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Natural birth vs Caesar

Written by Mathaz from the blog Natural vs Caesar on 23 Jul 2009
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Before I gave birth I never entertained the thought of having a c-section. Never even read articles which had to do with it. I thought that women who go through with it without having any medical complications are “cowards” and giving birth after all was about stretching your legs, sweating, crying and most importantly feeling pain. I wanted to feel that pain, I wanted to pat myself on the back and declare that I am indeed a woman by enduring birth pains.

Well the day my water broke my child’s head was still high and my gynae advised on a c-section. I did not want it, I thought about all the birthing experience I was going to miss, the pushing. What I had imagined was not going to be and remember I did not know what happens since I was not educating myself on Caesar, I was after all not a “coward”. My mind was busy, called my mom and asked for her advise and eventually did a c-section.

I must admit that my birth experience was beautiful, with my husband by my side videotaping every minute of our first child’s day on earth. What I find interesting after wards when I announced the birth of him was most people’s negative attitude towards Caesar. The comments were staggering and negative. Saying that I took the easy way out, what’s so natural about natural birth?? I thank God for epidural and for Caesar. As much as it takes for ever to heal, I thank God that I had an easy labour not because of c-section but all along I have been praying for the pain to be numb.

So blockers what is your take on having a c-section, do you think women who do it are “cowards”??




136 Comments

Mathaz
23 Jul 2009 11:55

Here's my take...

cleve
23 Jul 2009 12:00

Thank you for the effort, now lemme read.........

Mpums
23 Jul 2009 12:06

@Mathaz- i went for a c-section last year I was really scared anyway everything went well as u said its take 4eva to heal i don't think that we r cowards we are brave and that epidural made me cry.

cleve
23 Jul 2009 12:06

No I don't think you are a coward, but I believe that a natural way is the way to go for me. It's a beatiful experience and I never want to miss it. 
I had natural birth and I will do it again.

GML
23 Jul 2009 12:07

I dont know anything about giving birth because I have never given birth.

but my views on C- section differ from yours. I know that they do a c-section for emergencies on the 1st child. So I dont have a problem with it.

I'm still not sure what i would - natural or C-section. But hubby will not hear of C-section unless the doctors says so.

I watch birth stories on Zone reality everyday and i think it's ok to have the baby naturally. but then again those women react differently leaving me very confused about what I am going to do.

So I will see when my water breaks

felfel
23 Jul 2009 12:07

I ai'nt got no babies yet, but i would like to have a natural birth, i've watched the tapes, heard the (painful, horrendous) testimonies, but i would like to have that experience, not because i think i'm brave but its something i want to experience.
However if there's ever any medical reason for me not to have a natural birth but a c-section, i would welcome that option if only to deliver a healthy baby becos at the end of the day the baby has to be delivered, ceaser or no ceaser. 

Best-Achiever
23 Jul 2009 12:11

if there was a way of having a baby withought having to be pregnant... i'd be a happy woman ...9 months with big tummy scares me. Giving birth is even worse... If was up to me only i would never be pregnant so i can never give birth ..s so so scared of those things dont see anything beautiful with them

Mathaz
23 Jul 2009 12:16

@BA  Pregnancy is so fulfilling and don't worry about the tummy coz when you are you are focused on the well being of your unborn child.  I was also felling like that before i conceived but when it happened i could not stop looking and admiring my tummy. 

zolx
23 Jul 2009 12:16

Have gone natural...but if there was a medical problem that required me to do the C-section i would. but first choice is natural birth.

i dont look down or think badly of ppl who do Ceasar - its their choice, just like with most things in life. you choose which one is best for you.

Lbg
23 Jul 2009 12:17

Mathaz my friend just gave brith today a baby boy ka C- section
just thought i should share seeing as the is some kinda coincendence(can't spell)
besides i heard that wen you give birth ka C you always have pains in your mid section

cleve
23 Jul 2009 12:18

be a happy woman ...9 months with big tummy scares me

BA,
it's the most beautiful experience of your life. I miss being preggies.......... I just love attention maybe thats why

zolx
23 Jul 2009 12:21

Pregnancy is so fulfilling and don't worry about the tummy coz when you are you are focused on the well being of your unborn child. I was also felling like that before i conceived but when it happened i could not stop looking and admiring my tummy

i echo you there Mathaz and your tummy wont be big for the full 9 mnths. ppl show at different times, some show at 6 or 5 months. and asiveli sibe sikhulu its only between 8 & 9 that siba sikhulu kakhulu that you're also uncomfortable. 

i love being pregnant...its the last few weeks that arent so nice. the exhaustion, walking becomes a mission. but pregnancy is beautiful nje...

