Planned Caesarian or natural delivery

[SunnyFlover]

Hi Ladies,
Can you please share what you know about the two options for delivering the baby...

• Natural birth ( with painkillers)
• Planned Caesarian

Not sure if it's possible under NHS to have a choose between two, but I live where the choice is available.

I am so confused on which is better.
Several of my friends have suffered from horrific natural deliveries and sweared to life that they would never ever do it naturally again and were Left traumatised by the experience. Two close friends planned natural birth, went through all the painful contractions, but had to still be rushed to operating theatres due to different complications that no one was aware pre-birth.

I read both, possible and negative on both option of delivery, but I would like to hear from those who have gone through it.

Currently I am leaning towards cesarian... No pain, no stress to baby and me it my partner, healing may take longer, but I would still be "in tact" down below....

I had a vaginal birth (with ventouse and an episiotomy) and my fanny is still as beautiful and functional as it ever was 😁!

Before I got pregnant I was really fit, best health id ever been in. I had a really shitty pregnancy I felt so ill and started to develop severe pelvic pain from 18weeks. I put on 3 stone, had the most enormous bump and before long I couldn't walk. I was in constant pain. It was hugely debilitating and I felt like I hated this alien body. Plus I had horrific stretch marks. I was always a body confident person and I just despised it. My son was predicted to be huge like 11lbs. And I thought I just can't do this. I would only have been able to lie on my back and I had nightmares about the birth. We asked for a c section and it was granted.

I don't regret it. But it brought its own complications too.

No one can answer this question for you it's deeply personal but try to make the most informed decision you can. For every person who has a traumatic birth are 10 smoother ones. For every bad c section is a great easy one. Good luck!

I had three vaginal deliveries and one planned c-section. 2/3 of the vaginal deliveries were hugely traumatic, either I or the baby almost died. The planned CS was by the far the easiest and best. The only crap thing about a CS is the recovery time afterwards, I needed a lot of help from my DH for the first week or so. Other than that, I’d always have a CS. Complications can happen with vaginal and C-section deliveries though, that’s worth noting.

C section all the way. I've had two and it was virtually painless. I've honestly had worse periods than the recovery and was out doing shopping within a few days.

Too many people I know had awful vaginal births, and still have the effects from it years later.

Fore, no contractions, a planned pain free delivery, and recovery was virtually pain free. I had a mild burning sensation across my scar for the first 24 hours or so, and after that just a slightly bruised feeling for a week.

Getting up the first few times did hurt, but it's entirely manageable, and when moving it soon became fine. The first 24 hours I was mostly in bed and hobbly. 24 hours after that I was walking round doing a few(very) light chores and 24 hours after that, shopping and cooking breakfast with my newborn in a sling.

I had a c-section after a failed induction. It absolutely isn't pain free. Definitely not the easy option. There is no easy way to give birth but I'd never choose major surgery over vaginal delivery.

I've had both, a vaginal delivery and a c section (breech baby) and the recovery from the vaginal birth was much easier but the birth itself was way more painful. Also a c section will leave with a scar, your tummy won't look the same again and you can loose sensation around the scar. If I can, I will go for a vbac, with an epidural this time ( had only gas and air the first time)

I’m not sure that canvassing for opinions is the way to decide. I expect that a straightforward vaginal birth without interventions or a planned c section without complications are the ideals. But there is no guarantee of either. I would go and look round a delivery unit or midwife-led birth unit and see how you feel.

@NameChange30 totally agree with you!!