Did you have a c-section? What were the reasons?

[Anonymous]

Planned homebirth. Labored at home very well, until I pushed for four hours at home with no progress. Transferred to the hospital, got an epidural, and pushed more. I hadn't wanted the CNM to try to turn her at home, and the OB was unsuccessful. C-section for an OP baby.

Medically necessary? No. Women deliver OP babies vaginally all the time. Necessary for me? I guess so. She wasn't coming out any other way.

[Anonymous]

First: way overdue, and after 3-day of attempted induction.

Second: AMA with history of c-section, also (honestly) less hassle and I liked the proposed birth date.

Easy-breezy. Happy with the outcome---great kids!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Someone upthread posted about the alternative to c-section, and some may be interested in my story:

I was induced at 37 weeks for HBP, went from 1-10 in 2 hours with killer back spasms, got an epidural and then they discovered he was LOP. The epidural worked great, I couldn't feel a thing, or push effectively. I pushed for 3 hours, the attending offered a c-section at that point, saying that most women are finished at that point and cannot push much more. I begged for some more time and DS was born 2 hours later after more pushing. He was blue, floppy and not breathing. The attending laid him on my chest, calmly reached forward and pressed the NICU button on the wall, and the NICU team was there within seconds. They intubated and revived him, after a few minutes.

He's fine now, but has asthma and a near-constant cough/cold, possibly unrelated. Should I have gone for the c-section? I don't know, but I do wonder sometimes if it would have been better for him.

Selfish. Absolutely, totally selfish. Congratulations.

+1. Of course her son would have been better off with a c section at the time the doctors suggested it. No question about it.

+2. Holy cow. this is why I would never assume that I have better medical judgment than a doctor. Be selective about the doctor, yes, but then have some freaking humility and don't assume that just because you read some blogs about natural childbirth you know better than a person with an actual medical degree and years of training. People are so f*cking stupid.

[Anonymous]

I went into spontaneous labor the night before my due date. Was in intense, outrageous pain (I liken it to a constant, escalating Charlie Horse across your entire abdomen) at just 2cm dilated and got the epidural. Dilated fully on my own, but doctor noticed around 6cm that my cervix was starting to swell (I think he said the babys head was malpositioned) and that if this continued it would be difficult to push the baby out when my body was literally swelling shut. Pushed for 2.5 hours as the epi wore off, in unbearable pain again, and finally called it when baby wasn't even far enough descended to reach with forceps or vacuum. DS head just wasn't making it under the first hurdle (pelvic bone?) because his head wasn't positioned correctly. C-section was fine other than the shaking, Also DS collapsed a lung and aspirated meconium into his chest cavity which landed us in the NICU for 5 days. Bonding was tough, but I attribute that not to the C, but to the prolonged separation.

[Anonymous]

I had vasa previa. C section at 34 weeks. It's 97% fatal for the baby without a C section.

[Anonymous]

I had a C-section because there was a baby inside of me who needed to come out. He was turned and could not descend, despite hours of pushing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone upthread posted about the alternative to c-section, and some may be interested in my story:

I was induced at 37 weeks for HBP, went from 1-10 in 2 hours with killer back spasms, got an epidural and then they discovered he was LOP. The epidural worked great, I couldn't feel a thing, or push effectively. I pushed for 3 hours, the attending offered a c-section at that point, saying that most women are finished at that point and cannot push much more. I begged for some more time and DS was born 2 hours later after more pushing. He was blue, floppy and not breathing. The attending laid him on my chest, calmly reached forward and pressed the NICU button on the wall, and the NICU team was there within seconds. They intubated and revived him, after a few minutes.

He's fine now, but has asthma and a near-constant cough/cold, possibly unrelated. Should I have gone for the c-section? I don't know, but I do wonder sometimes if it would have been better for him.

Selfish. Absolutely, totally selfish. Congratulations.

+1. Of course her son would have been better off with a c section at the time the doctors suggested it. No question about it.

+2. Holy cow. this is why I would never assume that I have better medical judgment than a doctor. Be selective about the doctor, yes, but then have some freaking humility and don't assume that just because you read some blogs about natural childbirth you know better than a person with an actual medical degree and years of training. People are so f*cking stupid.