Lbg
23 Jul 2009 12:21

if there was a way of having a baby withought having to be pregnant... i'd be a happy woman ...9 months with big tummy scares me. Giving birth is even worse... If was up to me only i would never be pregnant so i can never give birth ..s so so scared of those things dont see anything beautiful with them

evrything just said BA i feel you

nekzo
23 Jul 2009 12:23

I had c section twice and I dont think I had been a "coward" for that,if you have to go through a c setion you dont have to feel as if you are not woman enough because you didnt do the push push,for the mere fact that you where pragnant for 9  months,and you have to go through the epidural and a gynae had to slaughter you like a cow,believe me you are a woman enough and of course not a "coward"

Best-Achiever
23 Jul 2009 12:24

im sorry Mathaz and Cleve, i dont see anythng fullfil and beautiful with that ... i do love attention but i'd rather not be attended to if i had to choose ..LOL

zolx
23 Jul 2009 12:26

yes nekzo and with C you still have to endure the pain of the wound afterwards. i know with naturla as well if you teared and wathungwa for a few days it gets sore down there until you heal.

just love attention maybe thats why - guess that's why i love it too cleve. but have one last time to be preggies but it can wait for a couple of years..

Mathaz
23 Jul 2009 12:28

for the mere fact that you where pragnant for 9 months,and you have to go through the epidural and a gynae had to slaughter you like a cow,believe me you are a woman enough and of course not a "coward"  So true i often at times look at the cut and think that a c-section is a major surgery.

@BA are you perhaps worried about having mkhaba afterwards??

maddie
23 Jul 2009 12:29

natural - what happens to your vijayjay, does it get big - and please don't tell me it will go back to its normal size cos i've heard a lot of guys and women complaining about that.

caesar - does ur vijayjay gets affected with  this procedure as well.

please educate

nekzo
23 Jul 2009 12:32

@ Mathaz  and the sad part is the mkhaba's afterwards,phela it's not easy to bopha the mkhaba's after a c section 

is your mkhaba gone Mathaz if so how did you do it?

GML
23 Jul 2009 12:32

I have a friend who becomes so big when preggies. Her tummy lloked uncomfortable. When you see her back you cant tell she is preggies.

@BA: I hated the thought od kids nje. I didnt even want to hold them until a friend gaev birth adn I help the 4 hour old baby in my arms and hubby told me I look beautiful holding that baby. I knew then that I was ready.

so I'm preparing for 1 now

Mathaz
23 Jul 2009 12:33

@Maddie, i know your gina goes back after giving birth even if your child's head was somehow big and with a c-section they cut you open to take the baby out and your gina stays intact.

Best-Achiever
23 Jul 2009 12:33

@BA are you perhaps worried about having mkhaba afterwards?? 

No Mathaz.. im just scared of being pregnant and giving birth. ... it cares me it is not even funny.

Mafresh
23 Jul 2009 12:34

I miss all the attention I got while preggies. I had a natural, and retained my size 32 figure. 
 The advantage of natural is that o bofa letheka immediately after birth and get back to your waist figure, whilst c-sectioners are nursing their operations.

Either way, you're stilla mother  

zolx
23 Jul 2009 12:35

natural - what happens to your vijayjay, does it get big - and please don't tell me it will go back to its normal size cos i've heard a lot of guys and women complaining about that. YES It does go back to its normal size

caesar - does ur vijayjay gets affected with this procedure as well. no, it doesnt affect the vagina

nekzo
23 Jul 2009 12:36

no Maddie your vijajay is not affected on a c section,only when they put on that thing fou urine I dont know what is it called

Best-Achiever
23 Jul 2009 12:38

I love kids GML, i always did, my elder sister have a baby it feels like he is mine, im the one who gave him the first bath and clothed with him and im so so good with kids ... when im home i always ask for people's kids ... i adore them a lot, i do love them .... but the whole process of getting one scare me still

Mathaz
23 Jul 2009 12:38

@nekzo i didn't bopha at all but i have a smallanyana mkhaba, you won't even notice it...I'm breastfeeding and i think that contributed to my weight loss and the mkhaba issue. 

