Possible C Section - head all of a tizz!

[Fleur]

Hun, Obs are medical experts in the field of complex births. A possibly large baby is not a birth complication.
It's pretty crap in my books to start waving the 'big baby' card around. He's not even your ob.

No one thinks a c/sect makes you any less of a mother, and there is NOTHING to say you can't have this baby through your vagina.

:yeahthat: Lulu you said it perfectly.

It depends where your heart is really - but if I were you I would push for a natural birth, because if the baby is too big (which is quite rare I'm told), I think its better to have at least laboured and lost, than never to have laboured at all.

what a thing to have thrown at you now. I can't say it any better than Lulu & Mel. It is very unusual for you to grow a baby too big for you to birth. That's not to say it doesn't happen, but those cases are the exception.

I chose to have my VBAC because I believed it was safer, and because the recovery time was much, much quicker.

As for whether to try for a natural birth or accept it & have the CS... you could try for a vaginal birth , accepting that sometimes there is a need for a CS... don't pressure yourself to have a VB, just try it & see what happens.
Ultimately though it has to be whatever you feel comfortable with
Good luck

[*Belle*]

Hon I was told my first bubba was big and she came out 7 pds 8 oz. Unfortunately her head got stuck in my pelvis during the pushing stage and I had emergency c/s. This was NOT due to her size hon. Your choice, totally up to you.

[STARRYSKY]

hiya! as everyone else has said, whoa! what a thing to have thrown at you now! that being said, me personally, I NEVER entertained the thought that I would have to have a CS, I skipped over all those bits in the birth books, was going to be all natural for me, but that wasnt the case.
at 40 weeks I was told I was going to be induced (due to pre labour for 2 wks) but the OB I saw was very staraightforward in her " no point faffing around here, we will let you labour for 4 hours then its straight to surgery, that baby is a big one and I highly doubt he is going to come naturally!"
I laboured for 10, then ended up having the csection, my boy was 9pd 11oz, yes he was big, but I do truly believe that I could have had him naturally, if I wasnt induced.
You do what is right for you, having a CS really screwed with my head, but I think this is because I was not prepared for it.
my best advice to you would be to research your options, find out about it as much as you can and be at peace with your decision, just remember that its your body, your baby, your choice.

[~Kaz~]

Just wanted to chip in to what the other girls have said. Obs are basically surgeons darl. That's what they do and are understandably biased because of their training (just the way it is). I can't stress enough that you do your own homework, your own research and make your own mind up. Whatever you decide to do is ok. It's your body and your baby. Just as long as it's your decision and based on facts and the best information you can get at the time. There's nothing wrong with discussing all of your options and all of the possible scenarios. This should occur to inform you prior to your labour, not to have some ob who only just met you, pre-determine how you're labour is going to go.

Good luck!