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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who is this poster arguing for forceps? I had forceps and they were horrific. Absolutely horrific. A baby getting ripped out of me with BBQ tongs and ripping off my pelvic floor muscles from the bone in the process. Levator ani avulsion is permanent. It’s often caused by forceps, and there are boatloads of evidence about the damage forceps causes - anal incontinence, LAA, injuries to the baby, and prolapse. Literally there are European countries that don’t use them at all anymore and just use ventouse/vacuum. They represent less and 2 percent of US births because they are antiquated and dangerous and need to go away. There are better alternatives than a technology invented in the MIDDLE AGES![/quote]

I've had forceps too and they were fine - barely felt a thing. And before you dump on the middle ages, no, MIDDLE AGES, you need to remember what C stands for in Cesarean.   [/quote]

If you knew your obstetric history better you’d know that the C in C section is actually a misnomer. The first recorded successful case was in 1500 done in Switzerland by a man who was a sow gelder on his wife. And I’m doubtful you had forceps if you say you didn’t feel them and suffer no ill effects. Very doubtful.

You seem to be the same poster with the Gawande article, which ironically points out how using forceps is an extremely difficult art form to teach as it involves complex angles and pressure and the right “touch” and at the end of residency some doctors have “the touch” and some people don’t. And that is versus a C section which is a straightforward surgery that is easy to teach and for doctors to perform successfully over and over again. Personally given the fact that your urinary and anal continence, your child’s health and brain and skull, and the structure of your pelvic floor and vagina are all at stake (as well as your ability to retain tampons, your vagina’s laxity, and your sexual function) when you give birth, I would much rather choose the skill that is much easier for doctors to learn and perform successfully as the downsides of having a forceps delivery with a doctor who doesn’t have “the right touch” can ruin your quality of life and damage your body in ways that aren’t easily remedied, and significantly harm your child (up to decapitation, as horrifying as that is).[/quote]

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