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Posted 3/25/2010 2:20 PM (GMT 0)
It seems like everyone's gi is giving out different advice, but it's important to remember that flares are due to the hormonal changes and not where the baby pops out. C-sections are not as good for the baby as the way nature intended, there can be complications and risks to one's child and oneself outside the range of the UC. It should be done when medically necessary, and it is not always so regarding simply having UC.
Posted 3/25/2010 2:56 PM (GMT 0)
yes, hormones can cause many things to happen during pregnancy but it is important to remember that pressure on the rectum
as someone mentioned earlier in the thread could also cause hemorrhoids & fissures. Not necessarily due to the delivery but many other
factors as well, amount of weight gain, size of fetus, where the baby is lying etc. During my first pregnancy I had some hemmi's for the first
time in my life whereas after I had her they healed up & not a peep since then. They really had no relation to my U/C.
Posted 3/25/2010 5:45 PM (GMT 0)
One of the major network news I was watching the other day cited a study that 1/3 of all US births are now via C Section. If true, I found that really high. Even though I believe I had legitimate medical reasons for wanting a C Section, I wonder if maybe some women and even doctors (who may like a predicable schedule) were taking the "easy way out". My daughter was breech so it ended up being irrelevant of having UC, but there can't be 1/3 of all babies being born that medically need a C Section?
Posted 3/25/2010 6:25 PM (GMT 0)
Well, I'll just throw in my 2 cents. I don't have a side in this one. My first delivery was vaginal and I had a horrific tear/episiotomy that had to be resewn when my son was 3 months old. For my next delivery I switched to an awesome doctor and he gave me the option of vagainal or c-section. He did advise me though that if I had another vaginal delivery and tore again that I could have problems with leakage from the rectum for the rest of my life. That pretty much sold me there. And I the time, I didn't even have UC. So I had #2 and #3 c-section and was glad I did. Recovery from the episitomy was excrutiating, to say the least,  much, much, worse than my c-sections. Granted, everyone had different experiences and most people who do tear during deliveries only have small ones. My was the 4th degree. I will say that I had a surgery consult yesterday at the Cleveland Clinic and both the doctor and his assistant wanted to know if I tore during my child's vaginal delivery and if I had problems with incontinence. Fortunately, I have good control "down there."
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