Natural Childbirth went wrong?
ByFor those who chose Natural Childbirth…
I have heard that some women who want to go natural later need to have a c-section or a medicated birth. Why is that?
Did you want a Natural Childbirth but then the doctors decided that you had to have a c-section or an epidural right away?
Thanks in advance!
By the way, I am not pregnant. I just want to know more for when I do become pregnant, I am very informed.
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5 Comments
February 10th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Sometimes, unfortunately, the baby doesn’t want to proceed down the birth canal naturally – so a c-section is needed. If a mother is in labor for too long, the baby can go in to distress which is not good for the baby or the mother.
Sometimes the baby is too big and trying to have a natural birth would severely hurt the mother by tearing to a 3rd or 4th degree tear (vaginal and anal), and the doctor’s feel that a c-section would be better.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Doctors don’t do c-sections just because. Usually they want the mother to go the natural way, but the baby or mother’s health will not allow it.
My first child was a c-section due to both the baby’s health and the risk to me. My second was going to be natural, but he was too lazy and because of the previous c-section I needed to have a second.
So just make sure you can trust your doctor and the best of luck to both you and the baby.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
There is always a chance of complications with a birth that may cause a C-section to become necessary. I tried to have a natural birth with my first, my daughter. No epidural or anything. Unfortunately, after 20 hours of labor, 2 of which were pushing, she started to go into distress (significant heart rate drop) when I pushed. They determined the cord was probably around her neck, preventing her from coming all the way down the birth canal, and constricting blood flow when I tried to push. They could actually see the top of her head and her hair at that point, but thought it had gone on too long and both me and the baby were getting too worn down. So anyway, in went an epidural and off we went to the operating room, and she was born by C-section a short time later.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Well, as I wanted to do that with my first birth it didn’t happen becuase I had premature rupturing of the membranes (I was not in labor) and I was induced. Pitocin induction hurts, and it didn’t work so I had to have a c-section. There really was no choice in the matter, it just unfolded the way it did – if I had been diagnosed with celiac disease before the pregnancy I think I would not have ruptured prematurely and my uterus would have contracted effectively. It was just the way it unfolded.
The 2nd time I had a VBAC, and I made it through over 19 hours of labor without an epidural – but I was stalled at 4 cm, where I stalled before, and I just couldn’t do it anymore. I was given an epidural and dilated fully in almost 3 hours, and delivered after pushing for 1 hr 10 minutes. I do think the epidural allowed me to stop fighting myself and allow the contractions to do their work, but this isn’t true of every woman. You need to be able to embrace the work your body is doing, and I think it was more then I could do and the epidural allowed me to have a successful VBAC.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
There are a lot of different answers for this, my sister wanted naturak birth, but after 33 hours she had only dilated 7 cm’s and wasn’t dilating any more, and the baby was getting distressed, the epidural didn’t work on her, so finally the doctors had to put her under and delivered my nephew via c-section.
sometimes if a baby is in breach position they’ll need a c section also, it depends on teh baby’s position, size, and the way your body reacts to giving birth as well… you never know… but the after birth is a blessing and you’ll be glad no matter how the baby came out!