What were the best supportive words you heard about a c/section?

[PinkPalace]

thank tobily - i let my sis talk it out she is doing well.. not as upset as she was and i took your advice on about not really throwing comments ... ie.. well baby is healthy etc and let her talk it out.

Onlyone - i hope you didnt take this post as me saying that they are a bad thing etc etc... it wasnt about that - it was purely i know my sister and how she is upset over the whole process, unfotunately not everyone sees the c/s as a positive thing and this is what i needed help for to help her as she definately didnt.

[LisaL]

PP

I had an emergency c/s and it all turned out beautifully, I got to hold my DD straightaway and was back in my room within 15 mins of birthing her, and I was home and up and about within a week, driving within 3 weeks, and 10 months later I havent had any problems whatsoever with the scar, pain or healing.

I too was disappointed at first, but the fact that this was my only choice in the end, and without c/s both bub and I would have been lost, makes me grateful that I had this option. In fact Im sick of people looking down on it, for some of us its not a choice, its a matter of life.

So keep on encouraging your sister, and let her know that for every bad c/s story she will hear, there is a good one. She grew that little life inside her, and she felt its every move, every kick, even hiccups, she probably had heartburn and got haemorroids (sp?), she gave life to and birthed her daughter, she feels the pain of her scar and gets to see it everday for the rest of her life, but its all part of the miracle of pregnancy, birth and motherhood, no matter how you get there.

Hope her and bub are doing well

Lisa xx

PS your a wonderful sister taking the time to find out how best to comfort her

[onlyone]

pp - I know you where not saying it is a bad thing

I guess its just the forum section title that annoys me a little "cesarean section support"
I too was like LisaL without mine both my daughter and I would most likely not had made it

Maybe the section needs to be renamed as I can only see the support section and the VBAC section what about people that where quite happy with their cesarean birth or going for an elective that simply want information without feeling like that are taking the easy option or second best.

These are only my opinion hope not to offend others