Labour Options

Hi mummies.. I will be a mum of two soon.. my child will be exactly 2 years apart. I gave birth in 2021, with emergency csect. As I went through a lot of grey snapshots of my labour, after birth I prolly had a mild depression or baby blue. It took me months to recover. Even though I was traumatised, I do want to have another child. Now that I’m pregnant for my second one, because of my traumatised moments during labour from the previous one. I right away wanted my labour to be csect. Because maybe I know how the process works and such. But people around me ask me to go for natural birth. I felt disheartened and taken aback because they don’t know what I went through and it’s traumatic. Therefore I don’t want to go through natural birth because I don’t know what to expect and I don’t want to go through another traumatising moments again. If anyone can share you thoughts or views, so that I can enjoy my second pregnancy in peace and happy. 🥺🥺

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you're exactly like me. me too went for emergency csect and my 2nd one is csect too cos i dont wanna go through natural. i had depression and it made me not connect with my 1st born, took me months to recover as well. right now ive learnt to not care what others have to say because it's my baby and both of mine and my baby's safety is important. my husband supports this as well. why the discrimination towards csect? to me, both are the same. you deliver your baby and that's it. there's no right or wrong way. there's no such thing as natural is the right way to motherhood. what bullshit is that? both are the way to motherhood. dont be disheartened that you opt of csect. it's ok.

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3y ago

Thank you for sharing dear.. I feel better somehow I’m not alone… 🥲❤️