I agree. I know some VB come be a bit disturbing but a CS is brutal. I had one in May last year under general anesthetic (emergency) and had a big 3L blood loss. My sis who is a Mid Wife was in the theatre and was traumatised by it all. I nearly ended up with a hysterectomy.

My experience did impact on bonding and breastfeeding. I was very unwell for days afterwards and had trouble bf.. my milk didnt come in for 8 days and having a screaming newborn who needs to be fed can be very hard when you dont have milk in and have a drip in your arm and are in alot of pain. People i know who have had a VB and CS say that they cannot understand why people would opt for CS because of the length of healing time.

I do believe that CS does have its place in hospitials and in some circumstances it is nessecary. But would suggest that the trauma that you have witnessed can be addressed before the birth of your child.

all i'm going to say here is that C-sections are no different to VB in that, some VB leave women with long and difficult recoveres just as some C-secion can leave women with long and difficult recoveries.

Not all VB are traumatic and not all C-sect are traumatic.

Birth is an individual thing... we all experience something different so i dont think one is safter or better then the other...they are just different.