Elective C-section.

Anyone still undecided on what delivery you want?

Ive had 2 awful births so I thought an elective would be the only way to take some control but I’m sooo nervous about having one. The recovery with a small child is gonna be hard & I’m scared of getting an infection or bleeding out on the operating table 😩

Why is it such a hard decision? I keep going over the pros and cons of each but still can’t decide, I’ve spoken to midwives/consultants/friends… nothing is helping..

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Recovery with a small child- yes it will be really hard for a few weeks, have you got support to help you in this time? Risk of infection or bleeding out- think how many times a day this is performed at your local hospital and then every other hospital across the UK and even the world. Its another day in the office for them like a dentist doing a filling, they know what to look out for and how to deal with any complications which are so rare nowadays especially with planned sections as there's no rush. Even if something did go wrong you're in the best place for it to happen with professionals and medications within centimeters of you. I'm having a planned section in 3 weeks after a traumatic first birth, I feel far more in control this way x

I had an elective c section previously and will be having one this time. Mine was amazing previously, do you have a good support system for after the birth, to gelp with driving etc and looking after little one for the first few weeks?

My only bad thing this tike is that I'm 38 weeks and still don't have a date x

I’m sorry you’re having such a tough time deciding!

I had an elective with my second, and I’m doing the same this time. If it helps, my experience was lovely. Everything was very calm and controlled, I lost very little blood (I haemorrhaged with my vaginal birth), and baby was out within 2 minutes of the first incision.

Recovery wasn’t too bad (my eldest was 2 at the time) as long as I kept up with medicine, and I found it harder tool recover from forceps/episiotomy.

If you do go ahead with a vaginal birth then more power to you! I think that’s so brave, but if you’re really considering an elective try to remember that most of the horror stories are from emergency sections which have often already involved a difficult labour and trauma - you won’t have any of that x

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