C section venting story

Brooke • FTM to a beautiful baby girl born 1/4/2018 ❤️

I just need to vent on something that really has been bothering me since I had my daughter 5 weeks ago. I went for my weekly check up on 01/03/2018 which included an ultrasound. I was 39 weeks 5 days. At that visit I was told my daughters cord was wrapped around her neck at least twice. My cervix was long thick and closed. My doctor wanted to wait a whole week to induce me, even knowing the cord was around her neck. Luckily the nurse in the room was able to schedule me to be induced that same day. So I get to the hospital around 4:30 pm and they insert the cytotek and INSTANTLY I started contracting every 1-2 minutes. I got cytotek every 4 hours and by my second dose my contractions just kept getting closer and the pain was unbearable. I labored like that for 22 hours and my cervix was STILL long thick and closed. At that point I got a strong gut feeling that I needed a c section. I felt that that was my body’s way of telling me to do a c section for the sake of my daughter and the cord being around her neck. So I asked to speak with my doctor. The nurse who had just started her shift told me “I can’t just waltz in and ask for a c section and that she would do everything in her power to make sure I do not get my way”. My doctor came in with the shittiest attitude towards me telling me I’m being ridiculous and that I didn’t want to do this. That she would classify this as elective. And told me my recovery was going to be terrible with a c section (which I know that’s the case most of the time). I told her that I absolutely wanted one, that I had a gut instinct it needed to be done. She agreed to doing it despite her being unhappy about it. Right after my doctor finished stitching me up she has the nerve to come up to me and say “congratulations you got your way, hope you don’t regret your decision” in the rudest way. She NEVER came and checked on me before I left the hospital and at my appointment to remove my staples would barely even say 3 words to me. I told her how my recovery had been so easy and i had been off of pain medicine since I went home (because honestly my recovery was so quick and easy) and she just rolled her eyes. I really feel my baby girl wouldn’t be here if I didn’t have a c section but at the same time I feel some sort of remorse because my doctor really made me feel like complete shit about wanting one. But the more I sit here and think about it the only decision I regret is choosing her to be my doctor🤷‍♀️

ETA: I did NOT push to be induced sooner than my doctor wanted. The nurse in the room with the doctor as we speaking was able to get me in that day just because there was availability and of course I wasn’t going to say no. Also I was offered a c section when I was first admitted to the hospital due to my doctor predicting I wasn’t going to dilate but I had hose to try vaginally first

ALSO ETA: A lot of people have been asking me about the elephant. My sister made it for me and she makes a BUNCH of awesome things like this. Go check out her Facebook page! It’s called Custom Creations by Mel 🙂

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