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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VHC has drastically lowered their c-section rate by basically putting in an after-action reporting mechanism to try to figure out why *unplanned* c-sections are happening. Not “baby is breech we’ve been scheduling a c-section for weeks” but why people who were good candidates for vaginal birth and wanted one were getting c-sections. I would deliver there, because the doctors doing the delivery are aware that “convenience” c-sections are not in the cards, so if you have a c-section there that you didn’t want, you at least know you needed it.[/quote]

Thank you for this information. [/quote]

It’s cute you think it’s possible to know if a C section was needed in hindsight. Would love to see the crystal ball you’ve got that plays the alternate reality so we can know for sure. [/quote]

The “crystal ball” appears to be an analysis by the medical team. Maybe you could work on your reading comprehension. I get that you are defensive about c sections but you are really ruining a thread where the OP wanted information based on the type of birth she preferred.[/quote]

Here’s the thing. First time moms don’t know what they don’t know. You think the mom who had a 50 hour forceps birth was glad she avoided a C section?
Or the moms who ended up with pelvic floor injuries? There’s not enough prenatal education to fully teach the benefits and risks of C section versus vaginal
So pretty much first time moms go into their first birth thinking vaginal birth is best and c sections are bad and to be avoided. It’s an oversimplified,
Binary perspective that’s damaging. The reality is much more complex and nuanced. So I push back on your assertion that because OP thinks she prefers a certain kind of birth (which is only an anticipated preference that can change when confronted with reality) everyone should just listen to that and not bother to open her eyes to the reality that what she thinks she prefers, she might not, and might have unanticipated consequences. [/quote]

So here is another thing. [b]No one is telling OP that, if a c section is medically necessary, she should forego a c section and risk her or her baby’s life to ensure a vaginal birth.[/b]

Certain hospitals in this region have a reputation for doing unnecessary sections when the mothers would have preferred to continue to labor. Others have the opposite reputation- especially some midwife practices. That is the information that OP is looking for, from what I understand. Not post after post shaming her for having a preference.[/quote]

NP but there was the one post boosting home births, which boils down to something very close to the bolded.

Anywhoo OP, I wanted a vaginal birth.  Had the doula, the midwives, all of it.  And then I just . . . never went into labor.  I had to be induced and suddenly the midwives treated me like a quitter for not keeping a baby inside me for 42+ weeks and settling for a Certified Hippie Stillbirth.  And many of the things I read about achieving vaginal birth were counterproductive for me.  Ina May Gaskin left me terrified of cytotec, so I had a Foley bulb.  The Foley bulb was so painful for me that I essentially used up all of my allotted "non-epidural" pain meds for that.  Then it came out, I went on pitocin (again, the worst!! thing!! according to Gaskin, et al.), and pitocin was great.  Moved my labor along, made it to where I could actually feel my contractions which hurt much less than the bulb, and generally worked as intended.  And the worst thing was when I had to have a c-section, I felt like I was flying blind.  I didn't know what questions to ask, how to tell if I was healing correctly, none of it.  I read something like 8 childbirth books but they were all so dedicated to avoiding the dreaded C that when I ended up with one I might as well have just read celebrity biographies during those months.

Good luck getting your desired outcome.  But remember it's not really up to you, a lot is luck and the structure of your pelvis and the position of your baby and and and.  Try to take a broad and remember that delivery method is not particularly important in the grand scheme of things.[/quote]

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