Hi,
im 26 weeks just now and starting to think about labour more and more. I have always suffered quite a lot with sensitive areas around my vulva and often just a slight touch the wrong way and I can feel the skin split which leaves a sore patch of almost open skin for like a week til it heals but I have to be so careful not to aggravate it again. It was thought to be due to hormones with birth control and it did get a little better in the time inbetween but now being pregnant it’s so bad and every week I’m either having little skin tears or thrush every now and then aswell. It’s really damaging just for my own image and how I feel about myself constantly in pain or scratching, can’t be intimate as I’m too sore.
im worried that I just have really weak or sensitive skin down there and the thought of recovering from a vaginal delivery with the possibility of a tear is just unbearable for me with what I already deal with. Would this be a justifiable reason to ask for a c-section? I do understand risks and stuff of it versus vaginal but i just don’t think I could do it.