. So less babies born surgically but still a huge number instrumentally.
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Not around these parts. I have lived in this town for 4.5 years, know of about 2 dozen babies born and none have been c-sections.
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I am one of three sisters and I also have a SIL. Between us we have six children. We all live in major cities with access to all possible health care options. Three were c/s and three were VBs. interestingly, every one of the c/s was in a private hospital. Two of the VBs were in a public hospital and my DD2 at home.
Of the c/ss, one was 'elective' on the advice of a risk-averse ob, one followed an induction and another the usual cascade of intervention in a private hospital. In the care of midwives, the other three births were completely problem-free and intervention-free (one a 'risky' VBAC).
Choose your care providers carefully, as well as where you give birth. Unfortunately, the statistics do represent the majority of women.
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I went through private hospital for my vag delivery and I do worry about how much they intervene I'm very lucky that I had ds very quickly all my friends who had cs were also at this hosp but the alternative is an overfilled understaffed public hospital where I live
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One alternative is the public hospital...You could birth at home!
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I think the hospital you birth at has a huge amount to do with it as well. DS was breech,and I was quite set on having a c section, and while I was waiting for the ultrasound to see how he was laying, 2 of the midwifes came in with info on breech birth, and offers to put me in contact with other mum's they knew of that had birthed breech babies. He ended up being in a position (I think it was frank breech) that a c section was the better option for me, much to the midwives dissapointment. With the twins my ob pushed and pushed me to have a vbac. I wasn't really keen on it - call me uninformed or whatever you like, but it was what I was comfortable with - and ended up really hating him, but he managed to bargain me down to if my body went into labour naturally, then we would 'go with the flow'. Well, he got his vbac, and I must say it was amazing. We were transfered to a larger city hospital after the girls were born, and the nurses there said there was no way the hosptial would of let me have a vaginal birth there. I always think how lucky I was to have our hospital, and for all their support and advice, I would hate to think how much pressure you would be under if your hospital used the same measures to dissuade you from your choice, rather than support a vaginal, vbac, breech etc birth.
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C/S rates at private hospitals are really worrisome. Too many first time mothers being induced (with the very high likelihood of a c/s) and then not being 'allowed' to VBAC.
Informed consent is crucial and often absent. Unfortunately sometimes it doesn't matter how well informed you are....
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I wonder how much impact the push in Australia (and government pressure) to join private health funds is having on birth statistics?
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Since birthing dd2 I have been astounded by the number of people shocked that I was "allowed" to to deliver vaginally. With a private obs, no less! And sadly a number of friends were told that they had to have a c/s due to breech presentation. They couldn't tell me if bub had been frank, footling or flex breech, and hadn't even been offered ECV or scans to see if bub would fit. Most tried chiro and/or acupuncture, but didn't question their caregivers about other options.
I'm so glad my obs respected my wish for a vaginal birth. There is now a breech clinic at Westmead so had he pushed for a c/s I would have gone there. But I live in the catchment area for that hospital - it's a shame that so many obs and midwives lack the experience. When I had the ECV (bub turned three times and flipped straight back) and obs gave me paperwork for scans, the midwife wished me luck but said not to turn up on her shift as "breech births are scary" :-(
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