Probably no natural births for me ever

[ailbhe]

I'm not very pleased about it. It's not what I'd hoped for.

But the consultant was lovely, which helps.

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[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I can understand your disappointment.

Part of me is tempted to have the planned c-section I was offered with tiggle as labour _hurts_ but the sensible part knows that a natural labour has a shorter recovery time than a major operation.

As long as you have plenty of help arranged for after any future births, then you'll be fine :) I made the mistake of not having enough help available after my emergency c-section with Kate as I was let down & didn't insist that Andy take time off work to help me out.

[ailbhe]

I remind you that I had a natural labour. My pain levels won't reduce any farther until at least 8 months after the birth. C-section recovery is a lot faster than that.

So why don't I really *believe* that?

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't classify your labour as a "normal" natural labour though. When I think of natural labour, I think of ones like my mum's that lasted 6 hours with no pain relief as it wasn't needed.

I struggled to recoved from the back pain from carrying a transverse baby for the last trimester far more than recovering from the c-section surgery tbh anyway.