Please Introduce your self and tell your story
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on Mar. 20, 2007 at 9:37 AM
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on May. 21, 2007 at 3:10 PM
It's your body not the doctor's!!!! Go on valtrex, and be firm that you do NOT want a c-section. Quite frankly, from what I have read hear, you would be better off with a home birth. You may wish to contact a home birth group in your area. You are taking what should be a joyous event and allowing the medical establishment to turn it into a trip to the gallows!!!!!
Quoting NisaSimone:
Hello ladies, I am new to this site and happy to stumble upon this board. I am a first time expecting mom. I have decided or atleast deciding to have a c-section. The thing is, I found out I have herpes and am asymptomatic (no visual signs or symptoms) and although the Dr. told me he could put me on Valtrex I feel how will that help my baby avoid the risk since I am asymptomatic. I am TERRIFIED to have this c-section done but I'm worried that if I don't then that will put my son at a greater risk. I don't know what to do. Time is ticking, he's scheduled to be born on June 15 but you ladies no how labor works meaning he could wanna come before then!! I feel like I'm running out of time. I've purchased books on c-sections and researched on the internet but this healing process and the scarring it what scares the crap out of me. I have to be honest with you all, had I known that I contracted this disease and pleas believe me when I say that I was tested but obviously not tested for the right blood tests before, I would not have gone through this pregnancy. I plan on NOT having anymore schildren in the future. I do realize that there are people who do have this disease and lead happy lives and have children it's just not one that I would choose had I know earlier on. I even have a friend that has this disease and has 3 children and had all 3 c-sections but just reading everyone's stories, everyone's situation differs b/c every women's bodies differ. I just need some advice on this!!!
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on May. 25, 2007 at 12:31 AM
My name is Julie and I just joined this group. I am 38 and I have had 2
c-sections.
My first pregnancy was fairly normal. But after being in labor for 14 hours, my doc told me the baby was in distress and they wanted to do an emergency c-section. I was exhausted and terrified, but relieved when my son came out screaming (and a very healthy 10lbs 6oz). The recovery was rough - couldn't sleep for the first couple of days and very sore. Didn't really feel like my "old self" till about 6 weeks later.
The hospitals in my area don't allow VBACs, so I had no choice for my second pregnancy (which was 3 years after the first one). I must say that it was a lot easier the second time around because I was prepared and had the opportunity to plan for it. My recovery was a breeze and the overall experience was so much better than the first time.
If anyone out there would like to talk or has a question, I would love to hear from you!
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on Jun. 15, 2007 at 1:56 PM
howdy, I am Sabine and have 5 c-sections and wihave one last one in October. My first one was they thought dd was going to be alot bigger then she was, the second was planned, well heck after that they wouldn't letme try vbac so they all have been planned. For me the recoery was great. So far I have never had any complications with any of them and healed pretty quickly.
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on Jun. 15, 2007 at 10:41 PM
Hi my name is Ji Sun and I had a c section because after being induced and then pushing for what seemed like forever, my doctor suggested a c section. my baby hadn't past my pelvic bone and the doctor was worried that he was facing the wrong way. it turned out he was right. my baby was 9 pounds 9 ounces and 22 inches long. i call him little giant :P
i do feel strang still and it's been almost 5 months now since my c section. my body still likes to remind me that part of me was cut open. sorry for sounding graphic, but the c section wasn't planned so i wasn't prepared for it. didn't read up on it really. didn't felt like i needed to. so my recovery has been slow and painful...i think i'm still recovering in a way.
i do feel strang still and it's been almost 5 months now since my c section. my body still likes to remind me that part of me was cut open. sorry for sounding graphic, but the c section wasn't planned so i wasn't prepared for it. didn't read up on it really. didn't felt like i needed to. so my recovery has been slow and painful...i think i'm still recovering in a way.
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on Jun. 16, 2007 at 4:18 PM
Hello everyone. My name is Debra. A little history first. When I was 2 years old I went for a chest x-ray as my pediatrician thought I had pneumonia. That chest x-ray not only showed I did have pneumonia, but also scoliosis. I was sent to a childrens hospital near our home and remained a patient there until I was 18. When I was 10 years old my spine curved at 70 degrees. We were forced to due surgery for fear I might not be able to walk if we waited until I reached puberty (which was the original plan). I had major surgery and had a metal rod placed the length of my spine. I was told I would probably not ever carry a child to term because my pelvis was very narrow. Now fast forward to age 24. I was pregnant with my first child. Upon my first visit with my OBGYN I was told there would be no way I could deliver vaginally as the baby would never decend. With this rod in my back I would not be able to have an epidural, so I knew early on I would have general anesthesia and not be able to witness my childs birth. My son was born Dec 3...healthy and by scheduled c-section. My husband was not allowed in the operating room. 15 months later we were in the operating room again delivering our daughter. I was again under general anesthesia, but this time my husband was allowed in the operating room. She was born Mar 11 and quite healthy as well. I feel it doesnt matter how a child is born...C-Section, Vaginally, VBAC...you are bringing a beautiful life into this world, thats really all that matters.
