C Section After Vaginal Birth
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Anonymous
| I had a fairly uneventful vaginal birth with my first child. I’m at 37 weeks with my second and just found out the baby is breech. Doctor said I can either schedule an ECV for this upcoming week or just schedule a c section for 38-40 weeks. I’m kind of leaning toward just doing the c section because the ECV sounds so violent and weird and the doctor says only 50% chance it works. Does having a c section after a vaginal birth suck? I have this irrational annoyance about it that I’m ruining two parts of my body instead of one. Just wondering if anyone had a c section after a vaginal birth and had a positive experience. |
Anonymous
| Similar experience here - vaginal for #1 then baby#2 was breech. I went for the c-section and have no regrets! The initial recovery was definitely more painful/harder but by 2 weeks I was totally fine. I attempted a VBAC for #3 since I was considered a strong candidate but ended up with a much more stressful c-section. IMO if there’s a high likelihood of needing a csection I would just go for a planned one. |
Anonymous
+100 A planned c-section is much easier to recover from than an unplanned, usually. BTDT. |
Anonymous
| My c-section was way easier. I recovered faster. Felt great down below. |
Anonymous
| Hmm it’s a tough one OP. But if I were in your position I would go with the planned c section. The idea of an ECV scares me. Ask your doctor point blank: which provides a better/safer outcome for your and the baby. |
Anonymous
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If you want more babies, try the version. If you're sure you're stopping at 2, the c section isn't bad. Just research long term complications, it can cause adhesions and problems if you need surgery in there in the future (chance of this goes up dramatically as the number of sections increase). Do your own research.
My first was vaginal and the second was a c section (failed induction) although before that she was breech at 34 weeks. The section didn't ruin my life even though I was also chasing after a 3 year old. There is some more pain but it wasn't a big deal. Also depends on how much help you will have. I got her to flip doing spinning babies for a few weeks then I put an ice pack on her head. |
Anonymous
+1. FWIW my Doctor friend married to a surgeon was in this exact same situation and she said they didn't even consider the ECV and went straight to a scheduled C. She said it was great and better than the first vaginal. |
Anonymous
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I had a failed ECV and then went with a c-Section right after. None of it was terrible. I had a VBAC after.
Since I didn't find the ECV terrible (had epidural) I would try that. But totally get just picking to do a section too. Sorry, no help! |
Anonymous
I had the exact same situation. C section was fine. |
Anonymous
| I’ve had 2 scheduled c-sections for medical reasons and I was very pleased with both births. |
Anonymous
| First of all, 37 weeks is plenty of time. Google inversion. Try swimming. Try moxibustion (Completely strange, I know, but I tried it and the baby actually shifted). I still regret my c-section - with my natural birth, I was up and moving straight away - back to jogging in two weeks. The C-section was really hard - especially with a toddler to look after. The C-Section was twins so it was pretty likely but inversion worked for the others. |