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

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Anonymous wrote: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?

I'm amazed you care.

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Two babies in distress. Scary and necessary.

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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.

Lady, I was in active labor. As seen on the monitor. And as confirmed by my OB who admitted me. I had been having regular contractions for four hours before I got the epidural. Trust me, I was just as surprised as you when they checked me and I was only 2.5 cm dilated. I was throwing up and couldn't stand I was in so much pain. Are you a professional or were you just blessed with an easier labor? For the record I have plenty of friends who have gone in, essentially gotten the epidural at check in before they were in any pain, and pushed a baby out just fine. At least I needed it. You need to broaden your definition of labor beyond what you learned in a birth class or the Internet.

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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.

No, because waiting for a c-section does ALWAYS mean your baby will have issues. Do you really think it does?