Article: Risks Fail to Deter Caesarean Births

[pholmes]

Hi,

I just wanted to add my thoughts. I have had an emergensy c-section, forceps delivery and a normal vaginal delivery (he was 9lbs 7 ozs). My last labour and delivery were scary because of his size and his shoulders were stuck for a while, however, by far my worst experience was the emergency c/s. I am terrified of having to need another one, the recovery time, the pain I was in after and the way it affected my ability to look after my son straight after he was born were all horrible experiences.

I had an ARM with my third son as he was post dates and my ob was getting worried and I was really worried I may end up having a c/s because of the increased risk of intervention with an induced or augmented labour. A c/s is not something I would ever do by choice, Id even rather the episiotomy and forceps I had with my second son.

I just wanted to add that my ob is not pro intervention. I had my first son as a public patient and the c/s was definitely unavoidable, with my second my ob was away and he was born at 35 weeks and one of her partners delivered him with forceps due to fetal distress (the midwife who called him in later apologised saying I could have pushed him out on my own but she didnt want to take any chances) and my third was deliverd by my ob, normally.