Green.arrow
23 Jul 2009 12:40

...i think i also wanna be educated maddie...
I love kids so much and one dy i'd love to have many kids......2 of mine and many adopted......
But i have to agree with BA...if there was a way to get those two without particularly the pain, id be fisrt in line.
I have doctor friend who specialises in such and i always try to get him to say.."giving birth is not painfull....but he never does,nommater how i phrase my question......

God help us hle.....

oh he told me once about giving birth in a bath or something??...he said it is less...painfull....
and ofcourse i wanted to ask how "less"..like 50 80 90 % less?.....

Smilo
23 Jul 2009 12:41

So blockers what is your take on having a c-section, do you think women who do it are “cowards”??  - I don't think so... for medical or health reason you do not have a choice. The important part is your health and the baby. We all wish to have natural birth but angeke kwenzeke ngentando yakho.

nekzo
23 Jul 2009 12:42

I also breastfeed both my kids and went back to my original weight, eish but the mkhaba doesnt want to go away,it's not that bad but I want to be flat phela...LOL

ms.tebby
23 Jul 2009 12:43

eish I so much want a baby...but the thought of pregnacy scared me a lot & the stiches..& im told u get constipated after delivery...OMG...lemme read now I just rushed to reply

cleve
23 Jul 2009 12:44

no Maddie your vijajay is not affected on a c section,only when they put on that thing fou urine I dont know what is it called

Apparantly it does, because it's naturally supposed to dilate. The only difference is that the baby doesn't eventually go through. 

Ja with a ceasar you shal stay with a mkhaba because you can't tie your tummy. But with natural you are done the moment you give birth. The pain is non or little. To fully recover ti will take a week. So I prefer natural because you get back to your life quicker.

maddie
23 Jul 2009 12:45

love kids GML, i always did, my elder sister have a baby it feels like he is mine, im the one who gave him the first bath and clothed with him and im so so good with kids ... when im home i always ask for people's kids ... i adore them a lot, i do love them .... but the whole process of getting one scare me still

@BA

I FEEL U SISTA COS I'M LIKE THAT, IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF CONVINCING FOR ME TO HAVE KIDS

Matha
23 Jul 2009 12:48

Well, the C-section is MUCH better and less painful experience. Again, it also depends on your stature for natural birth, Last time i hear they said baby with C-section are very aggresive and short temper.

GML
23 Jul 2009 12:48

What do you tie mokhaba with guys? Mafresh please tell me

KeleFabulous
23 Jul 2009 12:51

i find that most doctors nowadays will give any excuse for you to have a c-section. it's fast, goes according to their schedule, plus the money's waay better than a natural birth. i feel every woman needs to question the necessity of a c-section (if adviced by a doctor) and determine, get a 2nd opinion if you have to, whether or not that is the "best" option.

a c-section is no "easy way out" by the way. i had a natural birth with no epidural. the pain lasted some hours. but i hear the "after" pains of a c-section take weeks to go away. in that time you hav eto breastfeed etc...when it comes to giving birth there IS NO EASY WAY OUT

Green.arrow
23 Jul 2009 12:51

natural birth-"To fully recover ti will take a week"........Lord, im scared of pain....be it for a minute and hour................a week??.......

Mathaz
23 Jul 2009 12:54

Well, the C-section is MUCH better and less painful experience
The procedure itself is painful but after the aneasthetic has died down, it's so painful i remember the first time i wanted to bend and could not..

Mafresh
23 Jul 2009 12:55

@ Mathaz, maka feela, mine is still intact, looks and feel like it was before.

nekzo
23 Jul 2009 12:57

it's true kelefabulous doctors nowadays will give any excuse for a c setion with my first baby the gynae told me stories and said I should go for a c section and I agreed witout questioning him because I was tired of labour pains.......
and with the second one I had no choice  I had to go through a c section

Mathaz
23 Jul 2009 13:00

Meant to say the procedure is less painful .....

