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[independencesmp]

If u feel comfort that ur OB intervened & saved u & ur baby, then be greatful. Believe THAT was all natural & "supposed" to be. I'm so glad u can b so happy w a surgical extraction of ur child. U lack all the "love hormones" that a natural birth produces. No OB in this world can induce a postpardum love hormone. BIRTH IS NATURAL! Csections ARENT! Some of these mamas here endured deep emotional pain during their sections & they were NOT elective. If you don't support that, we dont need you here!

[independencesmp]

If u feel comfort that ur OB intervened & saved u & ur baby, then be greatful. Believe THAT was all natural & "supposed" to be. I'm so glad u can b so happy w a surgical extraction of ur child. U lack all the "love hormones" that a natural birth produces. No OB in this world can induce a postpardum love hormone. BIRTH IS NATURAL! Csections ARENT! Some of these mamas here endured deep emotional pain during their sections & they were NOT elective. If you don't support that, we dont need you here!

[Tat2828]

That is really not what birth should look like.

[mkolberg145]

This video is rediculous, just because you got some women who were unhappy with their c-sections doesn't mean that a majority of us are tragically affected by them. I came out just as healthy from the c-section as both my babies did. I was probably sitting more comfortably than all of the vaginal birth moms within 2 days. I didn't have to ice my vagina to keep the swelling down and I WASN'T TERRIFIED TO RESUME A SEX LIFE with my husband once I was healed, in about 4 weeks.

[XxOoMoMoOxX]

this video is depressing..and the message is very unclear...there are many woman who need to have a c- section.. and they were fine.. yes in pain and yes it is serious..so is giving birth vaginally..that can be just as painfull..and the healing process is different for everyone..this video is psychotic!

[LillyIvy]

The 'need' for a c-section should correlate with declining infant and mortality rate. It doesn't. If all the c-sections were truly 'needed', the rise in those numbers should go along with the decline of bad outcomes. In other words, all these c-sections are NOT necessary.

[erikandgregsmom]

I don't think it's meant to scare anyone who must have a C/s for emergency or significant medical reasons. My baby was posterior - a skilled midwife could have likely turned him, allowing me to have a vaginal birth. My OB was clueless - all he had to offer was a knife. I almost ruptured with my 2nd because of the unnecessary first c/s.

[Jeeplibby2006]

Its a great video , but that being said your scareing the people like me who have no choice to have there babies like that :( My baby is in breech and no way would i try to move him from outside ...

[nbgrrrl]

scaring you? she is speaking her mind--i hate when people want to silence others because they "scare" you. oh please, grow up

[jimmah13]

Soooo.... what is the messege here? I really have no idea what you're trying to get across. Explain?

[nbgrrrl]

you are fucking retarded if you do't understand this message--a cesarean isn't "just"

another way to have a baby...it's NOT easy. It can be very painful both physically and mentally.

[jimmah13]

Ah, I appreciate the explanation, But i don't have a vagina, so don't be suprised if I "do't understand". I have a penis, you have to do the dirty work.

[WalksOnClouds]

My wife gave birth to 8 kids...her body was made for "easy" birthing, but I know not all women are so fortunate. I hope you're not suggesting vaginal birth is any less stressful on the baby than cesarean sections. There's LOTS of squeezing, twisting & pulling in a vaginal birth as well; probably more so. I think the focus ought to be getting the babies into this world alive, regardless of method as long as the method seeks what's best for mom & baby.

[jrojala]

"I think the focus ought to be getting the babies into this world alive, regardless of method as long as the method seeks what's best for mom & baby. "

Okay- but are unnecessary cesareans "best" for mom or baby? NO. Normal vaginal birth is safer than cesarean. I am in that video, my cesarean was not necessary, my baby and I would have been alive and safer without the cesarean. And NORMAL, UNHINDERED vaginal birth IS less stressful/better for the baby, perhaps you should do research on that.

[WalksOnClouds]

I am truly sorry if you lost the life of a baby or your baby was damaged somehow. All I know is from our own experience with natural birthing, that it is scary and rough as well. As I said, I am sorry if I offended and if you're in pain from a lose. But be encouraged, pain lasts but for a season and it too will pass. I wish the best for you.

[mkolberg145]

Oh lay off. If you really felt that your section was that unnecessary you should have found a doctor more in tune with your beliefs. If a woman chooses a c-section obviously IT IS whats best for her.

[LillyIvy]

Because a loving, well-educated, non fearing of a woman being sue-happy OB is SOOO easy to find. And we all know EVERY woman does her research and chooses a c-section without being pressure, coerced, and scared into a 'necessary' c-section.

[YourBirthMatters]

well....actually, I guess I AM suggesting that a vaginal birth is less stressful on the baby than an unnecessary cesarean. I don't believe that somehow vaginal birth is inherently dangerous...unless of course it is so intervened with that it has little resemblance to what a normal birth should look like. I think the basic message I'm trying to get across here is that a surgical birth is NOT just "another way to have a baby". Even if its the best way for that baby and mother, it isn't easy.

[mkolberg145]

YBM- Women used to DIE all the time from childbirth. You are trying to scare women. Sorry if your c-section experience was terrible or else you wouldn't be so bitter. I've had both my children by c-section and I wouldn't have chosen ANY other way. The first was because my son could possible get stuck in the birth canal, why would I risk his health just to keep myself from having a scar. I am VERY PROUD of my scars and don't feel cheated from anything.

[LillyIvy]

Used to die? Please explain the rising rate of mortality due to increasing c-sections then.

My scar has nothing to do with it. The first picture I have holding my daughter, I look too high to realize there is a baby on my chest, and I'm not even touching her. Having suicidal thoughts and wanting to kill my daughter because I was so depressed from being in so much pain is definitely the way I wanted to be having a newborn baby. The scar has nothing to do with it.

[YourBirthMatters]

(gotta love the word limit) Plus, there really shouldn't be "twisting and pulling" in a vaginal birth -- that's a product of the medicalization of birth. My 2 vaginal births (after my cesarean) didn't involve any twisting or pulling....and both of those babies are just as healthy as my c/s babies (in some ways, possibly more so -- and my c/s was what I would consider prudent, not out-and-out "unnecessary). Our culture really doesn't have any vision of normal healthy birth. C/S isn't normal.

[peapodfontaine]

I assume that the purpose of the video is to say that many needless cesarean surgeries are performed in the US. However this is far from clear from the video. Maybe you should make your point clearer. What the heck does "never forget" mean in the context of a birth? Assumedly you would never want to forget regardless of how the child was born. My friend had a cesarean against her will because her doctor wanted to play golf. That was wrong for sure. But if this is your point you are unclear.

[YourBirthMatters]

the point is a bit more subtle. "Never Forget" is a response to the comment that many women get when they express their unhappiness about a c/s -- "all that matters is a healthy baby". No, a healthy mom matters too -- a healthy baby is very important and I don't know any mom who wouldn't do whatever she needed for her baby....but her health matters. Unfortunately, women are told all the time that their pain isn't important as long as the baby is healthy. Their pain shouldn't be dismissed.

[DoulaDesCO]

Seeing myself and others I have come to know in this video is still able to cause me to shake and tear. Thank you for not letting us forget and showing the truth behind many of our eyes and a view into our hearts.