I need to finish up my Positive Cesarean section for the book I am contributing too.
I will definitely reference this video in the appendix.
It isn’t embedding – uggh. Here is the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5RIcaK98Yg
I hope that one day all cesareans will be this kind for mom and baby!
As one of my friends pointed out, it would lower the PPD rate and increase the breastfeeding rates if more cesareans were like this.
I absolutely love this video. I plan to share it with all my friends who are planning a repeat C-section. I posted it on facebook and a friend who has a huge cyst over her cervix (who has had 2 c-sections) commented on how she would have LOVED to have her birth like this. I told her she could if she interviewed providers before her 3rd birth and found one willing. It would be wonderful if all hospitals adopted this type of care. It really is more like a vaginal birth in a lot of ways. I love how they allowed mom to watch baby come out too. Every step they did was important in helping mom feel a part of the process. Thanks for the great video.
Oh I loved this video. I SOOOOO wish my c-section had been like this. He was my first baby, so I missed him for those LONG hours when we weren’t together. Planning a VBAC this time, but if I do need a cesarean, I will be asking for these measures to be taken.
Yay! I think if we share this with everyone women will start demanding this kinder way of cesarean birth.
Beautiful video, it made me reflect on a birth I was a doula for a few years back. It was a C-section for a breech baby , which was given “permission ” not to be scheduled but for mom to to able to go into labor to really know that was the right time for baby . It was so relaxed and exciting as we put on a CD in the OR with beautiful music that the parents chose. Dad singing to the baby after she was born as she lay in moms arms. Smiles and tears of joy all around. I have attended over 400 births and this one is amongst the top 10 best. By the way, second baby was a VBAC home birth! Rock on mom
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That is awesome!!! Both the positive cesarean and then that she had a VBAC.