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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My best friend tried a VBAC after a scheduled C section for a breech baby. She had some really fanciful notions about vaginal childbirth being some kind of empowering and beautiful experience she has missed out on and felt like she has failed in her first for having a section and was hell bent on trying for a vaginal birth. Some of her friends had had vaginal births tried to disavow her of these unrealistic expectations and to explain to her how painful and difficult the experience was but she wouldn’t hear it. She ended up having a long and painful labor and then a traumatic emergency C section which she said was far worse than the scheduled one. I think the only benefit she has now is that she can still run easily with no leaking or pelvic floor issues. But even after all that she still seems to think she missed out on something from not having a vaginal birth. [/quote]

You don’t sound like you respect your “best friend” very much. Also the pelvic floor issues are usually caused by pregnancy, not birth, but feel free to continue being misinformed AND judgmental![/quote]

Actually research shows most pelvic floor problems are caused by vaginal birth, with forceps increasing the risk. Pregnancy can cause some but it is actually the process of birth which causes most damage. PP you are just wrong. [/quote]

DP, but the pelvic floor PT I saw said that pregnancy causes much of the damage, and vaginal birth only increases the risk if it's instrumental (forceps or vacuum) or with 3rd/4th degree tear.  So, sure, it can increase risk, but it's not as unequivocal as many people claim.[/quote]

Your PT is an idiot who is not up to date on any scientific evidence. I would love to see her tell that to someone with a fistula or anal sphincter tear that the cause was her pregnancy and not her delivery. You are promoting misinformation with zero backing. Please stop.

“Pelvic floor disorders are common conditions and are responsible for significant financial and emotional burden to patients and the healthcare system. Current literature suggests a strong association between vaginal delivery and both stress urinary incontinence and prolapse. Observational studies have identified certain obstetrical exposures, which appear to be more traumatic to the pelvic floor, particularly forceps delivery, prolonged second stage of labor and sphincter lacerations.”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877300/[/quote]

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