C-section....best for your baby????

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mommyboy

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Recently, just talked to my prenant friend who is going to have elective c-section. Her Dr has convinced her&her hubby to have c-section. The Dr said it is the best choice for baby because the baby wont contact with bacteria and germs when he/she travels thru the birth canal. Is this true????? I myself had my first baby via virginal birth 2 years ago. My Dr only talked about advantages and disadvantages of virginal birth and c-section for the mother but never mentioned which is good for our baby.

The couples said they knew that C-section would take a longer time for recovery but she is willing to sacrifice for her baby. It sounded a little offensive, like I was selfish to think of myself first but took risks of my own baby's health!

Could I pls have you moms' opinions???

Thanks
 
What can be more natural and better for the baby than vaginal delivery (under normal health circumstances of the mother)? Your friend is naive enough to believe her doctor (whoever that dr is..) - well, let her have her own beliefs. If YOU think that natural, vaginal delivery is best for your baby, go for it and don't listen to people who have obtained false information. My gosh, I never heard of this 'germs and bacteria' theory before! :haha:
 
C-section....best for your baby?????

At the end of the day, be prepared to have the baby either way. It depends on how your baby is positioned closer to d-day! Plus its a personal choice...so its up to you, not what you hear and how you get influenced. Afterall, it shouldn't be anybody else's decision besides you and your husband!
 
i would ventrue to say that c-sections are ONLY best for the baby in certain circumstances, such as the mother developing pre-eclampsia. to continue a pregnancy in this state waiting for a vaginal delivery could be disasterous for both the mother and the baby.

there are also times when the baby will thrive more (do better) outside the womb than inside. this can be for various medical conditions. if this is the case, then it is better for a c-section delivery than to wait for a vag del.

i had 2 c-sections. the first was an emergency ([email protected] weeks). and the second was elective @ 36 weeks. both times it was considered to be in the best interest of both the mother and the baby, for medical reasons.

once both of my kids were born, they grew much better. (my daughter is putting on weight at the rate of 1/2 pound/week!)

i've never heard of it being dangerous because of germs and bacteria to deliver a baby naturally.

i would suggest gently that your friend seek a second opinion. sounds to me like the doctor is just trying to make deliveries fit into his schedule. much easier to make more $$$ and take on more patients if you know exactly when each baby is going to be delivered!
 
I think this Dr just's likes to perform surgery.

The baby recieves advantages from a vaginal birth that it doesn't get from a c-section.
The forces of moving through the birth canal help push fluid from your babies lungs, which enable it to breath easier once born.

Unless you have an infection such as an STD or strep B, which you can be tested for during pregnancy, there is no reason to fear germs.
Yor baby has been sitting in your bodily fluids for the past 9 mths after all!
 
Matty said:
I think this Dr just's likes to perform surgery.
Unless you have an infection such as an STD or strep B, which you can be tested for during pregnancy, there is no reason to fear germs.
Yor baby has been sitting in your bodily fluids for the past 9 mths after all!
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Definitely, she should get a second opinion.
Even for some infections, antiobiotics can be given around w38 to allow a norma delivery (vaginal). Agree with Cara that there are certainly some conditions in which a C-section is advisable. If your friend has none of these and would like to deliver normally, she should not be encouraged to have a c-section, especially not from a medical 'professional'.
 
I would be looking for a different doctor,unless there is a problem with you or the baby a natural birth is by far the best way to deliver. I have been a maternity nurse for 20 years so I know a little bit about these dilema's. You also need to be looking at the recovery time,sometimes with a c-section it can take weeks especially if you get an infection on the suture line,also remember it is major abdominal surgery you would be having. I would be getting another opinion asap. good luck
 
Although I had a elective c-section for my first baby last year and will also plan to have one for my next one ( due to the size and medical condition). I think the best to both the mother and baby is giving natural birth. I also think there are doctors only like to perform schedule c-section so they don't have to get up middle of the night.
 
Opposite on bacteria and germs

I have read the opposite on the bacteria and germs theory - that precisely through the baby travelling through the birth canal it picks up the "bacteria" which are good bacteria and gains an advantage from this. My understanding was these good bacteria were similar to the type found in yoghurt, lactobacillus etc. I'm afraid I don't know any more.
My personal choice was to give my baby as natural a start as possible, as having a C-section meant being pumped full of drugs before and after for both me and baby, unless of course a C-section was medically necessary.
It seems that second opinions may be very different and it is best for you to find someone you are totally comfortable with, not left wondering whether your doctor is right. Good luck
 
Thanks for all comments & opinions. I will suggest my friend to look at this thread to see what other moms out there think. She obviously trusts in what her dr. said.
I repect her decision and think that there is nothing wrong with elective c-section. However, I hope that she would make her decision wisely not just be mislead by money-minded dr who's trying to get extra$$ and pick the birthday of her baby to fit his holiday schedule. Excuse my language!
 
i have only hear the opposite. that the germs & bacteria thru the vagina are good for your babies, because since your baby being exposed to germs & bacteria at such a young stage, they already develop immunity hence their body is stronger. also, being born thru the vagina is apparently quite streefulf or the infant, hence babies born thru vaginal birth cope better with stress. there are studies to back these up, i'm sure you can google them.
 
plus, i've only heard bad things to the baby on elective c-section, is that since they are not ready for the world, however far along at your pregnancy (assuming that all are well & healthy). cos when baby is ready he/she'll come out on its own. they also don't suckle that well during the 1st 24 hours, cos they didn't know they were "coming out".
 
Let me guess - was this a male doctor?
I've never heard such a load of twaddle. Having a C-section may be best for the doctor's schedule, but there are many, many reasons why you don;t have a CS unless medically neccessary: increased risk to mother and baby being the first and most important.
 
Unless the doctor anticipates complications to vaginal birth, he would have to be really unprofessional to say something like that to persuade a mother into elective c-section.
 
That is completely ridiculous! Sure there are certain medical problem when a c/s is safer than vaginal delivery, but in most cases vaginal delivery is safer.
I had heard as well that baby picks up the good bacteria. The only cases when you may pick up bad "germs" are HIV and an active herpes infection then c/s is better. Group B step is easily controlled by getting antibiotics is labor, and is very rare anyways, this is not ever a reson to do c/s.

There are lots of benefits to vaginal delivery over c/s, such as your baby will be born at term. With elective c/s there are situations when the dates are wrong and baby is born before he should have been. There are fewer breathing problems as the lungs are squeezed out with a vag delivery. The normal stress of a normal labor on the baby actually releases certain hormones which help lung maturity and also help protect the baby from the reduced oxygen during contractions.

I find it completely crazy that a doctor would say the reason to do the c/s is because of germs. How does he think humans ever managed to reproduce and multiply prior to c/s! Why did we not die off as a species!

In a normal situation the risk to baby and mom is much less with vaginal delivery than compared to a c/s.
 
never having had a vaginal delivery, i cannot comment on recovery time. but for those of you who think that recovery from a c is easy...the first time round, i couldn't sleep on my side for over 3 weeks! the second time round, that was reduced to 3 days (although it was still painful!) the first time round the stitches were too tight, and it was excruciating to walk. the second time round was much better. the first time round i developed a blood clot that got infected and poured through the incision... NOT a pretty sight, let me tell you!
the second time round no problem...

what i'm trying to say is that the recovery time can be quite fast or it can be horrendous!

there's a lot more that can go wrong with a c.....
 
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