Stop judging C SECTION moms
#voicethisout
Hi Anu ka I wanna share my birth story with you. I am your early pregnancy, labour, breastfeeding and infant care student. I delivered a baby boy on 19/10/21.
My labour story isn’t some extravagant event it was very simple due to my GD they asked me to come 2 weeks prior to the DD. Baby was head down position, NST was good I had been doing all the exercises and was completely prepared for a normal delivery and I had a strong feeling that I will deliver normally.
I was admitted on 17th night and was induced with gel. I was 2cms dilated. Next morning, I was at 2cms & they induced again. I started walking & doing squats, but no improvement. They induced again & told this was the last chance if not we’ll have to go for c section. For the first 2 induction I had pain and I was doing the breathing exercises which was very helpful. But for the 3rd induction I had no pain and 0 contractions, I slept well. After 2 days of trying finally we gave up and went in for a C-section.
I was ok with the decision as I was eager and excited to meet my baby. At 1:00 PM, my baby boy was born. I followed everything you said. We were on top of the world.
The problem started the next day when I was supposed to get up to use the washroom until then I just felt pain but not much. I just couldn’t move or even turn to the side to get up.
I couldn’t feel anything but pain everywhere I thought I’ve been damaged. It was my husband and the nurses helped me get up n literally lifted me n put me on the commode. I was bleeding in one side the other I was using the washroom and I was blanking out and falling on my husband unconscious. I had never imagined that C-sec will be so horrible.
My husband was my angel who without cringing or feeling odd cleaned me up and did everything as a husband and a dad (you had told in your webinar trust your husbands, just like you they’ll figure things out) I did and he did a better job than me.
It took me 3 days to get discharged cause every time I had to get up from the bed, I needed 2 people to lift me up. Even today I am not able to sleep towards my right. The reason I’m writing this is only for people to understand that C-section, I don’t know if it’s equally or more but it’s very painful so please stop asking mums after delivery if it’s c section or normal, please stop judging c section mums. Even after 3weeks a C-section mother finds it so difficult to sit and feed the baby because of her stitches and back pain but she continues to do it. Please appreciate her and stop making her feel like she dints do great.
Pls stop judging C-sec mums.