Cesarean Brave

http://avital.blogspot.com/2011/01/cesarean-courage.html#axzz1QDlFxh2W

I came across this link today. Too often, I think, moms who have had c-sections are made to feel bad or like they didn't *really* give birth. There's no right or wrong way to have a baby, and sometimes surgery is necessary. Or, in my case, I was 3 days overdue with a large baby and still hadn't gone into labor. I spent most of my pregnancy thinking of how I was going to have Jamie, imagining the labor, waking up in the middle of the night with contractions, just like in the movies. And on my due date, going to the hospital and having 2 ultrasounds with a specialist trying to figure out how they missed Jamie getting so big before delivery. My OB was concerned, didn't want to induce me, and strongly recommended scheduling a c-section, after telling me that she's usually advocating *against* c-sections, but really believed that it was the best way to deliver my baby. Honestly, I was heartbroken and surprised, thinking that my perfect delivery would never happen. But you know what? It was perfect. Scott was with me, the nurses and doctors were very nice, and I still got to see Jamie right after he was born. He was healthy, didn't break anything on the way out (which would have been a huge risk), and all in all, things went great. I had a longer hospital stay, but there was a blizzard going on anyway, so it's just as well. And I'd do it again. There should be none of this negative talk around c-sections. Jamie and I are proof that good things can come from them. I was a c-section baby, too!