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...I'm going to continue to push you into having a C-section. Or so it goes with one of my colleagues. Perfectly healthy, early-20's subcontinental wife, but both doctors she's seen at an AD hospital are pushing her and her husband into having a C-section because "it will hurt less". One doctor Indian, the other Pakistani. 'king outrageous, just preying on their naivety.

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Dick heads, I've had three (obviously not through choice) and the last one was horrific. It earns the doctors more money and makes keeping their social calendar easier.

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if they are in insured it will be because they get more money for the procedure, disgrace. I had a c section and whilst the birth is pain free the recovery isn't. I have been told you recover quicker from a normal birth as long as there is no major complications

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I can't talk from experience but my wife has had two c sections (also not through choice), and she was in a whole world of pain for several days/weeks after coming round, recovering from what is a fairly major operation, with the amount of layers they have to cut through.

I'm sure the natural way is painful too, but I suspect less longer-term (unless you rip or they have to cut - ouch).

I fully expect to be shot down here with my male opinion, but that was my take on it.

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you are right, there was a girl on my Ward begging for a C section, they turned her down, she had a natural birth and 100 stitches, she was in a right mess, couldn't sit down for weeks.

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That's a lot of stiches - must have been in the UK?

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If a C Section is anything like a Hysterectomy (even a keyhole one), I'll take 'normal' delivery anytime. Actually I would assume a C Section is far worse so why anyone would choose one is beyond me.

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no it was here, she had a terrible time, blood loss, stitches she could hardly walk. I was walking better than her the next day after a C section!

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From what I have heard, it's pretty much the same procedure except of course they remove the whole womb for a hysterectomy, not just its contents. Not too long ago you then used to convalesce for several weeks/months after a hysterectomy whereas with a c section now you're ejected from hospital after a few days with a baby to look after that you're not supposed to pick up and in fact you can hardly walk!

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That surprises me, sounds like an awful experience.

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every time I saw her she was crying, I even fed her baby for as she couldn't sit to do it, we were a right pair

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Was it her first? An only child then I expect....

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When we had ours in Jeddah, my wife had no choice. It was a C-section or go elsewhere. Didn't cost much extra in the end.

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yes first, and yes I am guessing only child, and she was on her own pre delivery as men weren't allowed in the labour ward. My Mum sat with her.

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Right - off now to shoot a stag or watch heterosexual (or even lesbian) porn to increase my faltering masculinity levels as a result of contributing far too much to a thread on forms of childbirth.

Or I might join Abu Dhabi Woman..