S/O C-Sections

loveshine1 · October 2010

I really, really do not want to have one.

For those of you that have, what was the reason that they performed on? I know that DG's were elective.

Mrs.Thistletwat · October 2010

My mother had 2. Her pelvis is very narrow and wouldn't accomodate an emerging child.

6fsn · October 2010

I was past due and had GD. There was some concern about baby size so they wanted to induce. I went in Tuesday night and got Cervadil. Wednesday morning they started pitocin and we waited. Wed. night they stopped pitocin and restarted Thursday morning. I started to dilate, so they broke my water. Then nothing more. I never felt a contraction or anything. By that point they had to do something so c/s it was.

tawillers · October 2010

I'll try not to get too long.

My water had broken Saturday afternoon. I was admitted but was not having contractions. Pitocin was started and after 16 1/2 hours, I was only 5cm because DD's head had gotten stuck in a crooked position, so she wasn't moving down.

After all that time and trying several different positions to get her to move, the doctor told me he'd only let me go one more hour and he'd have to insist on a c/s. DH and I discussed and decided just to go for the c/s because it was clear I wasn't going to progress much in one hour.

So, crooked baby is the short answer.

*Barbie* · October 2010

I need to talk to my Dr. about this... i am all for c/s (elective), but i think I'm going to try and go natural. my biggest reason for wanting the scheduled c/s was that I wouldn't have to be in labor for 12-24 hours and then have the Dr. decide/need to do the c/s.

loveshine1 · October 2010

That's what I'm worried about, Barbie.

I don't want to go a week past my due date (which I'm fine with -- I'd go 3 weeks as long as the baby is fine) get put on Pitocin, and then still have to have a c/s.

PMeg819 · October 2010

Talk to your doctor about that. This was a big part of why I ultimately went with my midwife, but due dates are guesses. If the baby is okay, it's okay. Let them do the extra monitoring or try other things like stripping your membranes, etc.

Personal opinion, but I think a lot of docs rush to use pitocin to induce labor uneccessarily. Just because you're a few days past your due date doesn't mean you won't deliver or your baby is in distress.

baconsmom · October 2010

I was in labor for 24 hours, contracting regularly the whole time, and only ever dilated to 7cm. And my body wanted to push that kid out at 7cm, too.

Frankly? I liked the C/S. It was a neat, clean incision that healed easily and didn't involve my vag at all. I was back to having sex 5 weeks post-partum, I healed beautifully, and had barely any pain. If I could have elected? I would have. I didn't want to do labor (I do it every month for my period, and that's enough).

But. I've always healed very easily from things like cuts, and don't do well with abdominal pain. I knew I'd heal better from a C.

loveshine1 · October 2010

I agree with you, PMeg.

If there is fetal distress, I'm fine with induction and a c/s. But for no other reason than the doctor wants to pencil me in? No way.

I don't feel that my doctor will be like that, but it's definitely worth speaking to her about it.

[Deleted User] · October 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_c-sections?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:ef5ab156-fdcc-4dd5-958b-99a2ce81c9fcPost:7dd05bcf-a978-43c3-b202-41442c2954a1">Re: S/O C-Sections</a>:
[QUOTE]I'll try not to get too long. My water had broken Saturday afternoon. I was admitted but was not having contractions. Pitocin was started and after 16 1/2 hours, I was only 5cm because DD's head had gotten stuck in a crooked position, so she wasn't moving down. After all that time and trying several different positions to get her to move, the doctor told me he'd only let me go one more hour and he'd have to insist on a c/s. DH and I discussed and decided just to go for the c/s because it was clear I wasn't going to progress much in one hour. So, crooked baby is the short answer.
Posted by tawillers[/QUOTE]

Crooked babies sure are cute. I love your sig pic.

mrsconn23 · October 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_c-sections?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:ef5ab156-fdcc-4dd5-958b-99a2ce81c9fcPost:b9f77c38-5eb5-4084-8675-06c3fc283493">Re: S/O C-Sections</a>:
[QUOTE]I agree with you, PMeg. If there is fetal distress, I'm fine with induction and a c/s. But for no other reason than the doctor wants to pencil me in? No way. I don't feel that my doctor will be like that, but it's definitely worth speaking to her about it.
Posted by loveshine1[/QUOTE]

This exactly. I also don't feel that my Dr. will rush me into a c/s. She's very laid back. So I think she'll do what I want as long as everyone is healthy, BUT I do plan to bring it up in Feb or March, just so we're on the same page.

nannewmur · October 2010

Both of my kids were c-sections. Both were breach and one was born at 35 and the other at 36 weeks. I don't believe I saw this on here, but oneadvantage to c-sections you are less likely to have urine leakage when you get older when you sneeze, cough, etc. I had good experiences with both c-sections.

jojobrn · October 2010

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[QUOTE]Both of my kids were c-sections. Both were breach and one was born at 35 and the other at 36 weeks. I don't believe I saw this on here, but oneadvantage to c-sections you are less likely to have urine leakage when you get older when you sneeze, cough, etc. I had good experiences with both c-sections.
Posted by nannewmur[/QUOTE]

<div>
</div><div>Long term studies have actually shown no significant difference between vag vs c/s deliveries in terms of urinary incontinence. The UI has more to do with the drop in estrogen levels post menopause. </div>

AuntFlo · October 2010

Late - but might be helpful to you.
I was induced 2 weeks early, mainly due to GD.   My baby was measuring at about 8 lbs, I was miserable due to insomnia, the diabeetus and PUPPPS (look it up - it sucks) so my doctor scheduled an induction for me.
I checked in to the hospital at 7am on a Wednesday. Hooked up to monitors, pitocen drip, membranes stripped, water broken, all by 10am.   Epidural around 1pm (which didn't take on my left side, so they had to do it again.)
I was not progressing, but my contractions were getting worse (pitocin!) and my baby had lots of fetal distress.   The whole team would come rushing into my room every time the alarms would go off because my baby's heart rate was too low.   They'd flip me to a different side of my body and put an oxygen mask on me. Which would then put me into a panic attack and my heart rate would go way up.   Awesome.

By about 7pm my epidural ran out, so I got the pleasure of feeling real contractions.   More awesome.   They finally tracked down a anethesiologist to refill me at around 8pm.
My doctor came back around 9pm, after she put her kids to bed.

We discussed my options and decided to move forward with having a c-section.   She got called away to a much more dire emergency c-section, but said she would be back for me around 10pm.
At about 12:45am, she was finally ready to do my surgery (things must not have gone well during that other surgery, but I didn't ask and didn't want to know.)
The team swooped in, gave me a spinal block (I think that's what it is called) and had me in the operating room by 1am and Eva was born at 1:20 am on Thursday. (And at under 7 lbs - - she wasn't a big baby after all.)

So, yeah, a c-section was necessary in my case.    I was so freaking exhausted by the time she was born that there would have been no way I could have still been laboring and have the strength to give birth.
I'm positive that the pitocin is to blame for the series of events, but it's certainly possible that the results would have been similar without the pitocin.   I'm petite and it's just harder for us short girls.   My baby was squashed in there and was having trouble staying health in those conditions.
That's my story - - sorry it was long - - hope it helps!

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