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It is the outcome that counts.May 23 '01 Write an essay on this topic.The Bottom Line Sometimes the decisions are made for you and you need to accept that it is what is best for you and your baby that matters. As the mother of 3 beautiful, healthy boys all delivered via c-section I find myself with quite a lot to say on this subject. My husband and I attended all of the birthing classes in preparation for "natural childbirth" not really prepared for any other delivery. I found that in class they lightly touched upon the c-section but really didn't give much information, thoughts or reasons why you might need one. I ended up having an emergency c-section 5 weeks early, totally unprepared and frightened. I was pregnant with twins, throughout the whole pregnancy the babies would switch positions, one would be head down, the other one breech. My Dr. hoped they would cooperate and move into the correct position before delivery day. A c-section was the furthest thing from my mind. I ended up developing toxemia and spent 5 days on bed rest when my water broke on it's own at 35wks. When I arrived at the hospital I was dialated to 3cm. without any noticeable contractions. During the exam, the Dr. determined that both babies had turned breech. This being my first delivery she was not comfortable with trying to turn them or have be deliver vaginally so she opted for the c-section. Things happened very fast, I was prepped, a catheter was put in place and taken to the operating room. I was terrified, I did not know what to expect,what was really going to happen. In my naievety at age 23, I didn't even know where a catheter went and boy was it painful! In the operating room I was given a spinal, which works much faster than an epidural. Everything went smoothly and we ended up with 2 healthy boys. The recovery was a bit slow, I woke up sick from the anesthesia and it was frustrating not to be able to go and pick up my babies when they cried. I did end up with PPD, I cried non-stop for a couple of weeks. I know a lot of it was from being overwhelmed as a new Mom of twins but I was also disappointed. But I quickly got over that, I was blessed with 2 precious angels that are healthy in part to the emergency c-section. When I became pregnant with our third boy I assumed I would automatically be delivering VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean). There is a greater chance of uterine rupture if you have had a prior c-section and this thought especially terrified my husband. After discussing it with my Dr. I found out that a lot of insurance companies insist that you have a repeat c-section due to the chance of complications with a VBAC. So the decision was made and the date set. On September 28, 2000 I delivered another healthy boy via c-section. This time around I was prepared and it was not quite as frightening. I was given the choice of an epidural which I chose. With the epidural I had more feeling, didn't get sick following the surgery and was not put to sleep while they finished up. Although, receiving the epidural was much more painful than the spinal. We are planning on having one more baby down the road and I know I will be having another c-section. I would be lying if I said there are times I don't wonder about what I missed out on, or how different my body would feel had I delivered vaginally. But how different would my life be if I didn't have my 3 perfect boys? The outcome was greater than I ever dreamed and I would not want a single thing to be different.  |
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