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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate how every thread where someone asks for information to support a birth choice they’re making freely (not being coerced uninformed into) gets derailed by one extremely anti-vaginal birth poster. The OP is entitled to the information she asks for even if you think vaginal birth is the devil and we should all have mandatory c-sections.[/quote]

[b]Wanting people to be informed of the risks of vaginal birth instead of just hearing about the risks of C sections is not anti vaginal birth. It’s pro consumer, pro woman, and pro choice. [/b]Hiding the realities of vaginal delivery and promoting it to women as the best way to birth (a practice that has origins in the belief that women need to experience the pains of birth due to original sin) is masochistic, and Antiwoman. It’s also what, ironically, underpins a lot of the ideology of midwifery, which is a profession that badly needs to embrace evidence and science instead of having large contingents of its practitioners be largely unqualified (CPMs, CMs) with little more than HS education and a bit of training. [/quote]

I’m not the PP who is supposedly anti vaginal birth, but I agree with the bolded part of this post. My only post in this thread so far is about being switched from a midwife practice to OBs at 34 weeks.  I join in on threads like these sometimes because when I was pregnant, I spent a lot of time and energy researching things like the practices and hospitals with the lowest c section rates, and I was really scared of having a c section “forced” on me. I spent a lot of time on a birth plan, practicing techniques, and had a doula. In the end, I had to have an induction in the hospital for a medical reason and it was really hard for me to get over the idea that I’d failed in some way. Also, when my induction started, I was still so committed to avoiding a c section at all costs that I went through an incredibly long (multiple days) and painful process that had little hope of working. My OBs were respectful and listened to my preferences so long as baby and I weren’t in danger, but in hindsight, I wish someone had just suggested a c section earlier before it turned into an emergency situation.  It wasn’t the end of the world to have a c section, and it was far preferable to the experience I went through - I chose a scheduled c for my second and it was night and day better.  After the birth of my first I really struggled with both the trauma of how things went down and the fact that I felt like I’d failed in some way by not avoiding a c section. If If someone gets the message to be kinder on themselves and not be focused on avoiding a c section at all costs, I’ll be happy. [/quote]

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