MartaMi I guess you're asking why I had my second c-section...
The first one I had as an emergency because there was meconium in the fluid & the baby wasn't descending or turning properly after more than 24 hours of labour. I didn't find recovery particularly taxing other than being exhausted from being awake for so long during labour.
The second time I had a choice- my doctor presented the risks associated with both vbac (vaginal birth after cesarean) and c-section. They are infintesimally more weighted toward preserving the life of the baby in one case and the mother in the other, though in both cases mortality of mother and/or baby is extremely rare. Where the risk of non-fatal complications was higher was in the case of vbac, and I made my choice on that basis, and also the basis that it is one thing to have a c-section, but it is quite another to put your body through one after a very long labour. That and the fact that during my pregnancy, I acted as my friend's labour coach. She insisted on a vaginal birth and she was subjected to things I was never told about in birth clases
including the nurse digging around her anus for poo whilst she was trying to push, and the doctor eventually cutting her vagina open with a GIANT PAIR OF SCISSORS (which is standard pratice but they don't tell you that). I was horrified. After all that her poor baby was deprived of oxygen because the pushing phase was too long (5 hours) and had to spend ten days in the NICU during which he had repeated seizures / stopped breathing- at this point he seems fine so far (except for night terrors / poor sleeping patterns) but he will have to be monitored for brain damage until the age of three. Also the way in which she was sewn up left her with problems with peeing, sex, and peeing during sex.
So after all that a scheduled c-section seemed, well, civilized.
And it was. I had no incision pain whatsoever and didn't have to take so much as a Tylenol after my surgery. I was up and walking around within hours. And no Frankenvulva, as another episiotomy surviving friend refers to hers.
And as it turns out, my second had a very short cord and what little cord there was was wrapped around his neck, which would have led to another emergency C-section anyway.
For this baby I wasn't given an option. Two strikes (c-sections) and you're out of the vaginal birthing game.
ps. the above is not meant to scare anyone- my friend's experience was not typical, it's just that when one is three months pregnant and trying to decide between a vbac and a scheduled section, you can see how experiencing it up close and in person might make one lean towards another C-section, no?
god i am sad.
Leaving at 2.20 
And getting my hair cut too, it's in desperate need of a pair of scissors 
I haven't had it cut since December 2008, I'm terrified of hairdressers so dreading it a bit.. Should I get a full fringe? Hmm hmm hmm!
but that might be because i trained as a hair dresser back in college lol i tend to leave it 6 months between cuts too which is so so so naughty lol
That's why I hateee going, I know it's obviously not going to happen again (especially as I intend to stay dark to avoid it 
! see how you feel when you get there, thats what i do. and then sit back and enjoy being pampered xxx
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