C section or vaginal????

Ok so I am having my first child and have heard many bad and good things about both. I'm not sure what I want but I know I want what's safest for my kid

[alaysha]

Unless there is a medical reason the safest is vaginal. A lot of doctors wont even do a c-section unless they have to.

[Graciemom77]

I never had the option for c section, long labor but uneventful. Recovery time is much shorter for vaginal that much I do know. However I would love to know Exactly when I'll have the next instead of waiting for labor lol

[nickieb85]

Well a lot of the times (now a days anyways) you can elect to have a c-section if you want. A C-Section is still major surgery though (I have had 2 children both vaginally) and I was really "okay" within in just hours of delivery just being a little sore. You all was run the risk of tearing or being cut while in labor to make room for the baby's head but I would assume it would be better than having a nice slice through above your pubic region. There are logical decisions though to have a c-sec. If your doctor feels your baby's head is too big, your baby is not in the head down position for birth (breech) or you need an emergency for baby's heart rate dropping with contractions or your develop pre-eclampsia. You more than likely won't find out until the end (closer to delivery) how you and baby are going to fair and a lot of women don't know if they will need a C-Section until it is almost time to deliver.

[LosingMyMindInGA]

Frankly I think it should be illegal for doctors to perform elective c-sections.  But that's just my opinion.  Check out the international cesarean awareness network (google "ICAN online") it has a ton of information on c-section vs vaginal.

[LosingMyMindInGA]

BTW I had a medically necessary c-section with my first and have fought tooth and nail to deliver vaginally with the rest of them.  In the next few weeks I will be going for my FIFTH Vaginal Birth after C-section (VBAC) becuase I know it is the safest way and the fastest, easiest recovery,.....it's the way nature intended it to be.

[cocacolapanda]

vaginal is safest for both baby and Mom unless there are other complications.  A friend of mine has had 2 c-sections and both her and the babies recovered just fine, she only had them because her body just wouldn't diolate (even when induced).  I've had a vaginal birth with my first and was up and walking right away afterwards.

The most amazing part of the birthing process was when they placed him on my chest right after I popped him out, they wiped him off on my chest while I got to hold him.  That moment was the happiest part about the hospital.  If you have a c-section you aren't the first to "hold" the baby.

I strongly suggest, if you have a choice to go with a vaginal birth.

[LauraB78]

I don't know where you are.. But Doctors in my area will NOT perform an elective c-section on a first child.. Unless of course it becomes medically necessary.. MANY people won't like what I am about to say, but I WANTED a c-section with my first (&only) child and I couldn't find ANY Doctor willing to do it. I had a vaginal delivery.

[jschoch8]

there are twice as many maternal deaths with csection. It is better for the baby to come out vaginally as they get colonized with beneficial bacteria and it squeezes fluid out of their lungs which lessens the chance of respitory distress after birth.

[smjmekg]

Vaginally is the way your body is designed to deliver a baby. I had a c-section with my first because he was breech. He spent the first 24 hours of his life away from me on oxygen, with IVs, because he had fluid in his lungs from not being pushed out the birth canal. He could have gotten pneumonia, a lot could have gone wrong but it didn't. I don't know why you would want to have a c-section if you didn't need it.

I posted this on your other question about too so you see it for sure!

[Kcamilleri]

Im pregnant with my first, and im definitely opting for normal birth! I truly wish everything goes as im planning. Im sure it will be painful and all but everyone tells me that the minute you hold ur baby all d pain disappears. Im so excited!! My due date is 4th nov

[williamsbaby33]

I had a c-section with my daughter and that was after I was induced and moving along good.And she was in the right postion.  The dr and a few nurses came in with him to give me and my hubby the update on her and they said that her heart rate would drop everynow and again but she was fine. They gave the option to keep trying to have her regular or have a c-section. But before I gave my choose. They told me that if I did try to have her regular that they might be a chance that they would have to resusate her. I decided to have a c-section. We both were fine. She had no problems afterwards. Me and my husband are trying for our second one and I am gonna have another c-section with it. The healing process takes a while and u will bleed more but I was up walking around the next morning.

[Ashelen]

I had two vaginal deliveries..and while the first one was difficult (if you want to know the story PM me), after the second one I was up, walking, and back to normal in a ridiculously short amount of time. In fact, I was intimate with my husband less than 2wks after the delivery because I seriously had forgotten it had been such a short amount of time...that's how amazingly normal I felt.

Babies are meant to be born vaginally and c-sections were developed as life-saving techniques, and in my opinion, should be reserved as such. a c-section is a MAJOR operation, and while most stories turn out good, it should be avoided if at all possible because it can cause some serious, even fatal complications. the time that the baby spends in the vaginal canal being pushed out prepares it to breathe and live outside of the womb...while c-section babies can be completely healthy, it's a gamble and one that I would avoid if at all possible.


that's just my two cents and experience. I nearly died from my first vaginal birth and I STILL wanted to do it again, because statistically my risks were significantly lower with a vaginal than with a c-section.