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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am asking in this forum because I am curious about the long-term experience post elective, planned-in-advance sections. I've heard multiple bad stories of vaginal births that left mothers with issues to deal with for years to come but I am curious if someone picked the alternative and now is suffering because of it. Not asking about unwanted, emergency c-sections; those are often messy.

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Remember that there is a difference between an unplanned c-section and an emergency c-section.  I had the former and it was fine- I was in labor but the baby's heart rate couldn't withstand the contractions so I had a c-section.  I had about two hours to prepare but was barely in labor so didn't have the experience that I think you are trying to avoid of being in a long labor and then still having to have a c-section.  That being said my recovery from my c-section was certainly longer and more drawn out than my recovery from my VBAC a few years later.  It was just harder moving around, had to be on painkillers, etc.  One benefit of the c-section over the vaginal is that I didn't take painkillers for the vaginal recovery but there is still pain- not as bad as the c-section but certainly seemed worse because I wasn't on drugs if that makes sense.

An emergency c-section is when they knock you out right away because you or the baby in in grave danger unless the baby gets out NOW.  I think those can be more traumatic to recover from because you can't see the baby right away and might be more out of it longer.  [/quote]

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