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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious why C-Sections are seen as such a bad thing. I delivered vaginally for my first and it was awful. My care team was great, I just hated everything about the entire process. Seemed like a whole lot of waiting around and being in pain. And I ended up needing an episiotomy and extraction anyway, which then resulted in a bunch of scar tissue that caused problems.

Now that I'm pregnant with my second, a C section sounds pretty darn good. No labor, just go in and get the whole thing done and over with in 15 minutes. I know there's recovery, but recovery from vaginal birth sucked, too. And I know it's surgery, so there are risks associated with that, but from talking with my OB it sounds like it's a very, very small increase of risk.

So why exactly are c-sections seen as so horrible? [/quote]

Three words: Placenta Accreta Spectrum. Most c-sections are unnecessary and increase your risk for complications and PAS in your next pregnancy, along with other uterine procedures.

This site has some good info : www.accretafoundation.org
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There are two things that are really sick about this: 
1) Pelvic ultrasounds are not routine follow up to check how the uterus healed. They check the skin healing which is basically cosmetic. 
2) There is a surgery that revises the scar and probably lowers the risk of placenta accreta and there are no prospective clinical trials on the topic.

I had to fight to have my residual myometrium scanned after my jack0ff reproductive endocrinologust casually threw out that he saw an isthmocele and that I needed a C section while injecting my embryo. The cost for the scan is $54 CAN. A year later I get covid and chest pain and I automatically get an ECG and heart echo ($600 CAN) first time I mention it to my family doctor.

Only women are asked to slice and dice up an organ and re-use it without the healing being checked properly. 4 out of 5 women nope the F out of VBAC because of the fear of uterine rupture. Almost all ruptures happen in women who have residual myometriums under 3.5mm. Virtually all ruptures are preventable, either via surgery to revise the scar before attempting pregnancy or risk stratification with the scan.

I think the establishment does not want the surgery to become routine. I assume because the surgeries would cluster among incompetent OBs who are doing hack jobs to their patients. Doctors have fragile egos.

Women get treated like s**t because we put up with it. [/quote]

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