I'm afraid of c-sections!
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| Tue, 03-20-2007 - 10:29pm |
I went to the doctor for my 37 week visit today and he said that we're doing an ultrasound next Tuesday (my birthday) to determine approximate fetal size. He said if she is within 1/2 pound of DS' birth weight (8lbs 4oz) that it would be irresponsible for him NOT to do a c-section.
I was induced with DS a week early last time due to GD and he had shoulder dystocia. I'm already scheduled to be induced on 4/3 with this one because of that. But he's saying that if she is going to be the same size or bigger, it would be stupid to risk that again. (Luckily DS came out fine with no broken bones, etc.)
I am terrified!! I know I'm freaking myself out over something a lot of women PREFER. But I have been reading up on it a lot and now I feel worse than before! It didn't occur to me that (DUH!) I would have to have an epidural. (My last birth was natural vaginal.) And the thought of them slicing me open and pulling on my tissue just freaks me out and makes me feel a little sick.
And then I read about a catheter!!! Doesn't that hurt??
I'm also really worried about the recovery time. I already have a 3 year old at home. DH will be off for about 10 days after the birth and then my mom will be here the whole next week. But I'm just worried that it's going to be painful and that I'm not going to bounce back.
I know that after having a vaginal birth without drugs the first time, some of this may seem like a piece of cake, but labor is NATURAL and normal. Abdominal surgery and catheters and needles are not.
Yikes, I'm so freaked out. Can I have some encouragement? More importantly, some positive thoughts that I will have a happy birthday and find out that I'm worrying over nothing and I'll just get my induction!!
~Emily



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God bless you women!! You have made me feel so much better. I trust this doctor, but I do kind of get the feeling that he does do things that are convenient for him.
I am going to fight to avoid this c-section. I know that ultrasounds can be off, but I didn't realize that it's possible by so much. I'm really going to have to think hard about it before I agree to the c-section, but as someone said, he is the doctor so if that's his recommendation I need to give it some thought even though it's so far beyond what I DONT want!
He did tell me that an epidural would relax me when delivering vaginally which could help avoid the dystocia this time. I guess I could also plan to go that route if they think she's a little big.
Keep your fingers crossed! I'll find out on Tuesday what the answer is...
~Emily
#2 coming 4/3
I think you received excellent advise from all posters to your question. I have had 2 unmed births, and dont have any personal experience with c-secs, other than they were one of my biggest fears when I was pregnant as well !
It is your body, and your baby. Sadly, many drs push women to have c-sec when they know they are going to be away on vacation or something. I know many of my friends who have been in that situation, and the dr gave them all sorts of "reasons" why they should forgo natural birth, and have a c-sec earlier than the due date, and it turned out that they were going to be away during the due date time. Sad. Also, every pregnancy is different. Because someone has a monster sized child one time, does not mean that the next will be that size. Late term ultrasounds are commonly known to be less acurate in detecing size. I worked with a woman
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suggested reading Fredric Le Boyer's classic "Non Violent Birth".
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