C-Sections?

lilhockeygurlMOM · April 2012

I'm not judging anyone or saying I'm a doctor but it seems like a C-section happens to often and a first priority before anything else. I'm not trying to make anyones decision....and I'm sure this will piss people off...but I just find a c-section to much of an easy resort(yes I understand it hurts...its surgery, come on its gonna hurt). And however, I do understand those individuals that needed a c-section no matter what. I was one of those babies, So I'm not trying to sound like I know what I'm talking about, but we have given birth to babies for centuries and it just seems now a days its an option no matter what...just my opinion. (not trying to make anyone mad...I don't have the experience in cs)

DreamsBride411 · April 2012

The point of this post is just to say csections happen really often?

Good observation, captain.

Brewtowngrl · April 2012

and for centuries many women died giving birth. Yea for modern medicine!. I am pretty sure that those that had to have a c-section wish they didn't have to be cut open, take care of a baby and recover from major surgery.

honeybee111 · April 2012

I had a c-section(unplanned, DD was turned upside down), and I am darn thankful it IS an option. If it results in a healthy baby, who cares how the baby gets out? And yes, women have been giving birth for centuries, but how many of those women died because a c-section was not an option?

lawry13 · April 2012

I had to have a c-section, not by choice. When DD's heart rate was dropping in what they called the wrong part of the contraction and was too slow to come back up and everything they tried, I was happy it was an option to make sure I had a healthy baby girl.

Kadyra · April 2012

Yes, c-sections save lives, but they are horribly overused. You can't tell me that 1/3 (yes 1/3) of all delivering women actually need them. The c/s rate in the US is over 30%. Most c-sections are done because doctors are afraid of getting sued. This is why you'll almost never see a vaginal breech baby, women who have breech babies don't get versions, and many hospitals won't allow VBAC's. C/S are not benign. The more scars you have on your uterus, the higher your risk of placenta accreta, which is where the placenta grows into the wall of the uterus. If its removed, massive hemorrhage follows and women and babies can die. The woman will need a hysterectomy almost 100% of the time. I have seen one in my career that did not. During a cesarean hysterectomy, or c-hyst as they are known, you're put at risk because you will need several units of blood (the most I heard of was 110 units of blood). It's certainly something to be aware of. Yes, there are a lot of good reasons to do c-sections. Fetal distress, shoulder or face or brow or chin presentation, uterine rupture, placenta previa or accreta, certain health conditions in the mother or baby, active herpes, etc. But it's definitely overused. Oh and don't even get me started on primary elective c/s a la Britney Spears. A c/s won't save your bladder from falling out. The pressure of carrying your baby all those months is what makes your bladder prolapse. One of my colleague's wives had a c/s for their first for no good reason. He was basically shunned. It's stupid. And a huge arguing point in the ob/gyn community. If you can't tell

Cheerio B · April 2012

DreamsBride411:
The point of this post is just to say csections happen really often?
Good observation, captain.

This. There is absolutely no reason for this post.

lemonJAM · April 2012

lilhockeygurlMOM:
I'm not judging anyone or saying I'm a doctor but it seems like a C-section happens to often and a first priority before anything else. I'm not trying to make anyones decision....and I'm sure this will piss people off...but I just find a c-section to much of an easy resort(yes I understand it hurts...its surgery, come on its gonna hurt). And however, I do understand those individuals that needed a c-section no matter what. I was one of those babies, So I'm not trying to sound like I know what I'm talking about, but we have given birth to babies for centuries and it just seems now a days its an option no matter what...just my opinion. (not trying to make anyone mad...I don't have the experience in cs)

It's really easy to have an opinion on things you've never experienced. Both of my kids were c-section babies and I have absolutely no regrets. But, lucky for you that you never needed one. If it wasn't an option, I'm not sure DD and I would have made it through.

kkfeb04 · April 2012

I have no clue why I'm feeding the haters.........

THANK GOD FOR C-SECTIONS!

DS was a c/s. My body sucks at labor. If not for the c-section, he would still be inside but dead. I never dilated, never thinned out, nothing. He wasn't going to come out without the c-section. Yes, he was huge and the midwife even said there was no point of induction since my body wasn't prepping to labor. As she said it was the body's way of saying he wasn't going to fit. I had GD and there was a huge risk of shoulder dystocia. He was 10 lbs, 22" with a 15" head at 39 weeks.

My RCS was done 3 weeks ago tomorrow and I feel FANTASTIC. I was actally picking and carrying DS while in the hospital because I forgot I just had major surgery 2 days prior. I was not a VBAC candidate because again my body sucks at labor. I was having contractions 1-2 minutes apart for 4 days (without really knowing it since I worked my full 8 hours before delivering DD). At my OB appt 3 1/2 hours prior to delivery, guess what I wasn't dilating, effaced, nothing because again my body sucks at labor. At my NST that day it showed my contractions were quite strong (again I felt pressure but not pain) and lasting much longer than that OB liked. I was sent to L&D. Yeah, I drove myself there but not before stopping at BRU. I figured they would monitor me and send me home, I had things to pick up anyway. I was wrong, the OB there kept talking about uterine rupture. He didn't like the look of the contractions and they weren't calming down. 4 hours after leaving work DD was born. She also was a big baby for 37 weeks at 9 lbs 2 oz, 21".

