If you had a choice between vaginal and c/s delivery...

Shelley-Bean

which did you choose?  Baby B has now moved to vertex, so I have vtx/vtx twins.  I've been planning on a c/s all this time, but I'm starting to waiver.  I know medically the risks/benefits of each, but I'm still leaning towards c/s.  What did you choose and why?

macchiatto

Vaginal (even though my Baby B kept flipping back and forth between breech and vertex) because of the benefits to mom and babies of a vaginal delivery. I'm also just not a fan of having major surgery unless it's necessary.

schoolsoutbride

macchiatto:

Vaginal (even though my Baby B kept flipping back and forth between breech and vertex) because of the benefits to mom and babies of a vaginal delivery. I'm also just not a fan of having major surgery unless it's necessary.

Ditto.

Shannonlea

I chose vaginal because both were head down and I was scared of a c/s and the recovery after.

kaiteedidit

Vaginal. I had a wonderful delivery with my twins and recovery was a breeze.

#1_BadgeBunny

I chose vaginal both were head down and stayed that way for some time.  I wanted my delivery to be as "normal" as possible.  I did decide early on that i wanted a light epi  b/c after talking with my ob he informed me that after baby a comes out sometimes b can flip breech so there are 3 options from there...1) delivery breech which is not as big of a deal b/c baby a "paved" the way hahaha! 2) reach up there and flip b around head down 3) go for a c-section.  with all that in mind i wanted a light epidural in place in case we had to go with option 2 or 3. 

As it turns out i pushed for 3 hours and ended in a csection.  I had a rare incedent with my epidural... i have a back injury which forced them to place it high then on top of that the hospital recieved a new batch of the sleeve that stays in... well they tend to be less plyable and at first the epi was in the right section but the second i moved to lay down it slipped into my spinal cavity and inturn gave me a spinal from my breast down.  (After 3 hours it wore off and they fixed the cathader).  This resulted in everything in my body relaxing and baby b decided to try and come out at the same time hahahaha! we has a traffic jam.  B wedged A in which we didnt find out until we were in the csection and my ob could see what was going on.  My ob new somethign was up when he tried to vacuum A out and she didnt budge. 

All in all it was amazing trying to push it was exciting and im sad still i couldnt push them out but there was nothing i could do about it and andverythankful theyhad an OR ready for us just in case.  The c-section went extremely smooth and irecovered very fast.  I would have to say either wayi would be happy when it come to having baby #3. GL.

katsblaze

schoolsoutbride:

macchiatto:

Vaginal (even though my Baby B kept flipping back and forth between breech and vertex) because of the benefits to mom and babies of a vaginal delivery. I'm also just not a fan of having major surgery unless it's necessary.

Ditto.

Same here.

cocojack10

Since the beginning, I was hoping for a vaginal birth because 1) shorter recovery time (usually), and 2) I'm scared sh*tless of surgery!  LOL 

Last week we discovered baby A flipped and is now breech, and I was so disapponted... and later OB told me to scheduled csection already, which scared the crap out of me.  At the end of the day, the most important thing is that the babies come out 100% healthy, no matter how many cuts it means for me... but if I had to choose, I go with vaginal. 

Haven1

Having gone through a c/s and had it be a total breeze, I'm glad I went that route.  (Not that I had a choice, though.)  And honestly, my smallest was 4-9, and I remember looking down at him and thinking there was NO WAY I'd have wanted to push him out. 

FemmeNat01

I was hoping for a vaginal but I ended up with a c/section because I had severe pre-e.

OrangeSmoke

Vag Vag Vag!

My vaginal delivery was converted to a c section after 4 hours of pushing and no progress.  I had a horrible recovery experience (hemorraged during surgery and lost a ton of blood).  Compared to that, the labor & pushing was a BREEZE.

 

monkski

It seems like these days, you are "supposed" to say vag, but I would have my c-section again in a second. baby A was head down, but baby b was transverse. If I didn't have a c-section, I was going to be induced due to GD. I was more terrified of an induction than I was of the c-section for some reason. I heard more horror stories and there was a big risk of it resulting in a c-section anyways. Put on top of that my OB wouldn't deliver unless they were both head down and it really wasn't a choice. 

I walked in the morning of the surgery and 2 hours later had my beautiful babies. No labor and recovery was a total breeze. It almost seems wrong to have it be so easy, but I'm not complaining :-)

smeyer

I would have preferred a vaginal birth but I had to have a c/s due to pre-eclampsia. That said, my c/s was really easy and my recovery wasn't that bad either.

babya2010

Both babies were head-down and I was in induced labor for 27+ hours. At the very end my epi failed and when they topped it off it sent my BP dangerously low (70/40). They ordered the c-section at that point because there's NO WAY I would have been able to pull back out of that and actually push. If I have any more I will definitely opt for a c-section again. My experience and recovery weren't all that bad.

twobytwo2010

FemmeFataleNat01:

I was hoping for a vaginal but I ended up with a c/section because I had severe pre-e.

This.

jenn_darrin1515

I was induced (both babies were head down)...and after 2 days of pitocen, a foley bulb and only making it to 4 cm I got a c-section...wish I would have just gone for the c-section in the beginning...

ougrad1

section, section, section.  I dilated to a 9 w/ Emerson and had to have a section so, I elected the section the second time around with the twins.  Don't let people who have never had a section scare you.  More often than not, women who have had both experiences will tell you the section was way, way easier!  GL to you.

 

Temp159135562506975

i picked c/s for the twins - even if they were a singleton baby i would have picked a c/s... because with my vaginal birth of DS1 i had a horrible 4th degree tear and I NEVER EVER want to experience anything like that again.  My OB agreed with me - and was happy to do the c/s for me.

I LOVED my c/s recovery - it was 100x's easier than my vaginal birth.  Of course- most vaginal birth recoveries are not that bad.... but it's not something i will ever chance again.  c/s all the way for me!

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MrsLee04:

If I had a choice definitely vaginal.  It's the proven safer and healthier option for both mom and babies with a much easier recovery time.  I would never choose to have major surgery when it's not medically necessary.

ditto every single word of this.  I had a vaginal delivery and it was a very easy recovery.  I was up walking around the next day and never had to worry about pain from major abdominal surgery while caring for newborns. 

I feel like a lot of people don't realize how big of an operation a c/s is.  just because it is common and safe does not change the fact that it is major surgery.  a c/s this time will also more than likely condemn you to a repeat c/s if you ever choose to have more kids as less and less doctors are offering VBAC as an option

DinnerTime

macchiatto:

Vaginal (even though my Baby B kept flipping back and forth between breech and vertex) because of the benefits to mom and babies of a vaginal delivery. I'm also just not a fan of having major surgery unless it's necessary.

Ditto this exactly.