Any midwifes around ? High myopia and natural childbirth

[firsttimemum889]

Hi ,
I was wondering if anyone knows what is the nhs policy for high myopia and c sections ? I am 33 weeks pregnant i never thought to mention to my midwife my high myopia (short sighted -13 ) . Is there an nhs policy around this ?
My eye doctor from my home country mentioned to mw that with such a high myopia they usually reccomend c secrion due to the risks of retina detachment suring the pushing stage of labour
Am now terrified that i left it too late to inform my midwife i honestly thought nothing of it! Does anyone have any experience with this ?
I am so scared now

I don't know anything about myopia, but it's certainly not too late to bring it up with your midwife at your 34 week appointment. You are only 33 weeks, there is lots of time to see a consultant if necessary.

Are you Polish? In Eastern Europe, they do a lot of Caesarean sections for this but we don't do this in England and we don't have any problems with people's eyesight getting worse at all after pushing.
(Consultant obstetrician)

Yep, I'm a midwife and there's no NICE or rcog guidelines recommending this. I've never heard of it being recommended. Never known anyone with a high prescription have any problems after pushing.

A previous post about it, if it's helpful: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/childbirth/664125-very-bad-eyes-14-and-9-5-possible-to-give

Will wait for a midwife to answer but you should mention it to her especially if you have any additional issues with blood pressure. Although a full eye exam should also indicate whether you genuinely are at risk of retinal detachment etc as well! Good luck!

Thank you all for your answers @Nan0second i am from greece from what i read is common in russia and eastern europe but is also common in greece and cyprus
I had an exam more than a year ago to test for retina detachment etc and everything looked fine my ophthalmologist mentioned that i would be ok with a a natural birth however another ophthalmologist said that to avoid the risks i should have a c section hence why am a bit concern (i wasnt pregnant at the time but was ttc ) . Am also consultant led due to hypothyroidism i have a consultant appoitment next week and ahe did say that if my levels are fine then i would be changed to midwife led . I will mentioned it to both consultant and midwife but i am just oanicking that i should have mentioned it earlier as it was not asked during the medical history questions

@Bisquick no problems so far with blood pressure i do have minor swelling in my feet for the last couple of weeks though

@SoPassRemarkable i couldnt find any NICE guidelines on this either thata why i thought surely if this was such a high risk as they make it to be there would be something weirten about it

Yes don't worry. We do caesareans for retinal detachment sometimes but never for myopia. Don't worry at all. Good luck!