Hey guys, I'm still really new in here, but just found this thread and had to add to it. I'm booked in to have my second c/s tomorrow morning! ohmigod, in less than 8 hours I'll be at the hospital, getting ready to meet my little baby girl.

I had a c/s with my son, after about 3 days of a horrible labour, 2 days at home, and the last day all on my own, in the hospital. they wouldn't let my husband stay with me, I had no family or friends, and they only called my husband into the hospital just as I was getting my epidural. DS was posterior, all my pain was in my back, they told me I had a kidney infection..... wrong, I was in labour. I was told to "shut up, there are other women here trying to sleep" when I'd cry out in pain, in the dark ward all by myself at night. This was my first baby, I was 22 years old, my mum had just passed away a year before, and this was the treatment I got. It's only later that I realised this isn't normal. Anyhoo, after all that, I couldn't get him out, it was an emergency c/s. He was 8 pounds, and 1 week early.

This time around, I basically wanted a guarantee that I could get the baby out vaginally, if that's what they wanted to do. But obviously, there are no guarantees. So that's it, I chose a second c/s. I know this birth will be nowhere near as traumatic as the first one, basically, I just wouldn't let people treat me that way now! But at least this way, I pretty much know what I'm in for, and I feel alot safer that way. My mum had 2 c/s with me and my sister, but I don't know why. I never asked those questions before. I'm only small, about 150cms, and my husband is about 195cms, maybe this baby will be a big one too, who knows.

But that's it. just wanted to share why I chose a c-section this time around. Ok, I better go, I'm having a baby tomorrow!! lol. so weird.

chat soon,
julie.