Do you think having a c section is a lucky break from delivering naturally

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I've had two vaginal births and this one hopefully will be, a c section is major surgery with long recovery, no driving, no heavy lifting, a painful scar, to heal, there's no way a cesarean can be called a lucky break!!

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having your stomach cut open, your insides taken out and rearranged, being shaken and pulled while strapped to a table while doctors pull your baby out of your stomach than hardly being able to cough or laugh without excoriating pain on top of jolts of pain from bare nerve ends healing after they were being cut....doesn't sound very lucky to me!

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I think I'm more disturbed by the fact that there are actually women who believe that a c-section is an easy out... 
Sometimes, it's medically necessary to ensure the safety of mother and child. After the first c-section, you can do a vbac.. But most doctors will recommend having a repeat C-section to reduce the risk of tearing old tissue, an internal bleed, unnecessary stress on the baby, etc.
Ugh.

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A friend of mine said that having her emergency csection was like training all year for a marathon only to start the race and then at the end someone grabs you and doesn't even carry you over the finish line but around it.

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I don't see how having your belly cut open, your guts moved around, having your uterus cut open and having stitches or staples in your belly is "an easy way out". You would heal SO much faster giving birth vaginally. Is a c section more convenient? Yes. But is choices not be able to bend over for a couple of weeks to pick up your baby worth it?

I'm not shaming women who have had no choice in the matter but why choice major, major surgery when you don't have to?

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No both ways have their own pains..

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I had to have a c section. My son was breech and 11 weeks early. They needed to get him out safely. Yes it hurt but I didn't need pain meds after a week. It was a lot of burning. I know I'll probably end up with another c section someday and in no way am I looking forward to it.

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To the 4% who said yes... Why???? Please enlighten us all with your reasons!

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I've had both and natural is a BREEZE compared to csection! I was almost completely healed within 3 days of my natural and able to walk, lay in the bed, drive, etc I had a severe allergic reaction to medication during my csection which they had to pump me full of steroids for, couldn't walk for over week without help and being hunched over, couldn't drive or go up stairs for almost 6 weeks, couldn't lay flat in the bed for over 2 mos and still 8 years later have phantom pains I desperately wanted a vbac with this pregnancy but will have to have another csection which I'm terrified of

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The vaginal v c-section debate makes me jealous of birds and reptiles. I'd like to just lay an egg next time and skip the whole pregnancy and birth process.

That said, I had a vaginal birth, 2nd degree tear. I didn't even take the ibuprofen anymore after a week. It was a much easier recovery than I expected.

Do you think having a c section is a lucky break from delivering naturally

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