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[Peg]

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.

[fionas]

Man, I've lost two long posts now so I'll keep this one short.

alioops - I think that's great that you had a good birth and a quick recovery. I'm not sure how long your previous recoveries were but you might not be willing to risk it if you'd already had one mammoth 18 month recovery and it had such a huge impact on your ability to look after your baby and the way you live your life. The pain in pregnancy is one thing. Having done all that, it's quite another to have to deal with it for ANOTHER 18 months. I know what the recovery time from a caesar will be. I don't know the recovery time from a VB because it depends on too many variables and no matter how much I talk to my ob/midwives/hospital it will still involve a leap of faith to trust that they will follow my wishes.

skeetaboat - funny you say that, I said the same to DP last night. I don't think I have enough to prove a case and my ob is a good man and I respect him a lot. But I do think he stuffed up.