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Colleen Rooney, due in October, plans CS in September to fit in with football season

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StealthPolarBear · 16/04/2009 17:17

What do people think? I have no problem with people planing CSs, but this (assuming she's planning it for 2 or 3 weeks in advance of her due date) seems a bit of a superficial reason. I know babies are OK to come at 37 weeks if they're ready but surely this way there's a high risk of delivering a 'not ready' baby. Aren't CSs usually scheduled for about 39weeks? What do people think about this?

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TheHedgeWitchIsNAK · 16/04/2009 20:31

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wonderingwondering · 16/04/2009 20:31

This is already quite unpleasant - they're thick and common, they'll bottle feed (the horror!), she'll avoid the pain and uncertainty of childbirth - so what?

chequersmate · 16/04/2009 20:32

Supergluebum so if Colleen Rooney has a c-section and bottle feeds then she can't be a positive role-model for other young mothers?

Even though she has conceived this child in a loving, stable relationship, appears totally devoted to her family (and one would therefore assume her new family) she can't be a positive role model if she has a c-section and bottle feeds?

I really don't think bottle feeding should come into this discussion at all actually.

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oxocube · 16/04/2009 20:33

Well Hedgewitch I think you may be right in that my opinions are a little judgemental, but actually, I think I'm on the wrong thread. I have no interest in the Rooneys other than wishing them a happy life and a healthy baby, but I am genuinely interested in the whole elective cs issue.

Will persue my research in a different 'topic'!!

expatinscotland · 16/04/2009 20:33

it's just sad when a young mother in her biological prime doesn't even want to give her body the chance to do what it would most likely do with little complication as opposed to other times in life.

smallorange · 16/04/2009 20:34

Exactly wonderingwondering. If it's not at the expense of the taxpayer, who are we to be a judge?

MrsMattie · 16/04/2009 20:34

My point was that, in my opinion, seeing an elective c-section as somehow convenient and easy is absolutely bloody pathetically stupid (and I hasten to add, I have two sections).

All the rest of the snobbery on here - bollocks to it. People who feel superior s because they had a homebirth and breatsfed are deluded.

oxocube · 16/04/2009 20:35

to say that someone who chooses to bottle feed cannot be a good mum/good role model is just really dumb

MrsMattie · 16/04/2009 20:35

excuse typos.

smallorange · 16/04/2009 20:35

'who are we to judge' even...

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oxocube · 16/04/2009 20:38

expat, that's what I feel. I had 2 of my 3 kids at home but don't feel its right for everyone. I BF but have no gripe with bottle-feeding. But at least give your body a go to do as Mother Nature intended without 'automatic' intervention and pretty serious surgery.

CoteDAzur · 16/04/2009 20:38

Clever girl. I wish I had the sense to go straight to elective CS.

about the timing, though.

Haribosmummy · 16/04/2009 20:38

I planned the birth of my son for a Saturday as my DH couldn't take time off work and, given he works in Russia, getting home at short notice wasn't an option.

My son was born 2 weeks prior to his due date, but the CS was actually planned for 1 week prior (DS had other plans, which is why the date was brought forward)

I had my DS at The Portland and, IME, the consultant will NOT deliver the baby unless he feels the time is right. My CS was moved on the Thursday and DS was born on the Saturday.

While I appreciate that not everyone is going to agree with the choice my Dh and I made, it was the right thing for us and, never once, did I feel that my consultant lost sight of the fact the only important thing was the health of me / my baby.

Yes, I had a planned CS for non medical reasons, but the date and time of the CS was still governed by DS.

I say good luck to her.... my second baby is due in August and I'm DEF having another El CS.

wonderingwondering · 16/04/2009 20:39

I think making your own choices and being confident in them is far more important in a role model for young women than signing up to someone else's idea of perfect parenting. And as everyone finds out when you have a baby, you can't tick all the boxes and retain your sanity. She's choosing what works for her and her family.

traceybath · 16/04/2009 20:39

I was under the impression that both colleen and wayne came from quite close-knit families.

Also haven't her parents adopted a child with special needs.

Don't get why people want to sneer at them.

She may have valid reasons for wanting a c-section - perhaps she's phobic about childbirth or her mother had particular hideous births. Perhaps she doesn't want to share intimate details with the public.

And so what if she doesn't breastfeed - its not the be all and end all. And i say that as someone who has breastfed and will hopefully do so again. Oh and i've had 2 c-sections and am having another this summer.

supergluebum · 16/04/2009 20:39

No MrsMattie upbringing and education are nothing to do with class. I am from a working class family myself (as is my DH), we have educated ourselves, i.e. been the first in the family (on both sides) to attain degrees. That is not what I meant at all. Levels of education are irrelevant. Education in a wider sense of what you read, what you choose to believe, what you understand, how you parent. That kind of thing. Class has nothing to do with it. My observation is that Wayne Rooney has done nothing to remove himself from the (how to word this) upbringing he had himself.

WR is just as happy having a fight at a wedding reception or on a Saturday night as he would have been before he had money or wealth. That is down to what a family finds acceptable. I feel that I can say this from a legitimate stand point when my own mother makes comments such as "I should have smashed her face in there and then"...great, nice. But never going to be me. I digress sorry!

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NotmyELFtoday · 16/04/2009 20:41

I had a section in 2005. I was due on 14th Oct and had the second on the 6th which was the earliest they were willing to do it. They were pretty pissy they couldn't do it on the 7th (as fully "booked") and the consultant would not allow the 5th because they said it was too early. But that could just be my hospital.

traceybath · 16/04/2009 20:42

39 weeks is standard for an elective to prevent breathing difficulties in the baby. At least it is on the nhs - i'd hope this would also be the recommendation privately too.

chequersmate · 16/04/2009 20:42

Which Saturday was it that Wayne Rooney had a fight at a wedding recption supergluebum? I don't remember seeing that in the news.

NotmyELFtoday · 16/04/2009 20:42

"and had the section on the 6th"

was distracted by telly then!

MrsMattie · 16/04/2009 20:43

Yes, but supergluebum, so is Charlotte Church and she is a homebirth/breastfeeding guru, non? I mean, isn't her bloke up on affray charges at the moment? And she is always getting lashed and rucking. In fact, wasn't she rat arsed and off-ing with Henson on the terraces about 2 days before she found out she was expecting her second baby? I don't think their class (or lack of - and I mean 'social grace' not 'social class') really matters in all of this.

chequersmate · 16/04/2009 20:43

Marla, I thought exactly that too! My friend is due late September and conceived mid-January.

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