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A comment from my grandma

octoberwed2008octoberwed2008
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 My grandma and I were talking yesterday and she happened to say that she thinks it would be so much easier to just have a csection than to have a "regular birth".  At first I wanted to be like "are you serious"? but then I remembered that she is from a different time period. When I started explaining to her what they actually do she started saying oh really? I had no idea that it was that invasive." HUH???? This whole conversation kind of perplexed me.
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  • RoxBrideRoxBride member

    Huh. Wondering how she thought the baby got out if not invasively.

    My c/s was so easy and recovery went well, so I can honestly say I think it easier than most vaginal births.

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  • MiamiMergersMiamiMergers
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    Huh. Wondering how she thought the baby got out if not invasively.

    My c/s was so easy and recovery went well, so I can honestly say I think it easier than most vaginal births.

    This was my experience as well! I was initially upset at finding out the c/s was necessary (I was in labor for 14 hours prior), but I had an easy recovery and my body felt normal after 2 weeks.
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  • abba916abba916
    I heard this comment as well from several older generation relatives...::shakes head:: I sometimes think they believe I got pregnant from eating a watermelon seed...
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  • octoberwed2008octoberwed2008
     Well, I should have also added that I had a terrible recovery. I was fine with it emotionally. I know that everyone has very different experiences with both c-section and vag. birth, but I just think that the comment that ANY birth is "easier" is just a total misconception.
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  • stargirlsheartstargirlsheart
    LOL!  I cannot complain though.  I had two fantastic c-section experiences.  Two of my friends have had horrible vaginal births with lasting physical problems so when OB suggested a c-section I did not argue.
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  • J9melissaJ9melissa member
    imageRoxBride:

    Huh. Wondering how she thought the baby got out if not invasively.

    My c/s was so easy and recovery went well, so I can honestly say I think it easier than most vaginal births.

    I'm in this boat as well.
    Mine was planned though, so I went in with more of an open mind than I would have if I had labored for a long time and then went in for an emergency.
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  • luvbeingmomluvbeingmom member

    Keep in mind, they probably didn't even give any pain drugs when your grandma gave birth...

    So yeah, I'm sure that to her, a surgery seems less painful... but it's probably not lol 

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  • lauraualauraua
    That's funny!  My mom always made seem as if a c-section was like the worst. most painful thing ever.  She's 53 years old.  She was so shocked at how well I recovered after my C-section, she was like, "Wow, I didn't think you would be able to walk for three weeks." She said that that is what she was used to.  
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  • shibby00shibby00 member
    That story is pretty funny!  I can see some of my older relatives feeling that way, and after laboring for a long time and pushing with no pain relief I can kind of see where (maybe?) your Grandma was coming from.  My recovery was great physically, I'm not scared at all to have another c/s.
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  • Maine38Maine38
    I am trying to decide whether to have a c-section or try vaginally for my second birth following some complications from my first vaginal delivery.  Everyone has opinions on which is easier.  I think it is often a grass is greener thing.  As I told my husband, there is no good way to get this baby out of me!  Smile
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  • SarahP15SarahP15 member

    imagelauraua:
    That's funny!  My mom always made seem as if a c-section was like the worst. most painful thing ever.  She's 53 years old.  She was so shocked at how well I recovered after my C-section, she was like, "Wow, I didn't think you would be able to walk for three weeks." She said that that is what she was used to.  

    This is for me too, except my mom is 59.  When I was up walking around the next couple of days she was amazed.

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  • mamainseptembermamainseptember member
    The older generation seems to not understand c-sections well! I had a women in a store (mid to late 60's) that I didn't "really give birth" because the baby was "ripped out of me"... something along those lines. I was completely speechless.
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  • bgf1bgf1 member
    I am still amazed by the things people feel free to say to you about your children both before and after they are born.  My son was born via c-section due to placenta previa, and before the planned c-section my MIL told me I was a cheater because I was having a c-section. I told her know I was just trying to ensure I had a healthy baby.  My MIL doesn't have a ton of medical knowledge and   I know she didn't mean it they was I took it but it is amazing how people perceive c-sections.
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