Healthy women schedule C-sections to prevent vaginal stretching

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Has anyone personally encountered this, or known a doctor who would do it?

There's been press about this in the past few years, along with a "too posh to push" philosophy, and it seems very disturbing on so many levels. I don't have a link handy, but one story even said that in Brazil, the C-section rate for middle class women exceeds 90%! :down: It's actually considered disgraceful in some circles to deliver lady partslly, according to the source.

Every woman I have ever known who has experienced both has said that a lady partsl birth is MUCH less painful, even a very traumatic delivery vs. a c-section with no labor at all.

Keep in mind that this is not a criticism of necessary c-sections.

when i found out i was pregnant w/ my first son, i prayed that i didn't have to deliver lady partslly. i was praying for a c-section. my water broke on a friday evening and sunday afternoon, the doc finally decided to section me....no effacement, no dilation. i was thrilled!!! had my son @ 2:23pm and was up and walking around by 7pm. sure i was sore, but was thankful i didn't have to push that little human out through my lady parts!! my second was a sheduled section, about 1 week prior to due date....i wound up w/ pnuemonia 4 weeks before due date and ended up in labor. doc asked if i wanted to labor and deliver lady partslly, no way!!!!!! again, up and around quickly and home in 2 days. everyone has their own expectations of labor and delivery and i would never judge someone personally for their decisions. i actually think it's pretty funny and oh so vain to opt for the c-section just because they want to stay "tight". :lol2:

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Well I guess I will be the first to say I wanted a section right from the get go. No I was not a young model afraid to "ruin" her body but a 31 year old who was nervous of the whole process. Yes I knew where babies came from before I got pregnant, yes I went to the classes and yes I went through my labor and delivery part of nursing school , and frankly, seeing woman tear themselves from front to back was not something i wanted to have happen to me. Both my mother and maternal grandmother had horrific labors and deliveries, my mother's both ending in c-sections so what were MY chances of having a 4 hour labor and a 20minute delivery? Probably pretty slim. As it turned out I required inducing for the first, went through back labor which in itself I thought was pretty horrible, and progressed to a whole 3cm , had fetal distress and was decided that a c-section was necessary. I had absolutely no problems post op with anything, maternal bonding or otherwise. Discharged in 3days and back to normal in less than two weeks. I asked for one the second time after reading up on uterine rupture with VBACS and decided that was not a chance I wanted to take either, plus why go through labor again only to end up with an emergency section. My pelvic inlet was not any bigger than the first time, and second babies are generally larger. Again no problems with anything post op. I certainly did not want the sections to prevent lady partsl stretching as so many of the young starlets are doing but there are other reasons for wanting them, and I am not ashamed to say I am glad I chose to have them.

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I have been a L&D nurse for over 5 years and I can argure both sides of this debate. The end result is "a women's choice"......

In this contry if you can have all the risks of surgery ie anesthesia, bleeding, infection to inject saline into your boobs, suck fat out of your a$$, or cut pounds of fat off your stomach.....all just because you want to, then why can't you have an elective CS?

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We have a doctor who actually "high fives" and says "I did ANOTHER one" after delivering an infant by PRIMARY ELECTIVE C-SECTION. She talks many of her patients into a PRIMARY elective C/S. She tells them that pain can be controlled better after surgery than after a lady partsl birth. She PROMISES them that they will get scheduled medication around the clock: q6hr motrin/percocet, etc and that their pain will be mild. When we get them during the recovery period of 3 days in the hospital some do great and some have this bewildered look on their face like "I didn't know it would be this bad." It's everyone's choice I agree..whatever works..but the sadest thing to me is that the majority of these women will NEVER get to experience a lady partsl birth EVER even if they want to. Our hospital still allows VBACs but if they deliver elsewhere its pretty much over. I've had all 3 types of births: lady partsl, C/S and a VBAC and I would NEVER NEVER opt for a C/S unless medically necessary. I almost feel like rolling out the red carpet and giving 5 star treatment to the VBAC's. I am almost a cheerleader for them!!

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I almost feel like rolling out the red carpet and giving 5 star treatment to the VBAC's. I am almost a cheerleader for them!!

Ditto that! I am very lucky to work in a hospital that does TOLACs that often result in a successful SVD. We had moms this weekend that were on their 3rd & 4th VBAC. :w00t:

You have to shell out big bucks for boob jobs, lipo, etc. I wonder if people had to pay out of pocket for elective primary c/s if they would still be quite so popular.

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BUT "I want a tight lady parts" does not qualify as medical necessity.

There's surgery that you can have to tighten your lady parts. Apparently it's all the rage in Hollywood to have what I think they refer to as the "Jolie".

I don't have kids, but the thought that to deliver via c-section purely for a tight lady parts to please your husband is ridiculous. The baby's health comes first, not your husbands pleasure.

Didn't seem to bother my db after my sil had twins lady partslly. Two years later she gave birth to twins again, this time by c-section d/t both presenting breech.

But that's my opinion.

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My former gynecologist actually suggested that I become pregnant and deliver lady partslly in order to produce the lady partsl stretching on purpose. My assets are rather 'shallow,' so the doc said that a lady partsl birth would naturally stretch things out and give me more length.

While his advice was probably true, I am not ready to bring a child into the world to simply achieve more 'stretching.'

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My former gynecologist actually suggested that I become pregnant and deliver lady partslly in order to produce the lady partsl stretching on purpose. My assets are rather 'shallow,' so the doc said that a lady partsl birth would naturally stretch things out and give me more length.

While his advice was probably true, I am not ready to bring a child into the world to simply achieve more 'stretching.'

What is it with the gen public, dr's, husbands, etc hooked on having the 'perfect lady parts'. I would be insulted if my md suggested that to me.

What, if it's not perfect you'll never have sex again? Maybe we should try being happy with the way our vayjayjay looks and leave it at that.

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There's surgery that you can have to tighten your lady parts. Apparently it's all the rage in Hollywood to have what I think they refer to as the "Jolie".

I have heard of that and think it is ridiculous, unnecessary, and if I may be so bold as to call it this, mutilation.

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Self-mutilation.

They do it for aesthetic reasons as well.

I actually watch Dr. 90210 and I just don't get it,who puts that much thought into their lady parts? I And who decided what an attractive lady parts was. Do you go into the plastic surgeon and say give me Lindsey Lohan's lady parts???? Seriously people inquiring minds want to know.

If my husband complained about my lady parts after I gave birth to HIS children. I would tell him he has a perfectly good hand. Just my opinion.

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I know a doc who just started doing "lady partsl rejuvination" From what I hear it's more about making it better for the woman then for her partner.

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There's surgery that you can have to tighten your lady parts. Apparently it's all the rage in Hollywood to have what I think they refer to as the "Jolie".

I don't have kids, but the thought that to deliver via c-section purely for a tight lady parts to please your husband is ridiculous. The baby's health comes first, not your husbands pleasure.

Didn't seem to bother my db after my sil had twins lady partslly. Two years later she gave birth to twins again, this time by c-section d/t both presenting breech.

But that's my opinion.

Plus, why would anyone want to bring children into a relationship with a man who is that selfish?

They do pelvic reconstructions, for medical reasons, and part of the procedure involves tightening the lady parts but it's done to make things anatomically correct.

I was discussing this with a friend of mine, and she said, "If you put a tampon in there and it stays, what difference does it make unless your husband's a pencil d1ck?"

:lol:

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