Healing After Caesarean
At least you have a healthy baby!
Graphic by Meghan Rodberg. http://birthlove.cyclzone.com/pages/csec_vbac/meghan.html
“I just wasn’t prepared for the pain and distress that took at least a year to go after I had my C section.
For anyone who thinks that the childbirth pain can be avoided by taking an easy C section – they forget that it is major surgery!
I had a numb belly, which just felt wrong, a back that ached and didn’t feel like my back and the c scar just felt dead, and I couldn’t stand my husband touching me down there.
It was only a little baby I was birthing and in hindsight, I really wish I had just gotten on with being a birthing mother.
Now pregnant with my second, there is no way I am going to not do it naturally – at least that way once baby is born, that will be the end to it." - Katie.
For many women the thought of having a caesarean is terrifying, the knowledge that after viewing your newborn child, you may be unable to hold or even see your baby for at least an hour (sometimes longer), can be devastating. Paula Beckton experienced a ground breaking caesarean, where she helped assist in the birth of her second child Oliver and not only was he not whisked away immediately, but was placed on her chest for cuddles and mother/baby bonding.
This is her story...
How likely is a uterine ruptire and what cost to mum and bub?
“The risk of rupture of a transverse lower segment scar is generally considered to be around 0.5%,11 which is one in 200 women. Although this may seem high, the majority of these cases result in minimal adverse effects on either mother or baby. The occurrence of poor outcome is considerably lower. In a review of all the VBAC studies carried out worldwide and documented in the International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA} Review published in August 1990 it was found that 'in over 21,000 planned labours after caesarean only five babies were reported to have died in association with scar rupture. This is less than one in 4,200 (0.02%). In the same sample 'twelve mothers lost their uterus due to scar rupture (0.06%). This is less than one- tenth the 0.7% hysterectomy rate reported for "obstetric hemorrhage" after caesarean section.'12
The same Review also states that 'There has been no report of a mother who has died due to rupture of a cesarean scar during planned labor after cesarean. In contrast, reports continue to document deaths of wonton due to complications of elective cesarean operations.'12”
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The Caesareans
Human beings have not been programmed for long-term thinking. For millions of years our tropical ancestors consumed the food they could find from day to day in their environment, either by collecting shellfish and small fish in shallow water, by gathering plants and fruits, or by scavenging and hunting. After the comparatively recent advent of agriculture and animal breeding, they had to increase their capacity to anticipate. They were obliged to think at least in terms of seasons. Today we have at our disposal such powerful technologies that we must suddenly learn to think in terms of decades and centuries. It is so in many fields of human activities. It is so, in particular, in the field of childbirth.
At a time when the safety of the caesarean can be compared to the safety of the vaginal route in well-equipped departments of obstetrics, a great part of the world population is “born from above”. We must urgently train ourselves to think long term. What are the long-term consequences of being caesarean-born? What is the future of a civilization born by caesarean?
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VBAC
Read the amazing VBAC birth story of 10lb 12oz Nicola Rose here Angie's Story and the amazing VBAC birth story of 10lb 8oz Tristan at the bottom of this page and then have a look at these two amazing films.
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