Foxy gal
23 Jul 2009 13:05

I've had 2 babies naturally & I loved it, infact i love the whole preggies thing, from making a baby lol up to giving birth esp being pregnant -the feeling of yo baby kicking, the feeling of the head & shoulders coming out - gosh it amazing!!!! I JUST LUV IT
The C section I'm scared of it cos i'm not educated on it (I wud only do it if & only if it was an emergency)

Akia
23 Jul 2009 13:08

this topic is very close to my heart so i had to come out of my silent blogging,  blive it or not i was in labour for 26 hrs but i ended up having a c-section some of us are lucky enough to make those kind of choices but i wasn't

blueroze
23 Jul 2009 13:12

what’s so natural about natural birth
the fact that you popped a watermelon out of a keyhole

So blockers what is your take on having a c-section, do you think women who do it are “cowards”?? 
you are a coward if you choose it, but if you it was a Dr's advice there is nothing one can do

nna i popped mine out broad day light ka 13H30 after close48 hours of labour  pains. the worst was that his dad had just left for Germany 10 days before..tjeer

what i thank God for is that at some point the Dr said the child is in disstress and i'll have to deliver ka c- section....yesess a gana mfana wam a lend on earth broad day light......oh the greatest experience ever

cleve
23 Jul 2009 13:13

I still advise that natural is the way to go............. Fast, the pain is more but the results are better.

Dash
23 Jul 2009 13:13

I've had a C section by choice. I can't stand pain and so I went for it. This does not make me a coward. It was painful though. If natural is more painful then I'll never go for it.

1 thing I love about the C section is the Sexy scar I got. It is so adorable and unbelievable. I always make sure I shave my vjay even though no one sees it.. I love my scar and I'm so proud of it. I just touch it and think about that experience. I remember they were playing some song about calafonia. I saw "everything" while I was calm with him on myside and everyone was wearing those silly theatre clothes.

Everything was perfect until I woke up from my peacefull sleep. I cried for no reason and the pains that night... very painful.. i still feel bad for the poor nurse who had to take care of me that nite.  i made her cry.

SuddenCute
23 Jul 2009 13:16

I gave birth the natural way without epidural and yes its painful, you get the pains here and there and thats it but with C the pain lasts for weeks.

what happens to your vijayjay, does it get big - and please don't tell me it will go back to its normal size- it stretches yes but it goes back to its size and the kegel exercises helps especially when they are done way before giving birth until after giving birth as it strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor

Mathaz
23 Jul 2009 13:19

Everything was perfect until I woke up from my peacefull sleep.  Tell me about it, i remember i wanted to hold and breastfeed my baby but i could not find a suitable position and therefore breastfed my baby the following day.

GML
23 Jul 2009 13:19

People I asked a Question. What do you bopha the mokhaba with?

If I want to decrease mokhaba ke tlama ka eng hleng bathong???

Pooky
23 Jul 2009 13:23

So blockers what is your take on having a c-section, do you think women who do it are “cowards”?? 

Am yet to experience it......
...i think it doesnt matter whichever way you do it as long as it will be safe for you and your child...C-sec or Natural okusalayo u'v brought a life into this world

Mafresh
23 Jul 2009 13:24

What do you tie mokhaba with guys? 
There are many options: 
1. There's this gim rubberish belt sold at Game/Dion. First wrap yo waist with some cotton material followed by this belt.
2. Flene material (ask yo granny about this one), it's very comfortable. 
3. This smallernyana towels. 
4. I've seen some material that Indians use specifically for the tummy, but i've never seen it around. 
Make sure gore the material is tied VERY firmly and for this u need assistance.

ms.tebby
23 Jul 2009 13:24

mafresh my friend tell me about the constipation..why are you all ignoring me, nxa? what causes the constipation? coz i cant imagine stitches + constipation, how am i going to use the toilet?

Dash
23 Jul 2009 13:25

@ GML there are belts designed for that. You can buy them anywhere.

I do breath in. I does wonders. Akere your tummy becomes loose. So tightening it really helps. You can do this anytime everywhere, while driving, sitting or walking.

Cody
23 Jul 2009 13:26

the fact that you popped a watermelon out of a keyhole LOL Blueroze!

i heared that if you wear a size 3 or 4, your birth canal is smaller so you will have your kids via c-section.so all you size 3's out there, watch out! i dont know how true is this though.


 

Lex
23 Jul 2009 13:26

I just wish it was possible for the pregnancy to have a shorter period,phela 9 months is too long according to me.And I've heard some people even go up to the 10th month.I think I've been putting off pregnancy coz of the duration. I think I'd go the natural way (even though ke legwala) coz apparently u feel pain for a short time.I wouldn't opt for the c-section coz of the post-op pain (except of course for medical reasons) and I wouldn't go for the epidural either coz my aunt had it and she complained of backache for 2yrs.

