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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, you seem largely ignorant of the risks of pelvic floor disorders among older women. It’s not talked about but they effect one in 4 women so yes, very common. Aren’t you aware of the mesh surgery litigation? And also the fact that advanced maternal age at first delivery and larger babies are Factors in these complicated labors. The reality is that we were not designed to have our first children in our 30s and 40s. [/quote]

Thank you for all of this PP.  People like the other PP need to be shut down.  I just left an OB appointment trying to figure out which way is best for my second birth (I'm in my late 30s and have big babies) and a planned one may be best based on my previous birth and history for shoulder dislocia (I know I spelled that incorrectly).

That said I still don't know what I'm going to do!!![/quote]

It's really hard.  Shoulder dystocia literally makes appearances in my nightmares. My first birth could easily be classified as traumatic, but it's funny -- I survived, with a 3rd degree tear and two units of someone else's blood, but I physically don't seem to have any lasting damage.  It seems to be kind of a crapshoot as to how birth #2 could go, and so I'm not eager to deal with the potentially devastating effects of a severe tear, but I'm also not thrilled about the increased risk of death with (even an) elective cesarean, as well as the recovery time.  I'll just play it by ear, I guess, and try to make sure I'm comfortable with my provider's communication about why she thinks what she thinks -- right now (in first trimester), she's certainly not pushing the cesarean, but maybe things will evolve.

One thing I don't want?  A pitocin induction.  That was NOT a good scene for me (pitocin did nothing except exhaust my uterus, leading to a variety of other interventions), so if that is what ends up being suggested, I'm going to stick with the cesarean.  [/quote]

Thanks for sharing that, PP.  I'm the poster you replied to.  I'm only about 4-5 weeks away from giving birth so I need to make my decision and my OBGYN said either is an ok choice based on the size of my baby etc.  My choices are however, an induction or a c-section.  Induction doesn't seem that appealing to me hence why I think I'm leaning towards as c-section.  I, however, don't have the concerns about death and recovery time because my recovery time from from first vaginal birth was long and hard.[/quote]

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