Thank you all for sharing your personal experiences and kind words of support. It really is not an easy decision. A part of me thinks i should just leave it to the experts to decide, but if they could predetermine who would have complications during birth and who wouldn't, there wouldn't be any need for emerg. c/s.
Marydean i will definately go get that book this week. Thanks for the tip!
I second Marydeans suggestion on getting "Delivery By Appointment" it is definately a good one to read.
I guess when it comes to birth (VB or CS) we have to try to remember that anything can happen. I had an elective cs due to my OB's recomendation because I had pre-eclampsia. I thought I'd made peace with having to have a caesar (I'd previously always thought I'd have problem free VB's, never a CS) but then for me something happened that I hadn't really bargained for. The anaesthetist could not get the epidural in so consequently I was one of the 1 in 100 people who needed a general. This to me was a real disappointment. I felt completely ripped off! I didn't have a birth experience, I didn't hear bubs first cries or even see her til she was 1.5 hours old and everyone else held her before me. One minute I was pregnant and the next minute I wake up and I'm not. There was kind of no transitional period for me. But that's just my experience.
Do what you think is going to be best for YOU emotionally. Because either way, bub will be just fine.
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