Holy cow, I can't believe you guys assume the asthma is related.

By the way, my OB suggested a c-section and due to staffing and the OR's being filled, I waited another SIX hours. My baby was LOP too and I pushed for longer than the PP, and mine is fine. Come on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went into spontaneous labor the night before my due date. Was in intense, outrageous pain (I liken it to a constant, escalating Charlie Horse across your entire abdomen) at just 2cm dilated and got the epidural. Dilated fully on my own, but doctor noticed around 6cm that my cervix was starting to swell (I think he said the babys head was malpositioned) and that if this continued it would be difficult to push the baby out when my body was literally swelling shut. Pushed for 2.5 hours as the epi wore off, in unbearable pain again, and finally called it when baby wasn't even far enough descended to reach with forceps or vacuum. DS head just wasn't making it under the first hurdle (pelvic bone?) because his head wasn't positioned correctly. C-section was fine other than the shaking, Also DS collapsed a lung and aspirated meconium into his chest cavity which landed us in the NICU for 5 days. Bonding was tough, but I attribute that not to the C, but to the prolonged separation.

You got a c-section because you had an epidural at 2 cm. Wow, I didn't know people actually did that outside of hypothetical situations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe some of you scheduled cs because you couldn't have an epidural. Or that your OB went along with that awful decision. WOW.

Shut it.

Why? You're part of the problem, just because you can't be bothered to take a labor class and deal with a bit of pain.

You're actually more of a problem with your flat out ignorance.

When you pay for your elective c-section fully out of pocket, then I don't get a say.

I pay for an expensive insurance policy, why do I need to pay fully out of pocket all of a sudden? I had an elective one at 42, my dr. was fully on board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went into spontaneous labor the night before my due date. Was in intense, outrageous pain (I liken it to a constant, escalating Charlie Horse across your entire abdomen) at just 2cm dilated and got the epidural. Dilated fully on my own, but doctor noticed around 6cm that my cervix was starting to swell (I think he said the babys head was malpositioned) and that if this continued it would be difficult to push the baby out when my body was literally swelling shut. Pushed for 2.5 hours as the epi wore off, in unbearable pain again, and finally called it when baby wasn't even far enough descended to reach with forceps or vacuum. DS head just wasn't making it under the first hurdle (pelvic bone?) because his head wasn't positioned correctly. C-section was fine other than the shaking, Also DS collapsed a lung and aspirated meconium into his chest cavity which landed us in the NICU for 5 days. Bonding was tough, but I attribute that not to the C, but to the prolonged separation.

You got a c-section because you had an epidural at 2 cm. Wow, I didn't know people actually did that outside of hypothetical situations.

The judgment is strong with you. I was in full blown, awful labor, contractions one on top of the other at 2cm, while some people don't feel anything. I fully dilated on my own, wasn't induced and pushed for a long time. Not that it matters because I literally couldn't stand the pain any longer and people push babies out on an epidural every day, but why would it make any difference? I was under the impression that you should wait on the epi for fear of stalling labor, which mine did not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went into spontaneous labor the night before my due date. Was in intense, outrageous pain (I liken it to a constant, escalating Charlie Horse across your entire abdomen) at just 2cm dilated and got the epidural. Dilated fully on my own, but doctor noticed around 6cm that my cervix was starting to swell (I think he said the babys head was malpositioned) and that if this continued it would be difficult to push the baby out when my body was literally swelling shut. Pushed for 2.5 hours as the epi wore off, in unbearable pain again, and finally called it when baby wasn't even far enough descended to reach with forceps or vacuum. DS head just wasn't making it under the first hurdle (pelvic bone?) because his head wasn't positioned correctly. C-section was fine other than the shaking, Also DS collapsed a lung and aspirated meconium into his chest cavity which landed us in the NICU for 5 days. Bonding was tough, but I attribute that not to the C, but to the prolonged separation.

You got a c-section because you had an epidural at 2 cm. Wow, I didn't know people actually did that outside of hypothetical situations.

