I think maybe you need to have a really good think about what brought you to make that decision in the first place. It's so hard when you've not had a baby yet to know what the *right* or best thing to do is, let alone when you have well-meaning friends and family members adding their two cents. Some women have had family members that all had to have a c/s, so they think that they will also have trouble. Some think that because they are only petite that they will struggle to get a baby out, some are afraid of doing damage to their vagina/pelvic floor and others have had trauma that makes them not want to give birth vaginally. The wife of one of DH's friends had also made the decision to have a c/s birth as soon as she was old enough to even really think about birth. This was based on her small frame and also that her father was a 13lb baby and the thought of that terrified her. Im' not close to her to have really talked about her feelings, but I do know that when she eventually gave birth, that it was vaginally and I got the impression that she was glad that she did instead of going straight for a c/s.
I guess once you have identified the reason/s why you want to birth like this then maybe they are something you can work on so you know you are having the right birth for you.
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