I’m not sure myself or any of my friends would ever think that having a caesarian is the easy way out. There is no easy way out from childbirth! Between us all we’ve had a mix of different ways of giving birth and we’ve never judged each other for their choice (or how it ended up). I think mums’ need to remember that we’re all on the same team here.

Shredded and mangled by the doctor? Oh dear. Lovely choice of thankful words

I had 2 C sections both were absolutely not my choice but a decision taken by the Doctors.
By my daughter I went through the pain relief when I was on the table, while they were cutting I started to feel everything. My body reacted hugely on the pain and my blood pressure went down way low. Because they had to give extra pain relief next my body was not able to cope well with the extra substancy and I spent many many hours in recovery, enormous headaches, under temperature and extremely low blood pressure. But once I was through that I was fine and recovered super quick, in fact I was within a week after my C-section doing my shoppings on my bike. Idem with the recovery of the C-section with my son.
We’re all different in how quick we heal and probably how much pain we can feel & endure.

Great post this is so true. I had 2 c-sections myself and it certainly is not the easy way out! One thing that strikes me is that anyone who has major surgery gets therapy after surgery to rebuild the muscles. Not with a c-section! Almost 16 years later and I still have issues with my abdominal muscles from my c-sections! It’s not right!

I had a c section too. I don’t care if anyone judges me because of that. It was the only way my baby was coming out alive

I have had 2 emergency c-sections and have given anything to have a normal birth but that was not to be for the well being of me and my children. There is nothing easy about it and it is very painful.MN

An appendics scar is painful enough. When you walk around you feel as though where your clothing touches it is on fire for a few days.
Having to be so careful what you do for a few weeks until the scar has healed would be so difficult. Not being allowed to lift anything, raise your arms too high must be so frustrating. My appendics wasn’t keyhole and 6 weeks of restricted movement just about bored me to tears. After 4 weeks I started wanting to do things I knew i wasn’t supposed to do. I didn’t have a baby to care for or extra washing mounting up.

i love this post its brilliant, i had two born the ‘normal way’ and my last by emergency c-section and i also know how this is most certainly not the easy way. my first two labours were both over 24hrs but i finally had them, my last was only 14 hours but ended in emergency c-section, and i can tell you right now recovering from c-secion is sososo much worse.

Never ever have considered a c section easy. Vaginal and C section births may all be difficult and complicated and need recovery time. I just hope all mums get the care and support they need and wish them every success with their babies.

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  It is always such a shame when people have to compare and judge other women on birth experiences. There can be pain for all ways of birthing children and it is not helpful to say one way hurts more than the other as every experience is individual. Women need to support each other.

I have had 2 emergency caesars, the first was torture but the second was easier, my babies ended up in special care nursery as prems, I don’t know how new mums cope when they can’t move!

My sister had a c-section that took so long to heal and even opened up again in one section and was infected! She wished she’d had a natural birth, now she deals with scarring and abdominal pains to this day. Her son is now 6 years old!

I have never thought a c section was the easy way out. I had 3 X 2cm scars when I had my appendix out and they hurt like hell. No way could I cope with a cut right across my entire belly! Ouch!!!