Monday, January 31, 2005
The Best Option
A friend told me that she wanted to make sure I was around for my children. Me too! The two-fold risk of my death with an elective cesarean over a vaginal birth, though, would decrease those chances. (Don't believe me? The research shows it: http://www.dona.org/PDF/CIMScsec-fact-sheet.pdf)
This is NOT about a desired birth experience. This is about what is healthy and in my and my baby's best interest. If I cared most about the experience, I wouldn't be fighting it, I just wouldn't have an OB! I'd stay home, see if the baby came, not worry about any possible complications, and if the baby lived or not, ehh--who cares? At least I got to go into labor and push?
No, that is not what this is about at all, and it really hurts that some friends apparently think that. I have researched this religiously for 7 months and if for ONE SECOND I did not believe that a vaginal birth was the safest, best course of action for my baby and me, I wouldn't pursue it.
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