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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a difficult but ultimately fine birth for my 1st.

My OB, who was known to be rather crunchy, straight up offered me a csection if I wanted one for my 2nd. Like she said, hey, if you want to do this it’s totally valid and I support you 100%.

It turned out it’s not that she’s crunchy, she’s just super flexible and all about doing whatever you want, and a lot of her clients wanted crunchy things.

I ended up not doing the C but I loved that she was so completely on board and supportive of me doing whatever I wanted.

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who is this crunchy, flexible, choice-friendly OB? I would love to switch to her practice. [/quote]

I’m the PP, sorry she’s in Nebraska :([/quote]

That's a shame. My friend had an elective c-section in Connecticut, which is a bit closer to me.

I resolved that I won't stop without exhausting my options.

To  everyone here who judges my choices - I hope you never get your experience/feelings/priorities invalidated. Feeling how you do and choosing what's good for you is your human right and never let anyone put you down for having experiences different that the rest.

Food for thought: c-section carries major surgery risk. 
                          traumatic vaginal birth + vaginal reconstruction surgery + uterine prolapse surgery + surgery to fix incontinence =  risk of all the mentioned surgeries + unnecessary suffering (physical and psychological during delivery and in the subsequent surgeries) and financially, it probably adds up to a similar amount.

If there is a way to avoid some unnecessary suffering (at least emotional suffering + all the negative consequences pelvic damage has on a woman's esteem and sense of self), why not choose that route? We don't need to be as cruel to each other as nature is to us. That's my philosophy. You have the right to think differently.
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