C-section vs Vaginal induction

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You might want to report your own post and have it moved to the infants page. You will probably get more responses there. This page skews older kids.

Thank you! Just reported

[Anonymous]

I had a scheduled c-section fir my only and it was great. Very calm and baby nursed while I was being sewn up (but could not stay with me in recovery, ymmv). Planned c-sections at 39 weeks are safer for baby, statistically, because almost nothing can go wrong for the baby's health. They are more dangerous for mom than a best-case vaginal delivery but safer than a bad vaginal delivery. The stuff you'll read online about birth canal flora has been debunked.

You might want to read the book Choosing Cesarean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think for a first time mom not planning to have any more kids, a planned c makes a lot of sense. Inductions can be great, but first time vaginal birth is really hard and can be risky. The main worry with c sections is damage to your uterus and impact on future pregnancies—which doesn’t matter much if you’re not planning on any more.

What is this crap? First time vaginal births is not “really hard” nor “risky” for the majority of women. What is this crazy pro c section agenda?

OP said she is a hemorrhage risk and docs have said baby must come out at 38 weeks which is early for an induction, especially for a first time mom. Why do you need there to be a life threatening emergency before a c, when the possibility of one is foreseeable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP wrote

iknow in the best case scenario vaginal birth is "better" for baby and a better recovery but


- there should not be any quotes around better. Vaginal deliver IS better for both baby and for recovery.

We all know the obvious benefits of vaginal delivery. The c-section should only be used for true emergencies.

Op here- quotes are valid for my specific case. I have a partial placental abruption and contractions and induction can cause a full abruption where baby would be without oxygen. Especially if stuck or labor stalls. Risk of cerebral palsy or worse is very real with complicated cases.

In a best case scenario vaginal is better but best case scenario doesn't always happen for everyone. Also from my understanding far less trauma from a planned section than a true emergency section after failed induction or labor complications.

Hence why I'm leaning towards tol if I go into labor naturally and my body is ready/already doing it's thing. But inductions before 39 weeks and past 42 do tend to lead to more sections.

I also don't want to base my options solely on the fear of what if. What if the abruption gets worse. What if this GD baby gets stuck, what if my body stalls during induction.

I trust my OB to make the call in the moment but leading up to she is allowing me autonomy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a scheduled c-section fir my only and it was great. Very calm and baby nursed while I was being sewn up (but could not stay with me in recovery, ymmv). Planned c-sections at 39 weeks are safer for baby, statistically, because almost nothing can go wrong for the baby's health. They are more dangerous for mom than a best-case vaginal delivery but safer than a bad vaginal delivery. The stuff you'll read online about birth canal flora has been debunked.

You might want to read the book Choosing Cesarean.

Thank you! I'll check this book out.

Yes I did read up on canal flora and I agree. At this point I just want to minimize risk to the baby over anything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think for a first time mom not planning to have any more kids, a planned c makes a lot of sense. Inductions can be great, but first time vaginal birth is really hard and can be risky. The main worry with c sections is damage to your uterus and impact on future pregnancies—which doesn’t matter much if you’re not planning on any more.

What is this crap? First time vaginal births is not “really hard” nor “risky” for the majority of women. What is this crazy pro c section agenda?

OP said she is a hemorrhage risk and docs have said baby must come out at 38 weeks which is early for an induction, especially for a first time mom. Why do you need there to be a life threatening emergency before a c, when the possibility of one is foreseeable?

Thank you for this. My OB did say the abruption plus C-section can be a risk to losing more blood vs a vaginal but I also risk full abruption and hemorrhaging either way. So it is a toss up. I'm glad they have it on their radar and can request blood asap.

I'm trying the best I can to avoid a true emergency situation. I thought I lost the baby a few weeks ago when I was passing hand sized clots and actively bleeding and it was terrifying. Stabilized quickly and baby wasn't in distress but I can't handle another emergency like that ( or would like to avoid)

[Anonymous]

I was a complicated case (breech) that was offered either an ECV and induction or just a c section. I did the ECV and induction, went through all the pain and exhaustion and ended up with a c section anyway when my son went into distress. In hindsight, if there's a good chance you'll end up with the c section anyway, just schedule it. It's so much worse when you've been unable to rest properly for 3 days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP wrote

iknow in the best case scenario vaginal birth is "better" for baby and a better recovery but


- there should not be any quotes around better. Vaginal deliver IS better for both baby and for recovery.

We all know the obvious benefits of vaginal delivery. The c-section should only be used for true emergencies.

Op here- quotes are valid for my specific case. I have a partial placental abruption and contractions and induction can cause a full abruption where baby would be without oxygen. Especially if stuck or labor stalls. Risk of cerebral palsy or worse is very real with complicated cases.

In a best case scenario vaginal is better but best case scenario doesn't always happen for everyone. Also from my understanding far less trauma from a planned section than a true emergency section after failed induction or labor complications.

