As April is #caesareanawarenessmonth I thought I would share a bit of my caesarean section birth story (just in time before we are in May!).
This picture was taken when I was 42 weeks pregnant just as I was about to be induced. Little did I know at this point that I was about to have a several day long labour, an emergency caesarean section and then a few months of complications.
Caesareans, in my experience, definitely aren’t an easy way out of giving birth and the recovery can be difficult. Even now, almost 11 months after mine, I don’t feel fully recovered. I also found that there was a lack support and guidance of how to look after myself whilst I recovered. I’m not saying that natural delivery is easier or that there is less recovery because any delivery is a massive thing to happen to our bodies and it takes a long time to get back to normal.
I think its great that caesareans do now exist to help if there are health concerns for mum or baby and they save many lives. Although I also think that more generally child birth is sometimes unnecessarily over medicalised. I would highly recommend hypnobirthing, even for a caesarean delivery, as I found it really helped me stay calm throughout the labour, surgery and then throughout the recovery.
But whether you have a caesarean or natural delivery, you have just given birth to your baby and that’s pretty amazing! I occasionally have to remind myself of this because sometimes I feel guilty for not having the birth that I planned and feel I missed out on some of Jasper’s first months as I was recovering.
I would like to hear your thoughts on caesareans or birth in general in the comments or on Instagram or Twitter.
Thanks for reading, Jen x
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Thank you for sharing your experience! I agree that caesareans save many lives.
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Yes it’s brilliant that they can now be done! xx
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Giving birth is going to be painful whichever way and I think that both vaginal birth and csection should be discussed during antenatal care so Mother’s are prepared for either x
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I agree, I used to be envious of people that had a vaginal birth but I’ve now realised both are tough. I think your right about the antenatal care, I was made aware of the different birth options but literally had no idea how I should look after myself after birth xx
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My perfect birth would of been a water birth. I used hypnotherapy and had a natural birth, which workes really well for me. I agree with you completely. People who believe a c section is easy are so wrong!
Thank you for sharing.
Alyssa
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I would have love a water birth too! I’m glad they worked for you, I think hypnotherapy is so powerful x
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I’ll be honest I used to think ceaserean was an easy option but then I heard the mothers on the ward that had one and they were in way more pain after so I was glad I hadn’t needed one
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So did I, I even had someone say to me when I was pregnant ‘are you to posh to push?’ which makes it seem like it will be easy. I’ve never had a vaginal delivery but I imagine they are just as tough on our bodies in a different way. Thanks for sharing your experience x
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I salute all you c-section mothers! I had a cyst removed from behind my ovary and the recovery from that surgery was bad enough! I really fear ever having a c-section now so well done to each and every one of you!!
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Aw thank you! I think it is tough going but natural deliveries can be just as hard with lots of recovery needed!!
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