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A cesarean is major surgery, through which a baby is born. Sometimes necessary, often not, the pain is real no matter what the reason. Is this really "just another way" to have a baby?

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[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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]

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.

[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.

[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.