Comments on: Nobody Ever Said It Would Be This Hard

By: jade

jade — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:39:20 +0000

Awww, I know how you feel. 3 c-sections for me! You’ll drive yourself mad going over pros and cons. One good thing is that you can choose (somewhat) your baby’s b-day. My 3rd was born on 03-04-05, kinda cool huh? I got to choose that day – since he’s the 3rd I thought i needed something easy to remember!
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By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:57:03 +0000

I just had my second c-section. I had planned on a vbac but just like my first ended in emergency c-section. I will say that I didn’t labor as long with my second and my recovery was amazing. My first was really hard, but with my second I was up walking that night. With my first I felt a lot of guilt and kind of cheated but for whatever reason I was so ok with the second. Were planning on a third and I plan on scheduling another c-section.

By: No Princesses Here

No Princesses Here — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:44 +0000

And that’s the great thing about having options- you can pick the one that’s the best for you. It sounds like we had VERY similar delivery experiences, only I was in labor for 13 hours. I can’t think of any other sounds scarier than that of your baby’s heart monitor going silent, followed by all those alarm bells. I never thought much about having a c-section before I went into labor either for the same reasons, but you do what you have to do and at the end of the day as long as everyone’s alive and well, that’s all that matters. My pregnancy was high risk (severe hyperemesis gravidarum), so we’re not going to have any more children, but if we did I personally would have chosen a scheduled c-section. They think that my daughter may have had a reaction to the pitocin, so I figured that hopefully we could avoid a repeat experience if we could avoid labor entirely. Good luck when the time comes! Hopefully round 2 will be much less traumatic!
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By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:31:36 +0000

Great post! There is nothing wrong with a repeat Cesarean. Healthy baby delivered is the main thing. I’ve had both experiences and I think I’d rather have a painful stomach incision than a sore hoohoo. (Both sound terrible but we’re women hear us roar!) Just have lots of help the first week and I wish I would have stayed that 3rd night in the hospital with Ashley but supermom wanted to be home with her boys. Stay in the hospital that last night! Good luck with whichever you ultimately decide.
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