Hence why I'm leaning towards tol if I go into labor naturally and my body is ready/already doing it's thing. But inductions before 39 weeks and past 42 do tend to lead to more sections.

I also don't want to base my options solely on the fear of what if. What if the abruption gets worse. What if this GD baby gets stuck, what if my body stalls during induction.

I trust my OB to make the call in the moment but leading up to she is allowing me autonomy

Holy smokes, I am not you or a doctor but if I was looking at placental abruption I would not consider labor.

[Anonymous]

I was coming here to say induction 100 percent, but in your case, I would definitely go C-Section. No need to risk serious complications unnecessarily. I can also tell you that I have had a: 1- induction 2- completely natural 3- C-section and 4- induced VBAC and I literally cannot tell the difference in my kids whatsoever. They all came out and proceeded to be babies.

[Anonymous]

i had an induction for medical reasons that turned into a c-section. the induction actually felt more violent than the c-section 27 hours later, because in my case the midwives went in and broke my water and tried to give me SO MUCH BS about waiting for an epidural when i had back labor and was on pitocin. Fortunately shut that down fast but it was still a 45 min wait for the anesthesiologist.

(By the way the midwives were who was on call at the hospital, it wasn't my choice to be seen by midwives who I consider to generally be a bunch of mean girls.)

Anyway the c-section went fine and I felt really hapy to be doing the safest thing for my baby. I felt strongly that there was absolutely no need to keep the uterus in mint condition when I was probably only having this one baby. The baby inside me right now needed to take the emergency exit; she was the priority, not her hypothetical, non-existent siblings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think for a first time mom not planning to have any more kids, a planned c makes a lot of sense. Inductions can be great, but first time vaginal birth is really hard and can be risky. The main worry with c sections is damage to your uterus and impact on future pregnancies—which doesn’t matter much if you’re not planning on any more.

What is this crap? First time vaginal births is not “really hard” nor “risky” for the majority of women. What is this crazy pro c section agenda?

OP said she is a hemorrhage risk and docs have said baby must come out at 38 weeks which is early for an induction, especially for a first time mom. Why do you need there to be a life threatening emergency before a c, when the possibility of one is foreseeable?

Thank you for this. My OB did say the abruption plus C-section can be a risk to losing more blood vs a vaginal but I also risk full abruption and hemorrhaging either way. So it is a toss up. I'm glad they have it on their radar and can request blood asap.

I'm trying the best I can to avoid a true emergency situation. I thought I lost the baby a few weeks ago when I was passing hand sized clots and actively bleeding and it was terrifying. Stabilized quickly and baby wasn't in distress but I can't handle another emergency like that ( or would like to avoid)

Yeah c section 100%. Clearly the best choice for both of you.

[Anonymous]

I had two vaginal births and two unscheduled C sections. My oldest was a vaginal with an induction and I hemmoraged after birth it was very scary.

Recovery from both IME was similar in terms of pain and recovery time. Very different in terms of what needed recovery lol.

If you are at risk of placental abruption I can’t imagine not doing a C section. A scheduled C sounds very easy from what I’ve heard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think for a first time mom not planning to have any more kids, a planned c makes a lot of sense. Inductions can be great, but first time vaginal birth is really hard and can be risky. The main worry with c sections is damage to your uterus and impact on future pregnancies—which doesn’t matter much if you’re not planning on any more.

What is this crap? First time vaginal births is not “really hard” nor “risky” for the majority of women. What is this crazy pro c section agenda?

OP said she is a hemorrhage risk and docs have said baby must come out at 38 weeks which is early for an induction, especially for a first time mom. Why do you need there to be a life threatening emergency before a c, when the possibility of one is foreseeable?

I wasn’t talking about OP. I was referring to the ridiculous blanket statement of the person I quoted.

She didn’t say “some” first time vaginal births are hard. She said “first time vaginal birth is really hard” as if that is just a truthful statement.

OP should just discuss with her doctor. Polling strangers on the internet is dumb.

[Anonymous]

For those of who you had planned or emergency sections what did you find useful during recovery? Besides additional help. Loose. Underwear? Any brand you liked? Scar patches? Abdominal binder? Can I just use my belly band? Ice packs? I was gifted some Friday mom vaginal ice packs but won't need them now I figured I could use them at the incision?

We also will have the option of a 4-5 day stay at our hospital - they said that's the norm so we can always Amazon things to the apt if needed. I'm trying to not overbuy crap I won't need

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had two vaginal births and two unscheduled C sections. My oldest was a vaginal with an induction and I hemmoraged after birth it was very scary.

Recovery from both IME was similar in terms of pain and recovery time. Very different in terms of what needed recovery lol.

If you are at risk of placental abruption I can’t imagine not doing a C section. A scheduled C sounds very easy from what I’ve heard.

Thank you. I know pain is subjective but good to hear that it was similar but different. What did you find most helpful post C-section?