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C-Section = awesome
Since nobody has started chatting in this forum, I will be the first! My son was due July 12th. I agonized 9 months about giving birth! I was scared to death and hoped I would have to have a c-section. Well the day before my due date I started leaking amniotic fluid. The next day my dr admitted me as a precaution. She decided to induce me asap. Well to make a long story short, after 30 hours of inducing me, NOTHING happened!! Literally nothing.......I didn't dialate...he hadn't dropped..nothing. Her and the nurses were blown away. So to my wish, I had a c-section. It was so easy! He weighed 10 lbs! And she said he wouldn't have come out natural anyways because the cord was wrapped around his neck =/ ..And for those of you who know you are going to have to have one for some reason..don't be scared. I was sore for about 2 weeks, but other than that it was great. The thought of child birth scares me to death...and im ok with never having to know what it feels like lol..
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Wow 30 hours? Isn't that amazing? I think the thought of a C section can be very scary for some, especially those who've never had surgery before. Epidurals rock though, I must say!
I had a C-section with my second child. I was in hard labor for several hours and when we finally went to the hospital I was at 6. Cool I thought, I'm going to pop this one out in no time!
Not the case. I got to 10 and pushed for a very long time and the doctor kept telling me the baby wasn't moving down for some reason. It was horrible. I was exhausted and in major pain. The doctor recommended a C-section and I was devastated. I was pretty adamant that I didn't want one but at that point, I had to do it for the safety of the baby.
I was out of commission for several weeks and was in a fair amount of pain. It was much more painful than I expected. I had never had "surgery" before so I wasn't prepared for the recovery. Plus, I had a spinal headache which compounded the issue.
The hardest thing for me to deal with was the fact that I felt like a failure for needing a C-section. I know that sounds crazy. But it's true. Ask my husband about all the tears I shed.
I had Madeline's birth all planned out in my head (and on paper :) ) and when it didn't go as I expected it to..well there you go.
I've had many friends who have had C sections and I never thought of them as "failures", in fact I never thought twice about it but I was holding myself to some crazy mommy standard that I had created for myself.
And now almost 5 years later, I just look at my sweet Madeline Grace and smile. She likes to tell people that she didn't want to come greet the world because she was so warm and cozy in mommy's tummy.