Re: Vaginal Birth After C-section-one more opinion

February 28, 2004

not to keep the discussion and debate going but I have to interject

here.

I read: " You've never had something that you've wanted and been

denied? You've never wanted to experience something, but were unable

to do it? I am a little surprised that someone would NOT understand

the disappointment felt by women when they desire a vaginal delivery

and yet end up with a cesarean. "

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After 20 hours of hard laboring with pitocin and remaining dilated to

just " 2 " , and after 3 UNsuccessful epidural attempts, with my baby

boy's heart rate dropping to the 60's and 70's and recovering less

frequently and more slowly than the previous deceleration...... I

wanted him OUT and I wanted him OUT RIGHT THEN!! I never thought I

was cheated, I never felt disappointed in the slightest that I didn't

have to labor and deliver vaginally. In my mind, that 20 hours was

enough to convince me that the child wasn't coming out and we were

going to have to go in and get him one way or the other. Since I am

expressing MY own personal feelings, I would appreciate it if there

were no comments about how I should have felt or didn't feel. I

wanted to become a mother and I wanted him to be healthy. I've seen

too many things go wrong to not cherish the fact that my obstetrician

realized the danger and deliced for the stat cesarean. No, not once,

not ever have I *regretted* or felt bad for having to have a c-

section rather than vaginally.

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I realize there are two (and oftentimes more than two) sides to every

story and each story is just as different as each of us in here are

equally different. No one wants to feel picked on or degraded for

giving their own personal opinion or experience when asked.

Again, my own personal opinnion!

Sheila

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