GML
23 Jul 2009 13:27

Material ya cotton Mafresh. Where do I get it?

My friend used a doek to do that. It seemed to have worked because she is very flat.

I have the belt yako game tho. So i will be okay ne.
Do I hav to make it tight tight or just wrap it around?

nekzo
23 Jul 2009 13:28

otlama ka tuku yahobofa hlohong or di belt tsa seguwa

GML
23 Jul 2009 13:28

@Dash: What are they called? Which shops? People I'm planning to have one so i really need to know this please

Dash
23 Jul 2009 13:30

i cant imagine stitches + constipation, how am i going to use the toilet?

They give you sum pill that u put in your a'' hole and you won't be constipated.

GML
23 Jul 2009 13:30

What is this Epidural thing???

Sejabana
23 Jul 2009 13:30

I was preggies with twins i wanted natural and the doc advise c section,
even though i has an easy pregnancy and both baies had turned, was not happy with going c  coz i've seen those women on birth stories giving birth to twins naturally and my grandmother did it way back in tha day so why couldnt i, my doc wouldnt budge so c section it was,

Sejabana
23 Jul 2009 13:31

I was preggies with twins i wanted natural and the doc advise c section,
even though i has an easy pregnancy and both baies had turned, was not happy with going c  coz i've seen those women on birth stories giving birth to twins naturally and my grandmother did it way back in tha day so why couldnt i, my doc wouldnt budge so c section it was,

SuddenCute
23 Jul 2009 13:31

ha ha cody..lol I dont think that size thingy is true.. I wear size 4 and didnt have th C

Dash
23 Jul 2009 13:33

GML check ko Game or Dion.

Epidural ke an injection that they'll give you to numb your lower body. You'll be awake when they perform the operation but your lower body will be dead. They make you sit on a small chair while you've got this big tummy and they inject it on your spine.

blueroze
23 Jul 2009 13:36

...9 months with big tummy scares me @ BA the tummy gets bigger after 4 months. so you'll have a big tummy for about 4,5 months and if you lucky it wont be too big but it will be heavy

what happens to your vijayjay, does it get big
they cut it to make space. they saw you LIVE tjo go botlhoko mara once you're healed you're back in game
after giving birth i had stiches and when i peed it went all directions because of the cuts even after "reconstruction"

BA are you perhaps worried about having mkhaba afterwards??
mkhaba is a problem for thosewho had c cause you cant excersive your tummy at an early stage. you must wait and get healed and most of the time is difficult to have it the way it was before

GML
23 Jul 2009 13:37

@Dash: yeeeew. haai ngeke. I'm flipping afraid of injections. I would rather go all natural . Yoh, injections???? jerrrr. No ways

felfel
23 Jul 2009 13:37

My older sista has four kids (all natural birth), the last borns being twin gals, the Doc said she must deliver via a c-section cos the gals were in a bridge (sp.) position, i don't know wat hapened but my sister gave birth naturally, my mum was shocked, apparently she even took a break in between delivery, got up and freshened up and was back at it again with the 2nd twin. lol, they are 3 years old now,

GML
23 Jul 2009 13:40

@Blueroze: Do they stitch you while you're awake? Do they give you an anesthetic to make you sleep before they stitch you?

Do they have to cut you? with a blade? Do you feel pain when they do that?

joh, why do I feel like I'm really ready for a baby?

Cody
23 Jul 2009 13:40

LOL !!Sho Felfel your sister ke boza!!!

felfel
23 Jul 2009 13:43

My friend yena, she gave birth nge c-section at medforum Pta central, a few days after the stiches riipped open, she was at home bleeding, baby screaming hungry and she couldn't breast feed, she went back to Hosopital, caba they sewed her the wrong way, she was stiched up again and sent home same day, next thing she was bleeding again, she went back and was stiched up again. mind u this person don't have no car, had to travel by bus/taxi to and fro. She's fine now, the baby is turning 1 in October.

Mathaz
23 Jul 2009 13:45

Felfel are you for real???, 

the side effect of epidural is the backache, mine went on for about five months but now my back seems to be okay..

ms.tebby
23 Jul 2009 13:49

eish i will decide between the 2 when i get there...J?

