Reason for C-Section

Rowansmom08 · May 2013

For FTM who had or are having a C-section, what was the doctor's reasoning?

2u2wow · May 2013

i had an emerg c with my first as he wasn't descending and i wasn't dilating enough. then with DS2 i was advised it would be best just because of my body shape. i have very narrow hips and DS1's head was stuck and had to have forceps pull him out during the csection.

it was ultimately my choice to have the second c but the risks outweighed the benefits and i didn't feel the need to push vaginally so it was a no brainer for us!

amb04006 · May 2013

He wasn't descending and I wasn't dilating. Two doses of Cytotec and 15 hours of Pitocin, and I was only 3cm. Found out during the c section he had his cord wrapped around multiple body parts multiple times, so he couldn't drop.

Mrs MoJoRisin · May 2013

Posterior, or sunny side up, and wrapped up in the cord. After pushing for 2.5 hours they did a c section. I did not want the vacuum, forceps, etc..

mnj05 · May 2013

DS got stuck. He was making progress every time I pushed but it got to be very little progress and I was too tired to continue.

KellyAnne82 · May 2013

I'm a mom to a Rowan too! My doctor/midwife group felt that a C-section was wiser over allowing me to try and deliver vaginally via induction. I was 1 week past my due date and a growth scan estimated that my little one was around 10 lbs 10 oz. The doctors actually said they wouldn't allow me to attempt induction based on liability. They said that while the weight could vary slightly, she was measuring quite large and the risk of shoulder dystocia was too high. She ended up being 10 lbs 7oz and HUGE (not Diabetic either). I'm very glad we went with the section, and especially glad that I was well rested going into it. I don't know how some of you CS moms did it after laboring for hours and hours. I'm sure it made my recovery easier! good luck OP.

mben1119 · May 2013

Failure to progress. I was fully dilated, but DS was sunny side up, and wouldn't descend. They tried the vacuum extractor, and he wouldn't budge.

EmR22 · May 2013

With my second I had a placental abruption with no contractions and when they tried to kick start labor nothing happened, so it was termed an emergency c-section. My third child I was going to try for a VBAC but she was breech and they could not turn her. They advised another c-section since my first vaginal delivery was touch and go they didn't think I would have a successful VBAC. Now my fourth with be a scheduled c-section because of my previous two.

RayRay007 · May 2013

Fetal bradycardia. Wasn't in labour, happened to be in for an NST, lost baby's heart tones altogether at one point. Nuchal cord x2.

MrsJ723 · May 2013

I have a preexisting heart condition so a c section was the safest way for me to deliver.

salt78 · May 2013

Failure to descend. Her giant head was stuck in my pelvis.

aandg · May 2013

My first was a vaginal birth. I had complete placenta previa with my daughter.

Ooglybear · May 2013

My first was a vaginal delivery which resulted in nerve damage. I was unable to walk for 3 months. I had a c/s to avoid a repeat of that complication.

rockyrollgirl · May 2013

50 hours of labor and she just wasn't dropping. My water broke and they did not want to risk infection. They didn't give me any specific reason why she wouldn't drop.

tig594 · May 2013

My age (42) and the fact i am not having more kids, uncontrolled type 1 diabetes, hashimotos disease and risk of pre-e....which i got at the end.

MaryLaraH · May 2013

I was stuck at 7.5 cm for 5 hours, and when they tried to get me past that and speed up my contractions with pitocin, baby's heart rate dropped.

Lovehavinggirls · May 2013

Meynara · May 2013

With my first, the 'official' and final reason was because after being induced and in labor for close to fifteen hours, I'd somehow gotten a fever and that led to the assumption that I had an infection. Shortly before the fever, I was already being told to consider it because she'd already gotten to where there was no progress, wasn't dilating or anything past a point, but then the fever/infection cropped up, and, yeah, out she came.

lil_jen051708 · May 2013

DS was breech and never flipped. Scheduled a c/s but my water broke in the middle of the night so we went in, DS was still breech and went to the OR.

tracy41 · May 2013

Almost two weeks overdue with no labor. Last ultrasound before induction showed him measuring large so they refused the induction. He ended being 10 lbs 14 oz so there you go.

And as an aside I scheduled my 2nd CS for 39w3d and hoped he would come earlier. No go and 9 lbs 12 oz so that'll teach me.

pmduggan01 · May 2013

I had fibroids removed from my uterus in 2008 where they performed it by opening my abdomen in a similar way. I knew after that surgery that any deliveries would be done by CS. The CS was so much easier to recover from than the myomectomy.

jesstellina · May 2013

Arrest of descent, ruptured membranes for 12 hrs, fever. Her heart rate looked great the whole time. Turned out she was up very high, was asynclitic (crooked towards the side of her head instead of crown down) and had the cord around her neck twice. But she came out screaming and had APGAR's of 9 and 10.

