Forced Elective c section for low lying placenta

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Hi All, need suggestions i had my 36 weeks 5 scan for low lying placenta found 1.4 cm away from internal os. I am terrified and consultant booked elective c section and got consent form signature scheduled on 15.01.2020..( 38 weeks 6 days) Really i want to try natural birth. I do not have any bleeding throught pregancy and other than no complications in my pregnancy. consultznt never given chance to speak and said no way for vaginal birth. How can i stop this i dont want to do surgery by forced..

If you’re not going to listen to a doctors advice why even show up for the scans and appointments? There there to ensure your baby and you are healthy and safe. They’ve found a problem, have advised you on what to do and you want to go against it, putting yourself and your babies life at risk.

I had this.

I had absolutely no bleeding through the whole of my pregnancy, I was really surprised when they told me it was covering the cervix at an earlier scan, as I had had nothing to show. A woman I had worked with had had lots of bleeding because of it.

I was told at my scan a month before I was due I was still 0.4mm too close and I asked for a scan in another 2 weeks to see if it had moved enough.

I made an absolute case for myself, no diabetes, textbook BP, birthed a 9lb 2oz vaginally before and this baby was measuring much smaller. And they agreed to another scan.

And then 3 weeks before due date my body had another idea. Bleeding, water broke and rushed in via ambulance. They stabilised me and I wasn't having any contractions at all.
Even then, they offered me the chance to not have a cesarean if I really didn't want it.

But in reality it is the safer choice. I lost a lot of blood the previous birth. They left me until first thing the next day to get a fresh team and chance to get correct blood matches, as with this, you are far more likely to have bleeding.

And honestly it wasn't as bad as I thought. I got to hold my baby immediately, I could breastfeed within that first hour. It was the right decision to what could have been life threatening to us both.

0.4cm rather

The doctors are acting in your and your babies best interest, they won't make money from you having a section. They want you to have a safe delivery.

There is a very real chance you could both die if allowed to go into natural labour. I've had two post partum haemorrhages due to placenta issues (retained in my case), they aren't fun. You don't want that.

Grieve the birth you wanted by all means, you are allowed to be sad that it isn't going to play out how you wanted but don't put yourself and your child at risk in pursuit of it.

Have the section.