Best-Achiever
23 Jul 2009 13:50

Do they have to cut you? with a blade? Do you feel pain when they do that? 

i dont know how this is done GML all i know is my friend ... had pains when laughing, sneezing, peeing and couls not sit straight... becase of the stiches... shame thanks you with giving birth

Blueroze... nna the whole thing nje of being preggies real scares me...

Mafresh
23 Jul 2009 13:52

Oh Ms.t… With the first baby they normally sika the vj to create more space. Maar this heals very quickly, thanks to the sits baths ka savlon. Luckily I gave birth in summer, thus I ate lots of peaches, apricots after birth. It took me 4 days to do number2 and I was so scared. But when the call of nature calls, there’s nothing one can do other than to respond. Thus I recommend prunes, raisins, peaches as well as apricots before and after birth to ease constipation.

GML: doek is still ok (towel even better), maar you must breath in while wraping, hence I say u need assistance.

Lex
23 Jul 2009 13:54

Shooooo Felfel,wa bona that's why I'm going natural in 2012!!!!

lady gaga
23 Jul 2009 13:55

i go with natural birth because dats what i had..as for c section i dnt even want to think about it!

my mom had a c section when she had my younger sister and something went wrong with the operation.its been 10 years now since my sister was born and somehow she started feeling pain on the operation, she says it swells and created a sort of a balloon with a discharge and it gets worse when she is on her periods....now she has to go for another operation to clean it and remove whatever dat is making it painfull!!!!!   so all in all i dnt want anything to do with c section, i pray to God not to go that route,thank you......

 

Cande
23 Jul 2009 13:56

if there was a way of having a baby withought having to be pregnant... i'd be a happy woman ...9 months with big tummy scares me. Giving birth is even worse... If was up to me only i would never be pregnant so i can never give birth ..s so so scared of those things dont see anything beautiful with them

My feelings exactly BA

just T
23 Jul 2009 13:59

maddies with c-section your vijay does not get affected. And natural i am not sure mara i heard that they say it goes back to its original size. i do not believe it though.

Cande
23 Jul 2009 13:59

eeuuw am getting more frigtened from reading this article

Cande
23 Jul 2009 14:02

i heared that if you wear a size 3 or 4, your birth canal is smaller so you will have your kids via c-section.so all you size 3's out there, watch out! i dont know how true is this though.

I also heard this two Cody from a medical doctor, now i get more frighetened

Pooky
23 Jul 2009 14:04

everything sounds too painful nje...frightening indeed Cande...

mash
23 Jul 2009 14:06

Hi..this article got me out of my silent blogging..Scary stuff!! I heard that water birth is less painful..How true is this?

lady gaga
23 Jul 2009 14:07

@just T
<<i heard that they say it goes back to its original size. i do not believe it though.>>

you better start beleiving it because its true, i know i've been there myself. i gave birth naturally 6 years ago and my vijay is ok, well it might not be the same as a person who has'nt given birth bt still i mnandi...lol   

u even forget dat it tore for a baby to come out yazi!!!!

Mpums
23 Jul 2009 14:16

@Lady gaga - lol my friend  [bt still i mnandi]

Matha
23 Jul 2009 14:18

Hi..this article got me out of my silent blogging..Scary stuff!! I heard that water birth is less painful..How true is this? there's no such thing pain is apain, l think you only get less pain if your gifted between the legs I must say; 

beckyre
23 Jul 2009 14:20

Wow. I had a natural birth and really loved it. people that is the most wonderful experience i have ever had. and would really like to do it again.

Mafresh
23 Jul 2009 14:23

Seconded, lady g... ena le woza woza. Though it took me months before having sex, cause i thought I needed intense healing. Maar it still looks fine and fragile, LOL

Mafresh
23 Jul 2009 14:25

And natural i am not sure mara i heard that they say it goes back to its original size. i do not believe it though..