Again, I had easy recoveries and I'm thankful for c/s. More power to you for pushing your baby out. I will never regret either one of my c-sections, you want to know why? It was the safest way for my children to be born.

kkfeb04 · April 2012

I also had a IRL friend that was anti-c/s. She kept stating she has great birthing hips and she's not afraid to push out big babies....yeah she ended up with a c/s since she wasn't dilating past 5 cm. Her baby was only 6 lbs. I may have laughed and smiled on the inside when I heard of her c/s. Yes, she did apologize after hers for the way she talked down to me about mine.

Hope you never need one.

christinakprice · April 2012

Brewtowngrl:
and for centuries many women died giving birth. Yea for modern medicine!. I am pretty sure that those that had to have a c-section wish they didn't have to be cut open, take care of a baby and recover from major surgery.

this

ashleygirl04 · April 2012

lilhockeygurlMOM:
I just find a c-section to much of an easy resort...So I'm not trying to sound like I know what I'm talking about...

I agree, the fact that you said these things tells me you have no clue what you are talking about. Easy way out? Ha!

I'm almost certain my son and I would both be a part of the high mortality rate when breach babies were delivered vaginally more frequently.

RoxBride · April 2012

My only hope is that all babies and mom get good quality medical care, and the birth is safe and with a happy ending, and hopefully get Mom gets to experience a birth that she is at peace with. I don't care if she choose a c/s, or a natural birth, or all the drugs in the world or whatever.

It isn't my business. It isn't your business.

Beckypooh09 · April 2012

<-------C-section board would love to answer this question for you. Oh wait. I don't see a question.

MrsHarlowC · April 2012

This will be my 4th CS....and i'd go through all 3 previous again for the same outcome. It was the only I could make it out of L&D with both my life and the lives of my babies. AND..."easy way out" what part of MAJOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY don't you understand. AND I get to recover while taking care of all 4 LO's...which I really can't wait to have them all together...but still. Come on...read a book. You seriously can't be that dumb. I would have LOVED to of given birth naturally....but I couldn't...that's just how it is. Thank God for modern medicine...because all those women who gave birth centuries ago..yeah..think of how many DIED because a CS wasn't an option.

kcisthebombdotcom · April 2012

Kadyra:
Yes, c-sections save lives, but they are horribly overused. You can't tell me that 1/3 (yes 1/3) of all delivering women actually need them. The c/s rate in the US is over 30%. Most c-sections are done because doctors are afraid of getting sued. This is why you'll almost never see a vaginal breech baby, women who have breech babies don't get versions, and many hospitals won't allow VBAC's. C/S are not benign. The more scars you have on your uterus, the higher your risk of placenta accreta, which is where the placenta grows into the wall of the uterus. If its removed, massive hemorrhage follows and women and babies can die. The woman will need a hysterectomy almost 100% of the time. I have seen one in my career that did not. During a cesarean hysterectomy, or c-hyst as they are known, you're put at risk because you will need several units of blood (the most I heard of was 110 units of blood). It's certainly something to be aware of. Yes, there are a lot of good reasons to do c-sections. Fetal distress, shoulder or face or brow or chin presentation, uterine rupture, placenta previa or accreta, certain health conditions in the mother or baby, active herpes, etc. But it's definitely overused. Oh and don't even get me started on primary elective c/s a la Britney Spears. A c/s won't save your bladder from falling out. The pressure of carrying your baby all those months is what makes your bladder prolapse. One of my colleague's wives had a c/s for their first for no good reason. He was basically shunned. It's stupid. And a huge arguing point in the ob/gyn community. If you can't tell

I can't imagine you work in the medical community.

I do agree c-sections are likely overused to an extent. MOST are done because doctors are afraid of getting sued? I wouldn't say that. A very small percentage of c-sections are elective. I'm sure there are some circumstances where the mom *could* have delivered vaginally but didn't. Many women opt against versions because statistically they don't work a lot, are painful, and bring risks to LO. Many don't want to take the risks to deliver a breech baby. I don't necessarily think it's the doctor's fault.

I would say the majority are in the best interest of baby and/or mom. You have to remember that the c-section rate is going up alongside with the obesity rate. Obesity=more conditions developing during pregnancy that require c-section birth. Also women are having children later in life. That brings about risks of more complications which again raise the risk for c-section births. I think it's more of a cultural change vs doctors doing it because they want to fit women into their schedule.

placental accreta is a risk factor for women who have multiple sections that hapens in 1 in every 2500 births. Statistically not that many women are having emergency hysterectomies. It *can* be severe enough to cause a necessary hysterectomy/increase the likelihood of maternal/fetal death but you're making it seem like a guarantee that a woman will hemmorage/need a hysterectomy.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/caesarian-rates-placenta-accreta-contributing-rise-maternal-death/story?id=13399308.

robinsokj · April 2012

Ah you've found a board where people will actually repond to your idiotic posts. Good goin

cs1007 · April 2012

I had an unplanned c-section due to water breaking and failure to dilate/progress, so DS had to come out to avoid infection...

I don't really think there is ever a 'choice' as to having a c-section. A reputable OB is not going to do one just because someone wants one. Docs do what is best for the baby and mother..

Really not sure what your point is here...A c-section is not an 'easy way out', and most women I know would prefer NOT to have one...

soxfan74Wed76248 · April 2012

You know what I will never understand? Judgy, loser people who do not have anything better to do than to comment on things that they don't know all about and the reasons that go along with them. Get a life!

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