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on Jun. 21, 2007 at 3:22 PM
My name is Connie and I had a cesarean. The cesarean was very difficult for myself and extremely difficult for my husband. I worked at Walmart as a customer service manager up until the day I was admitted. Everyone told me that I should take leave and give up all the stress that it wasn't good for myself and my baby, but I didn't listen. Toward the end of my pregnancy, I was seeing my doctor two times a week and my blood pressure was constantly monitored. I went through braxton hicks at work often but kept chugging along giving cashiers their change and dealing with irrate customers at the service desk. Finally, two days after I went on medical leave, I had a routine doctor appointment right? Wrong! The doctor was extremely concerned about my blood pressure ( I went through early stages of toxemia) and admitted me into the hospital for observation. I felt really scared and nervous for my baby wasn't due until April 12, 2006, and here I was on March 30, 2006 being admitted. I can vaguely remember certain aspects such as watching Judge Judy on the television, the sound of the heartbeat monitors, mine and the babies, and looking at my husband and saying they are not going to let me leave here without this baby. IV was put into my arm around six, petocin was administered, and I went thorough agonizing hours of contractions, but none of them were strong enough to represent true labor I knew that. My water broke and I had to struggle with consistently asking the nurse to take me to the bathroom so I could urinate. After no sleep all night, the next morning I told my husband you watch I bet I only dilated from three centimeters for four. Again he assured me no, however to the obstretcian this was indeed the case. He checked me, and said you've dilated to four, you've suffered long enough we are going to go on and get the baby out. I knew what that meant and off to surgery I went. I remember the pulling, tugging, gagging from the anesthsia and no food, and finally a baby appeared I couldn't see him over the drape, but my husband brought him to me and I just said "that's my boy," and off the baby went to be taken care of, and off I went after being sewed up to recovery for an hour. After the cesarean, I remember the pain of trying to urinate, the pain in my legs as I tried to talk and then pulling myself up and gather my crying baby while the nurses sat at their desk and listened to their headphones, trying to breastfeed but hurting too much and not getting help from the lactation nurse for that, they wanted to move me into a room with a woman that had six people in there, and a hacking coughing husband, I did reply no to that for my baby's sake. I was glad to go home. Then the day I was due to be released my husband had four wisdom teeth removed because they were getting infected and so for a week we were at eachothers throats. The day I was released I was not offered a wheelchair to be strolled in or anything was forced to walk. The discharge lady that followed us to the car with the baby to see that he was strapped in properly said "would you like a wheelchair but at that point I didn't want to be there any longer I just wanted to leave. Since this time I promised myself unless it was completely necessary I would never have another cesearean but it I hadn't had the first I wouldn't of probably kicked butt for everyones behavior and had the energy to take better care of my son and breastfeed. I know this is probably too long, and I will try and delete alot of it so there can be space for others, I just am so happy that is a community of people out there I can talk to about this experience. Giving birth whether cesarean or not should be great, and my son is beautiful and healthy, but I just wanted people to know the kind of nonsupport I had during my birthing experience.
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on Jun. 21, 2007 at 3:24 PM
Quoting jisuns:
Hi my name is Ji Sun and I had a c section because after being induced and then pushing for what seemed like forever, my doctor suggested a c section. my baby hadn't past my pelvic bone and the doctor was worried that he was facing the wrong way. it turned out he was right. my baby was 9 pounds 9 ounces and 22 inches long. i call him little giant :P
i do feel strang still and it's been almost 5 months now since my c section. my body still likes to remind me that part of me was cut open. sorry for sounding graphic, but the c section wasn't planned so i wasn't prepared for it. didn't read up on it really. didn't felt like i needed to. so my recovery has been slow and painful...i think i'm still recovering in a way.
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on Jun. 21, 2007 at 3:26 PM
I know how you feel it took me months before I would sleep on my stomach something I had always done. It feels weird enough without that baby being there and your stomach being flatter and flabier than before, but even more strange when you have been cut. I didn't read any literature I was dead set on natural childbirth, and even now I want a vbac.
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