The judgment is strong with you. I was in full blown, awful labor, contractions one on top of the other at 2cm, while some people don't feel anything. I fully dilated on my own, wasn't induced and pushed for a long time. Not that it matters because I literally couldn't stand the pain any longer and people push babies out on an epidural every day, but why would it make any difference? I was under the impression that you should wait on the epi for fear of stalling labor, which mine did not.

2 cm isn't actually labor.

[Anonymous]

Temp rose to 0.1 degree higher than recommendEd and I was stuck at 7cm for 4-5 hrs with no progress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Someone upthread posted about the alternative to c-section, and some may be interested in my story:

I was induced at 37 weeks for HBP, went from 1-10 in 2 hours with killer back spasms, got an epidural and then they discovered he was LOP. The epidural worked great, I couldn't feel a thing, or push effectively. I pushed for 3 hours, the attending offered a c-section at that point, saying that most women are finished at that point and cannot push much more. I begged for some more time and DS was born 2 hours later after more pushing. He was blue, floppy and not breathing. The attending laid him on my chest, calmly reached forward and pressed the NICU button on the wall, and the NICU team was there within seconds. They intubated and revived him, after a few minutes.

He's fine now, but has asthma and a near-constant cough/cold, possibly unrelated. Should I have gone for the c-section? I don't know, but I do wonder sometimes if it would have been better for him.

Selfish. Absolutely, totally selfish. Congratulations.

+1. Of course her son would have been better off with a c section at the time the doctors suggested it. No question about it.

+2. Holy cow. this is why I would never assume that I have better medical judgment than a doctor. Be selective about the doctor, yes, but then have some freaking humility and don't assume that just because you read some blogs about natural childbirth you know better than a person with an actual medical degree and years of training. People are so f*cking stupid.

Holy cow, I can't believe you guys assume the asthma is related.

By the way, my OB suggested a c-section and due to staffing and the OR's being filled, I waited another SIX hours. My baby was LOP too and I pushed for longer than the PP, and mine is fine. Come on.

Was yours born blue and needing to be resuscitated and intubated? Come on yourself.

[Anonymous]

I'm amazed at the number of women with malformed pelvises! Also amazed at the number of women who get to full dilation and pushing but can't push the baby out. I wonder what causes those things? For those of you who have a malformed pelvis as the reason for your c-section, any childhood injuries, surgeries other issues that could explain it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone upthread posted about the alternative to c-section, and some may be interested in my story:

I was induced at 37 weeks for HBP, went from 1-10 in 2 hours with killer back spasms, got an epidural and then they discovered he was LOP. The epidural worked great, I couldn't feel a thing, or push effectively. I pushed for 3 hours, the attending offered a c-section at that point, saying that most women are finished at that point and cannot push much more. I begged for some more time and DS was born 2 hours later after more pushing. He was blue, floppy and not breathing. The attending laid him on my chest, calmly reached forward and pressed the NICU button on the wall, and the NICU team was there within seconds. They intubated and revived him, after a few minutes.

He's fine now, but has asthma and a near-constant cough/cold, possibly unrelated. Should I have gone for the c-section? I don't know, but I do wonder sometimes if it would have been better for him.

Selfish. Absolutely, totally selfish. Congratulations.

+1. Of course her son would have been better off with a c section at the time the doctors suggested it. No question about it.

+2. Holy cow. this is why I would never assume that I have better medical judgment than a doctor. Be selective about the doctor, yes, but then have some freaking humility and don't assume that just because you read some blogs about natural childbirth you know better than a person with an actual medical degree and years of training. People are so f*cking stupid.

Holy cow, I can't believe you guys assume the asthma is related.

By the way, my OB suggested a c-section and due to staffing and the OR's being filled, I waited another SIX hours. My baby was LOP too and I pushed for longer than the PP, and mine is fine. Come on.

Was yours born blue and needing to be resuscitated and intubated? Come on yourself.

I am the selfish woman whose baby was born blue and floppy, probably from the traumatic birth. As far as I know, there's no relation between respiratory issues at birth and asthma. There is a strong family history of asthma, which may be the more likely explanation. Blue babies happen, and doctors, nurses, and midwives are prepared for them.