Poll - How many first time mothers had c/s or instrumental deliveries

[Rochwen]

Just asking around my circle of friends and acquaintances it seems that a lot of first time mothers ended up with either a c/s or and instrumental delivery.

So, just out of interest I'd like to know whether your first baby arrived with c/s, instruments or without such intervention. Also, how many of you first timers had an epidural.

I know this is not going to be a very representative poll but perhaps we can establish a general trend.

Thanks, Rochwen

I had an elective section due to breech baby.

i had an epidural and a ventouse delivery with my first.

I had failed ventouse and failed forceps, followed by an emergency section

no epidural (not out of choice, just all happened quite fast!), no instruments, no c/s

epidural - fully dilated but emergency c/s.

i have planned (elective) c/s due to having metal rods and screws in my spine from previous injury

i did not have epidural, but rather, spinal block

for what it is worth, out of my mothers group of 10:

1. elective c/s (for personal reasons)
2. planned c/s for medical reasons
3. planned c/s for breach baby
4. emergency c/s after more than 15 hours labour and distressed baby
5. water birth, natural no pain relief
6. normal birth, gas and air

gas and air and forceps (episiotomy followed)

Oh very useful poll, Koala !

Ventouse cap thing which didnt work and then forceps
No epidural but pethadine

I had an emergency c/s due to failure to progress and epidural because c/s was looking highly likely

emergency c/s after 23 hours of labour - distressed baby.
Had epidural as soon as everything started going pear shaped.

um .. if you wanted to do an 'out of interest poll' I think you need to change your title because in the main you'll only get people who had a c-section / instrumental delivery actually looking at this thread in the first place

twiglett .. elective section (maternal medical)

I had epidural and ventouse for my first.

Good point, Twiglett !

I was already starting to panic seeing that almost 100% of the people responding had either a c/s or instrumental deliveries.

Aw, see there was a good reason I failed my statistics course at UNI, lol.

Now, how do I change the title?

emergency c-section due to fluid loss and poor dopplers.

epidural and then ventouse delivery.

Of my a/n class:

1 elective c/s due to breech/transverse lie of baby
1 emergency c/s due to footling breech
2 emergency c/s due to foetal distress (1 was a twin pg)
1 normal vaginal delivery, just g&a
1 instrumental delivery following epidural (me)

Epidural, failed ventouse, failed forceps, emergency c/s due to distressed baby (and mother!)

I had gas and air, epidural (still felt great pain but couldn't walk for about 4 hours after), some sort of injection (which i refused when offered a second). 2 failed attempts at ventouse, eventually she was out with forceps with a swelling the larger than an egg on her head.

I had a c section after a failed induction, yes had epidural

I had a forceps delivery. My DD had her hand up above her ear, cradling her head. So I wound up with epidural, episiotomy and forceps.

normal delivery - no intervention aprat from being induced early due to pre-eclampsia

ditto ds2

I had an epidural and a forceps delivery.

Oh and the ventouse failed for me as well.

Had a normal delivery with pethedine, no instruments and no stiches

Of my NCT class:

1 emergency c-section after induction, long labour and stuck baby (epidural for c-section)
1 emergency c-section after failed induction (epidural part way through the labour)
1 forceps after failed ventouse without epidural
1 ventouse without epidural
4 births without intervention