Elective c-section

[LondoMalari]

Hi everyone, i has my fuel, which is 5 now they emergency C-section (complications at birth and baby was 9,7 pounds. Because of that I really don’t want to take a chance again of having 40hours labour, no progress and be cut. I’d rather schedule it and feel more secure. Am I allowed to choose it? Some of my friends did but that was 10 years ago. Can I still do it nowadays? Thanks!

I have my Daughter (phone plays silly)

You can absolutely choose to have a c section. And at 39 weeks, so a week earlier than your due date 🥰 I've just had my second c section, first was due to breech baby, second was because I didn't want a messed up tummy and vagina 😂 so opted for a section.

@LondoMalari I think if you discuss with the midwife and mention that given your experience with your daughter you are anxious about the birth then I think mental grounds count as well as physical grounds but I don't know that for a fact but my gp sister in law mentioned it once. Worth discussing.

Thank you guys! My complications were that my birth canal wasn’t opening, and I had to have stimulation twice, because after 1st one I had 1 cm for 18 hours. When they did again, my catheter got blocked and I basically was on induced labour with no pain killers. And then the size of the baby ( I heard second baby normally larger) and at the end I had cardio problems, spent 9 days in the hospital. When I think of all that I start shaking really...