Dr. Said We shouldn’t Have Another Baby

Hey Ladies,

I just had my miracle baby in July after 8 years of trying. She was a surprise after years of fertility treatments that never worked.

My pregnancy wasn’t horrible or really complicated until 34 weeks when I got preeclampsia. I was induced at 37 weeks and had a traumatic birth experience which had me labor for 48 hours then and failed epidural then an emergency csection where I hemorrhaged. I had to have a b-lynch stitch put in to get my uterus to contract back down.

After my c section my doctor told me that if I were to ever have another child I would have to have a c section again. During my 6 week post op appointment my ONGYN advised that we be done having biological children because I had such a rough pregnancy. I never thought my pregnancy was that horrible.

Well my baby is 3 months old and I find myself struggling with the feeling that I am not done having babies. I don’t feel done. Don’t get me wrong I am truly grateful for my baby and I love being a mommy but my gut just keeps telling me I’m not finished bearing children. The other thing that has me questioning the doctor is that she said the only reason my birth was so traumatic was because they let me labor for so long. I would think that if we were to do it again I wouldn’t get to labor and just have a c section so it wouldn’t be as hard on me.

Has anyone else been told to stop yet have the desire to try again? Any advice? I’m really struggling here.