I Did Not Cut My Baby's Umbilical Cord for Six Days So We Could Have a Natural "Lotus Birth" Just

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49. Well, that's a bit of hyperbole

vaginas are made to birth babies (and have sex). A baby's head is no where near as big as a watermelon, and the vagina is amazingly elastic. It's not a metal pipe.

Many C-sections are CAUSED by the medical community because they over 'manage' birth. My first C-section was entirely avoidable and once you have 1 C-section you are branded for life. I went on to have a VBAC (see? My pelvis WASN'T 'too small' like I was told - it was all lies. My second baby was bigger, too). My doctors with my first told me I'd have died if it wasn't for a C-section and that I was simply unable to birth babies.

Clearly that was not true. But women who are told that often go away thinking they were 'saved' by their C-section when truth is that most women WILL give birth naturally without interventions. I studied this for years so I could go on, but needless to say, C-sections also cost lives and many C-sections are mainly done for convenience sake.

Do C-sections save lives? Sure. Are they done WAY too often? Absolutely. It's been suggested that about 5% of births genuinely need a C-section. Since the C-section rate is around 30%, it's clear many are done unnecessarily, and as mentioned, C-sections can introduce a whole 'nother batch of complications. It's a decision that needs to not be taken lightly. I know of women who have had babies die for lack of a C-section and I know of women who have died or been maimed from C-sections. We should always try for natural first and then - only if necessary medically, not because of the clock or the doctor being impatient - maybe C-section becomes an option.