Non medical Elective C Section

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I too am a long term IVFer. I took 4 years and 8 cycles to fall pregnant. And I actually feel the reverse - I'm scared of having a c/s.

I had the advantage though of having birthed 3 kids previously vaginally, albeit over a decade previously. So I guess I knew my body could do it. But I agree that after many years of IVF, it seems natural to leave your birth in your Drs' hands too, just to be on the safe side.

I just don't think it's necessarily 'the safe side' though - the statistics don't support that view. Statistically, women and their babies are safer at birth, and in the days after birth, with a vaginal delivery. I have to admit to being very anxious too, which is why I was desperate to have a VB.

I don't mean to discourage you from a c/s if that's what you want, it's your choice and I respect that. It's just we've become so attuned to not trusting our bodies through it failing us with conceiving, that we feel that we don't have it in us to safely deliver our babies either. But it's not necessarily true.

However, if you decide on a c/s because it makes you more confident about your birth, though, then I wish you well.