C-section by choice!?

You absolutely do have a choice. You can request a section for no reason whatsoever. Your midwife is 100% wrong.

Yeah it's your right to have a c-section. Your midwife shouldn't have said that.

Legally you are entitled to the birth you want. It is the Midwife’s job/consultants job to support this choice.

You 100% have the choice of a c-section. Your midwife has given you false information

You do have a choice, you also have the right to request a different midwife, just saying! You can let them know your are interested in a c-section as soon as you like and they should refer you to the consultant to start the process x

Ditto to the ladies above.. but also try hypnobirthing as well as a tool to try and combat some of those fears and where they come from. Noone should be fearful when having their bubba xx

I will say I was absolutely terrified of birth, I had panic attacks throughout my pregnancy imagining all the ways birth could go wrong and how much pain I’d be in and I tried hypnobirthing and it really helped calm me. I was dead set up until around 35 weeks of pregnancy that I wanted a c-section but I am so, so glad I talked through everything with my midwife and read up on loads of different stories about both because giving birth naturally was no where near as terrifying as I expected it to be. You truly do just get on with it and listen to your body and let it do what it does. Obviously I was helped with the fact I had a very quick labour (two hours) with no complications but I had no pain relief as I was 9cm by the time I got to hospital so it was too late and there wasn’t even time to run the pool as I’d planned a water birth 😅

What you build up in your head is so much worse than the majority of births that happen. Yes things can go wrong, yes there will be pain to different degrees but you will get through it and you will come out the other side.

That being said only you know what you can handle and what you’re most comfortable with so push for the birth you want but research all the options and look into different birth techniques. Being informed, prepared and having plans and back up plans is the best way to go through the experience but always advocate for yourself and what you’re comfortable with because it’s YOUR birth plan and YOUR body.

Just wanted to add I had a c-section by choice, no medical reason but obviously had personal reasons so if you want to know any of the details of how it all worked feel free to message me x

100% your choice 😊 my midwife was really rude and made out they wouldn’t give me one and a c-section was “a bit out there” had an appointment with a consultant and they was lovely, said it’s always our choice, just went through all the pros and cons etc. now i have mine booked 😊xx

Thank you so much, ladies. It makes me so happy to know that I have a choice! I will deff going to talk to my midwife soon 🥰🥰🥰