Before you read this I just want to let you know that the grammar is probably off and it's kind of all over the place with my wording. I guess this is what happens when you blog on your smart phone. ;)
So I was reading an app on my iPhone today. You all know how great those are when you're pregnant. A fun read here and there when you're waiting for something or someone.
This little note about c-sections really caught my eye. I will try my best not to sound arrogant or anything, but this is truly what I think about this topic.
Having a c-section IS major surgery. No you aren't put under, you aren't passed out or anything, you are fully awaken during it yet it is still surgery. All surgery comes with risks, some that can include death. They have to cut through skin, then muscle, then your uterus to get to your precious baby. Then they take your baby out of you. Some doctors are not the most gentle taking your baby out. If you actually watch a c-section birth, there is nothing nice about it. You can't hold your baby right away, you can't even see your baby right away. It's sad that you will probably be the 5th person to hold your baby. Where is the motherly bond that they say is so important? You have to go through so much more medical intervention having your baby this way.
There are so many women that have completely normal pregnancies, so why do some many women have major surgery to have their babies? In the US, about 30% of women have there babies this way. Which is WAY more than what should be happening. On top of that, about half of these are elective! What?! That kinda blew my mind.
Elective(meaning to choose) surgery is when you schedule your surgery, not an emergency, but still somehow necessary . I don't hate doctors, in fact I love them!
I just wish that more doctors were up to trying all the options before a surgery.
With that being said, if my baby ever were to be breech, I would probably get many second opinions before opting for surgery.
I would rather deliver my breech baby vaginally before a c-section. Women have done it this way for 1000s of years! Why aren't we striving for more vaginal births this way? Why don't we have more OBs trained to handle more difficult births in a natural sense? Why are midwives the only ones willing and comfortable delivering breech births or even larger babies?
I had a friend who was told with her second baby that she would need a c-section because they estimated a 10 pound baby. Well, when the day came to have her daughter, turns out baby was only about 8 pounds. This poor momma had to go through something unnecessary and have the physical and emotional pain that comes with it. Which is much harder than having a vaginal birth.
Now if she were to ever decide to have a third child, she would have to go through the process of having a V-BAC. Which from what I hear, isn't easy sometimes. Now I am not an expert at all on this subject.
The only thing that I ask, before you say ok to a cesarean, look at all the options. Ask more questions, you and your baby will thank you if you just research and ask questions more. Get another opinion, go that extra step, you won't regret it!
In fact, even if you do have to get surgery in the end, at least you can say you tried to avoid it.
Surgery is absolutely necessary for some women. I am thankful that it is there for the ones that have a high risk pregnancy. But for many of you, it can be avoided.
I love you all and I hope that you aren't offended by my post. Let's make moms aware if their options. Doctors are so great, but they are human like you and I. They make mistakes just like we do. No one is perfect.
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