Bad mother for choosing C Section

[{sarah}]

Rachel, I would suggest reading Silent Knife which has alot to say about the risks for both mum & bub. Its a great book IMO

And yep as Bon said, the safest birth is an uncomplicated vaginal birth with no intervention. But sadly it doesn't always work out that way.

Like Sherie said, when bub is born naturally as they go through the birth canal all the muck is squeezed out of their lungs whereas in a c/s it isn't. Zander has trouble with this for a few days after his birth & was choking on mucus. It was quite distressing for me as I was unable to move properly to hekp him so had to buz the midwives each time it happened.

There are risks of bub being cut when they make the incision. I'm not sure how often this happens, but it has been known to be severe enough for bub to need suturing.

Also, with elective c/s there is the chance that bub will be premmie if your dates are wrong. I'm pretty sure it said that breathing difficulties in elective c/s bubs are more common due to them being early sometimes.

The other risk for bub is from the anesthetics they use. Bub can be sleepy due to the epidural / spinal block & can have problems with sucking because they are so drowsy.

For what it's worth, I'm not putting this out there to scare anyone, the question was asked & I have answered as best I know.