Mrs.Rose · May 2013

rockyrollgirl:
50 hours of labor and she just wasn't dropping. My water broke and they did not want to risk infection. They didn't give me any specific reason why she wouldn't drop.

This almost exactly, except my (induced) labor was 48 hours. With my second, he had a flat heart rate and was in distress so I had an emergency c-section.

bumpuser5078523 · May 2013

I had high blood pressure and mild pre E. I tried having a vaginal birth, but after 22 hours of inducing and NO dilation, i had a section. My blood pressure was getting way too high and the meds they had me on were making me super sick. :[

JenBee74 · May 2013

My LO was breech.

CCooper73 · May 2013

LO Was frank breech

firewife9278 · May 2013

I have a cervical septum, so we scheduled the c/s. I knew before I ever got pregnant that I would need a c/s.

DonnaMartinGraduates · May 2013

With my first my labor stalked and I never got passed 5cm. He started having decelleration and I spiked a fever so all of that sent me into the OR.

stemms8810 · May 2013

With my first I had pre-e and hellp syndrome so it was pretty much an emergency. My 2nd was my choice. I could have attempted a vbac but I decided not to.

Edited for spelling.

TandCplus1 · May 2013

I can blame my C-Section on Pre-E. My blood pressure was so high thedoctor wouldn't even attempt to let me labor as it was too risky.

Kailynsmommy731 · May 2013

DD was breech and estimated to be 11lbs at birth...she was 8lbs15oz. Baby #2- I was going to try for a VBAC but he is breech and the Dr said he probably will not turn on his on and it would be to risky for them to do it manually...so c-section again.

capulet · May 2013

Fetal distress. DD had an erratic heart rate and they were worried the cord might have prolapsed, although it turned out it hadn't. I was well past my EDD with no progress and they had placed cervical gel about twelve hours earlier; I was supposed to get pitocin the next morning but the gel put me into labor. It was very painful labor (compared to DS - I had an RCS with him but labored for a few hours because my water broke before my scheduled surgery and contractions with him were much less painful, so I know now I wasn't just being a weenie) and her head was positioned so that she wasn't headed straight for my birth canal.

magdalina.h · May 2013

Aidan was in trouble because my cord failed. They did a classical incision (internal vertical cut) at 28w4d. Because of the classical incision, I'm not a candidate for a VBAC

Ken&Anna · May 2013

Acrosthec:
I have a Unicornuate Uterus and LO is currently breech at 32w2d. OB said she may still turn, but the chances are very very slim, so we went ahead and scheduled a C-Section for 39 weeks. I knew before I ever got pregnant that the risk of a C-Section was incredibly high due to my uterine abnormality, so it wasn't a huge surprise. The surprise will honestly be if we make it to 39 weeks!

This was me!

I have a unicornuate uterus and LO was breech. I had a C-Section scheduled for 39 weeks but my water broke at 37w6d so I had a C-Section that day instead. It was very low-stress and we had a full-term healthy baby!

nicoleh55 · May 2013

I stopped dilating at 5cm the Dr gave me the choice but he wasn't optimistic about going vaginal

Nickisiebert · May 2013

1st CS, baby was facing my side and not descending low enough to dilate me fully, and nothing we tried to turn him worked. Would have been able to try for a Vbac, but unfortunately he had come down low enough that a tore internally. Now I have what they call a T scar, and they won't allow me to labor as the risk of rupture is much higher with this type of scar.

LuvSD · May 2013

After laboring for about 5 hours my LO's heart rate started dropping during every contraction. I was only at 3 cm so my OB did not feel comfortable having me continue to labor because of how poorly LO was tolerating it. She thought that the cord may have been wrapped around her neck. It actually turned out that my cord was really short and that was causing the decreased heart rate.

Mommymorticia · May 2013

Failure to progress was the medical term he used. 16 1/2 hours after water had been broken, pitocin had been given and was still 41/2 centimeters on operating table. I was also getting an infection and had a bad reaction to the antibiotics they gave me.

mrs.jenRN · May 2013

I was induced because of my BP. I dilated completely and tried to push her out, but she just wouldn't come down.

I VBACed my second.

GeeksWithSqueaks · May 2013

At 39 weeks DD flipped to breech position and moved right into my ribs so the doctor insisted on a C-section because it being my first they had no way to know if her head would fit through the canal in the not ideal position. It turned out to be a blessing since they found her cord around her throat when they preformed the C-section

Ritzy19 · May 2013

With my first delivery, my daughter was on the larger side and was transverse, AKA "sunny side up" meaning that she was head down, but face up. We were nearing the 24 hour mark from when my water had broken and I wasn't having much luck with pushing, so I ended up with a CS.

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