Beakersful

If it's medically needed, then it's necessary. But if not, then the only two (natural) methods in my mind, are 1) hospital, or 2) home birth.

If medical checks show there are likely to be no problems, you can keep the midwife appraised by phone, she'll arrive timely and then after the birth she is likely to be gone in an hour, leaving your missus in the comfort of your own home, her favourite chair/sofa, with a dvd on and a nice cuppa whilst you run round after her making up for everything you feel you've done wrong the rest of the year.

I hate hospitals. I hate holding my children and getting booted out to wait in A&E till maternity opens up the next morning, I hate waiting half the day till a doctor finally comes and okays you to leave via the security locked doors, with a tag on, and a compulsory car seat.

The Dean

Deanetta had Deanlette the normal way - all 10 lbs 4 ozs of her..... 24 ins in height (length?)...........

On the Caesarean issue (C-section??? Back to America with you!) - it seems to me that sub-continental women have a very low pain threshhold, if the screaming of a woman at A&E at Welcare a couple of weeks ago was anything to go by - she had twisted her ankle..............

rowell

Very few home births in UAE, doctors deliver the babies not the midwife. My daughter in the uk had all of her 3 children at home without issue but it just wouldn't happen here. The clinic my wife worked in certainly seemed to try to persuade the patient to have Caesarian and in lots of cases the patient asked for it so they could endeavour to decide the date didn't interfere with something they had planned.

Boomhauer

Sociopaths. Especially prevalent in the SubCon.

Miss Anne Thrope

Of course, that is a viable experiment, representative sample and therefore valid conclusion to draw about more than 10% of the planet's population.... [alas there is no arched eyebrow icon to insert here]

lullabelle

I had two emergency caesarians, most def NOT through choice. The first time was after a three day labour and I lost so much blood I was in shock. It took me ages to recover. I felt like id been hit by a bus. After the second one I contracted a super bug infection in my wound. This was initially missed by a locum at the drs. A nurse had to come and dress it daily, I could barely walk and fluid used to build up - every so often I would lose about a pint of bloody fluid THROUGH MY WOUND at totally unexpected times. Like while in the local shop that I had managed to stagger to... Or when my father in law visited.

Why anyone would opt for a caesarian by choice is beyond me. I may be honeymoon fresh, but I was bloody traumatised by them!

Lorna at Vicenza

In Italy they generally keep you in for 3 days after a "normal" birth and for 5 days after a C-section. That's like saying that a C-section birth needs more checks and recovery time than a normal one before they let you out.

Ditzy

Throughout all 9 months of pregnancy i vomited every 5 hours, had 24 hour nausea and had a daily nosebleed. Complete torture. I had kind of convinced myself that such torture could only mean that labour would be easier

So after 23 hours of more torture (including epidural only working for ten minutes and blood pressure dropping to 68/? can't remember), a Dr shouted that the baby had to come out NOW as he was in distress (cord round neck) - no C section - baby was already halfway down - just one huge cut/stitches & it was weeks before i could walk properly and months before i felt normal! LO was born purple but fine.

Government hospitals will definitely push you to push!

a few years later i did have the C section op (for something else) and I don't think you can compare the two.

For me though, the most torture is pregnancy.

Do I only have one child? Yes sir I do! I find it most irritating when strangers/relatives insist i should have another!

Blue Cat

what else would have a c section for other than giving birth?

Ditzy

Same operation but used to remove large benign tumours.......

Blue Cat

interesting would have thought they would have done key hole or vaginally?

Ditzy

They could not due to location.

Blue Cat

hope all is well now though

Bahtatboy

C-section is the term used by NICE and UK healthcare professionals. And I can't spell Ceasarean.

And the twisted ankle bit is blatantly racist, not absolved by "if...is anything to go by".

Ditzy

erm, sort of BC - thank you. are things ever ok after childbirth. lol