Interesting article..."natural" c/s

DonnaMartinGraduates · January 2011

https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fsociety%2F2005%2Fdec%2F03%2Fhealth.medicineandhealth&h=0c690

I apologize if this has been posted here before, but I thought it was worth sharing! I would love to implement a few of these pracices into my RCS if I end up having one and will be talking about it with my OB soon.

lorryfach · January 2011

Here is a more direct link. The above one goes through Facebook for some reason.

Very interesting read. My cesarean was unplanned but not an emergency, and I imagine a lot of this could have happened if it was something people even thought about.

desmerelda317 · January 2011

I'm not a VBACer, just a natural birth supporter and think that is sooooo cool! If I ever had to have a c-section, I'd want it to be like that if possible.

iris427 · January 2011

Very interesting. I have heard stuff about doing c-sections this way before but I've been meaning to learn more about it. If I have to have another c-section, I want it to feel as much like a birth, and as little like a surgery, as possible. I think that was one of the things I hated about my c/s. I didn't feel like it was a birth--I felt like a body on the table being operated on. I even remember them talking about my internal organs as if I wasn't an awake, aware person who could hear everything they were saying.

Thanks for sharing!

octbride2006 · January 2011

This is great. I was going to ask my dr if there was any way we can make a RCS more "natural" if I need one. Thanks for sharing this!

papagena · January 2011

iris427:
Very interesting. I have heard stuff about doing c-sections this way before but I've been meaning to learn more about it. If I have to have another c-section, I want it to feel as much like a birth, and as little like a surgery, as possible. I think that was one of the things I hated about my c/s. I didn't feel like it was a birth--I felt like a body on the table being operated on. I even remember them talking about my internal organs as if I wasn't an awake, aware person who could hear everything they were saying.
Thanks for sharing!

I totally agree - I will say things like "when DS was born" but I never say anything about 'the day I gave birth', as I really don't feel like I've ever given birth - I was told I needed a c/s, leaned forward to get a spinal, and then things were done to me. I didn't get to touch baby until several hours later. If I do have a c/s, I'm going to do my best to at least get that changed. I hate that I don't feel like I was a participant in DS's birth.

Love the article! Thanks!

smiling76 · January 2011

I'm looking more and more at RCS and I would LOVE if the baby could be put right on my chest-----it would be amazing. DS cried and cried for hours....it was horrible.....and I wonder if that had to do with it. The issue I guess is the lack of being squeezed out --I know with DS he had a lot of respiratory issues due to this---so if they didn't get the baby out "slow" then I could see why they'd need to get the fluids out right away.

DonnaMartinGraduates · January 2011

Whoops! Sorry about that facebook link- I linked the article on my business page and copied it from there I guess. Thanks for fixing it!

ShansBride · January 2011

interesting. I think all c/s should be like this when not a true emergency.

ShansBride · January 2011

papagena:
iris427:

Very interesting. I have heard stuff about doing c-sections this way before but I've been meaning to learn more about it. If I have to have another c-section, I want it to feel as much like a birth, and as little like a surgery, as possible. I think that was one of the things I hated about my c/s. I didn't feel like it was a birth--I felt like a body on the table being operated on. I even remember them talking about my internal organs as if I wasn't an awake, aware person who could hear everything they were saying.

Thanks for sharing!

I totally agree - I will say things like "when DS was born" but I never say anything about 'the day I gave birth', as I really don't feel like I've ever given birth - I was told I needed a c/s, leaned forward to get a spinal, and then things were done to me. I didn't get to touch baby until several hours later. If I do have a c/s, I'm going to do my best to at least get that changed. I hate that I don't feel like I was a participant in DS's birth.

Love the article! Thanks!

I also don't feel like I gave birth to DS. I felt totally notneeded during the whole "birth"

Sazhrah · January 2011

If I have a rcs than that is what I want. I am going to take this article to my doctor and further discuss my options of this. Thank you so much for sharing.

sweetmelissa0707 · January 2011

Thanks for posting this, it sounds like such an amazingly different experience. I agree with PP that you feel like a body, not like a mom giving birth, but a body being operated on in the surgical ward. I want this VBAC to go ahead as planned, but if I thought adjustments like these could be made to a RCS, I would feel better about it.