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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Something you have to consider is the possibility of other surgeries in the future. Each surgery in the same general area is progressively riskier.

[b]There are studies that show that outcomes for vaginal deliveries are better than those of c sections, and c sections have adverse impacts on the baby as well so you can check those out too. [/b]

Whoever said that not all c sections have a difficulty recovery is wrong. You have to lay down a lot to recover which is hard regardless but especially with a newborn.

I had two c sections and no vaginal births. I had reasons to have a c section but I could have tried harder for vaginal but since everything was fine and I don’t know what the outcome of vaginal would have been, I don’t regret my choices.

For somebody who has good medical care, your odds of having a good outcome at heigh in both scenarios. [/quote]

The bolded part is not correct - these studies didn't differentiate between emergency CS (hey, something IS already wrong before CS) and planned ones. If you separate out planned ones they are much safer for both mom and baby.

And you are wrong PP - it's possible to have an easy recovery from a planned CS - I know because I did. Mine was purely elective, no underlying issues that necessitated it.  I was up and about from day 2, by the time we went home on day 4 - I could care for the baby OK, and had abdominal discomfort only in certain cases (e.g. taking stairs). I chose to stay in the hospital for 4 days because that's what insurance covered, could have gone home earlier but didn't want to. And my insurance had zero issues coding it and covering fully, despite "elective" , non-medically prescribed CS. [/quote]

Oh thanks for that info! I hadn’t realized that.

I did come across this study, showing that the women who had c-sections before labor, after the age of 35, had significantly worse outcomes than those who had vaginal births. Also, babies born vaginally get benefits thar babies born via c section don’t. https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/everything-pregnancy/babies-born-via-c-section-do-better-if-mom-labors-first/

But my main point is that overall you are likely to be fine either way.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cesarean-section-complication-risk-rises-mother-s-age-study-finds-n993611

And about recovery: I guess we just have different definitions of what’s hard. I found it hard to take care of a baby when I had a big wound in my abdomen and had to lay down a lot (even though yes I too was walking around on day 2), and my body does not agree with narcotics so that sucked. People who I knew who had vaginas deliveries recovered quicker, generally speaking. I don’t think it’s a huge deal, but I think somebody should give off the impression that recovering from major abdominal surgery is easy. [/quote]

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