moms! caesarean section or normal delivery?

I've had 3 c-sections. My last one they didn't give me enough anestesia and as they began to cut me open I could feel it. Unfortunately for me I had enough anestesia that I couldn't talk very loud and it took me awhile to get my husband's attention. It was a horrible experience and I still can see myself laying on the table trying to get someone's attention.

I had a c-section, and that's painful. I wouldn't want to have it again.

normal, if possible

i think normal is pain ful but is safe

I say normal, natural delivery is by far the best. There is a faster recovery time- you're up and moving much more quickly and feeling better so much sooner, which is so important when you first have a baby. Also, we were designed to have these babies, c-sections should be for emergencies only. Babies need to make the journey into life.

caesareean in better and normal is painful

you know, I don't care what anyone says. But I'm very proud of my c-section. I had my twins 3 years ago and I can safely say that the recovery was extremely painful. HOWEVER, I can also say that stuff down below is also VERY intact and not damaged in the slightest. it was a scheduled c-section =)

I had 3 kids and they were all cesection.. But i wouldve like to have one normal just to see what it was like.. but it a long healing process when you have cesection..

iv ehad 2 cesarians and 3rd was natural..i recuperated quicker with natural

well i had all 3 of my boys c-section and it hurts real bad after.

I have only tried the caesarean so I can't compare it to anything. It was very unexpected and I was put to sleep and had an emergency caesarean. It had never even occured to me while I was pregnant that I wouldn't be able to give birth naturally so I always skipped all the pages in the books I read about caesareans In those days mothers normally spent 3 or 4 days in the hospital after a normal birth and 10 days after a caesarean. I never felt any pain at all. I felt a little tickle from the stiches and was sure I would hava a huge ugly scar since it was all done in such a hurry but apparently my doctors were also sewing artists and you can hardly notice the tiny trace that is left of the scar and it's all below the bikini line. I was treated like a queen in the hospital even though I felt fit as a fiddle. At the same time ohter mothers who had natural births had broblems sitting and I always felt like I had it much easier than them and was a little guilty about all the special treatment I was getting. I would never have selected a caesarean and I think here in Iceland it is only used in emergencies. If you have to have one, there is nothing to be afraid of (I would have been really worried if I had known in advance because everyone talks about it like it's so terrible).

I gave birth to all 4 of my children naturally. The last birth was for twins. The were also born naturally. That was 23 years ago.

Here's a pic of my c-section in progress....

I had both of my children natural, but my daughter had to have a C-section. I would say from what she told me that the natural birth is more painfull at the time, but the C-section is so much more painful after. I would much rather have the natural because you get over it quicker and can hold your baby immediately and bond with it. My daughter had a hard time bonding because she had such a hard time, I had to take care of the baby all the time.

Well, I had to have an emergency C-section, so I can't answer for a normal delivery. I was in labor for 56 hours and pushed for 2 and half and my son wouldn't come down. He flipped twice and they had to manually go in and turn him. They called it failure to ascend. I did try to deliver natural that's why I pushed for so long, but his heart rate dropped so they had to rush me to surgery. C-section was painful, but by the next morning I was asking to walk and they let me.

Caesarean section is surgery. Normal delivery is still painful, but recovery is usually quicker.

I had my boy naturally. I almost needed a c-section though. The recovery time is longer with a C, and you stay the same size for a while. I lost most of my weight the first week, and knew C section "victims" (Just kidding) who hadn't lost the weight a year later. Also, no ugly scar.

I had 2 c-sections the first one was because my daughter was turned wrong and would't come out, i had already had an epideral and had been in labor for about 6 hours, and the nurse had messed up the epideral drip so i had an epideral but was still feeling all the pain of labor!!! yeah fun times there. My second delivery i had an elective C-section, and that one was great, absolutely no problems. the baby was out in 10 minutes tops, and no pain what so ever!!!

I cant compare Ive had normal deliveries, Plus youre my friend so I had to respontd to support you...heehee lol :)

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