So, the C-section debate rages on. This week the nice people at NICE (who we secretely suspect are anything but nice) have decided that ladies can choose whether to have their babies through the sunroof if they so wish.
One half of Trashmummy had an involuntary crash C-section and the other desperately tried to get the docs to agree to one, almost succeeded but failed at the last post as TTboy had other plans.
The thing that amazes us is that after all this time women have only finally been given the choice. Heaven knows that in an ideal world we would all birth like the lady in the educational “where babies come from” film at school – TM to this day remembers how calmly she told her bearded husband half way through cooking dinner that “the baby was coming”. They then calmly walked up stairs, a vision in corduroy, the lady lifted her floral smock top and with one slight grimace out came baby! Fab. However in real life, or maybe in this generation birthing doesn’t seem so easy.
TTGirl was a stubborn 16 days overdue by the time she was forced out and 16 hours after being initially induced TM was put on the Synto and all hell broke loose. TTGirl did not like being told what to do even in situ and after a rather bizarre few hours of drugs / panic buttons being pressed and Trashdaddy being put off MacDonald’s for life TM agreed to a C-Section - we were both exhausted and distressed. Off we went to theatre and before the Docs could link up the Spinal TTG had an almighty tantrum, her little heart rate plummeted and TM woke up an hour later thinking I had been to Marrakech. Thankfully we both were fine – although it took Trashdaddy a long time to get over the thought that one or both of us hadn’t made it.
In retrospect of the whole situation TM has concluded that we should have opted for a C-section after the glug of Synto went in. TTG did not like it and TM knew this. Asking for a C-section was running through my head all along. I was very much against having a C-section - we had booked to go to a wedding in Spain in 4 weeks time!! I did not want to be laid up not being able to look after my baby. Plus C-section scars are pain in the front bottom. They look like a lop-sided smile and cause no end of maintenance issues. HOWEVER the idea of a surgeon having to test any future baby’s blood for oxygen while only 3cm dilated will ring massive ALARM BELLS. A choice should have been given – our main aim should really to get baby out safely and for mum to be able to ask how this is achieved. Hopefully now it will not come just down to statistics and if there is a next time TM will request a C-section before due date – I would rather be awake and see my baby born than risk another drama birth and miss it.
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