Eish Just T, i wish I can cybershow u mine, LOL!!!!!!!!!

just T
23 Jul 2009 14:28

@lady gaga, let me try it then i will tell you if i mnandi for real.... <grin>... I guess it is true then. Mina i went for a C-section and the experience was awesome. I don't want to experience that pain... i guess i am a coward.

lady gaga
23 Jul 2009 14:31

to all u guys who havn't given birth
(cande,GML,and the others)

i want to tell you dis today and you better beleive it - giving birth is painfull, i dnt care whichever way it is... we dnt experience it the same way but all in all the pain is there, you have to know!!!

dnt let anyone tell u otherwise,or else......

just T
23 Jul 2009 14:33

Eish Just T, i wish I can cybershow u mine

Hey i get it, please do not put pictures in my head... a guy's opinion would help.

just T
23 Jul 2009 14:36

you are right Lady gaga, c-section is also painful and the trauma of those knives and axes stays in your head forever... My hubby fainted when i was giving birth.... get the pictures???

crazyX
23 Jul 2009 14:40

@Just T..C-section and the experience was awesome... Realy??

eish, mara why do women suffer? Period pains are unbearable, i can't imagine ama-labour pains... God bless our mothers!!!

TheLady
23 Jul 2009 14:46

Gone are the days of acting like birth is a medical procedure with 20 people fussing around you, people are optic for home births manje. I'm all for natural birth, and I'm praying that everything goes well so that I can have my water birth

I'd say if you can get a midwife go with one, gynea are all about the money so they'll most definately wanna slice you. Good midwives try by all means to prevent perineal tearing (BTW you can do perineal massages to lessen the chance). It's mostly gov hospitals that cut your perineal area.

If you are not dilating as fast and in pain (obviously LOL) there are many methods to help pethadine etc.

check out www.genesisclinic.co.za for the most beautiful birthing clinic in SA..even BA will wanna have a baby LOL

just T
23 Jul 2009 14:47

for me it was.... no pain at all mara side effects after the procedure....hmmmmmm

Twenke
23 Jul 2009 14:50

GML....they cut ur vijay with a scissor when the baby's heard is about to come 
out...You will not feel anything coz u will be concentrating on ur contractions and pushing.
Before they stitch u they inject a local anaestheic on the vjay..so it wont be painful..if they dont cut you there are possibilities of the vjay tearing if the baby's head is big.
Some women give birth naturally without even being cut...it depends on pple really.

myname
23 Jul 2009 14:51

Thanks Mat & i will read ur replies later....

Hi mothers & mother-to-be....

I have a baby boy but i neva 4get the day i gave birth. Honestly i dont c myself having another baby unless of course i am married. Ndicela undive kakuhle sana, kuyanyiwa. 

Virginity is not  painfull but giving birth is hell. I gave birth naturally but i was gatvol, asking myself kanti lomntana uzophuma nini. 

I am still traumatised & i think if i need another baby in the future i will go counseling b4. 

It is DAMN painful, i dont wanna lie 2 u.

Lastly 2 ansa ur q, no darling u r not cowards as sometimes its not your choice.

Mathaz
23 Jul 2009 14:56

Some government hospitals are so cruel...my cousin gave birth to a 4.1 baby the natural way and she was so torn she could not even walk and was so constipated.

Having done C, I don't think i'll go the natural route.  To all mothers to be breast feeding is the best and cost effective.  The feeling that you get from knowing that your baby is sucking you for life and proteins, it's out of this world. 

Best-Achiever
23 Jul 2009 15:00

dankie myname ..safa abantu bethu is it so  what what ...hhayi  ...LOL

lady gaga
23 Jul 2009 15:01

lol @ Mafresh

@just T- shame ur man had to go through dat, bt it was good for him to see what his work produced..lol

Tshilo
23 Jul 2009 15:05

i dont mind being pregnent,but giving birth is something else 

myname
23 Jul 2009 15:06

safa abantu bethu is it so what what ...hhayi ...LOL
Ewe sana, it is ........LOL

Honestly mna i neva enjoy & will neva enjoy being pregnant. I hate everything about that process. The moods, your body, crying of the baby yeeeerrrrrrrrr. Im fine.

crazyX
23 Jul 2009 15:06

@ Myname..Hayibo!! ... i'm more scared now..
So does the Vjay get bigger afterwards??...Just T

VusiK
23 Jul 2009 15:10

I was all giddy and all nausea at both the C-Sections I attended, a third is on the way, and I will have to go through the nausea and Giddy all over again ... All but one of my children are C-sectioned. I have only witnessed two births. It is never pleasant, but I have never experienced a natural birth. I focus more on the result than on the modality.

Cody
23 Jul 2009 15:13

How to guys handle the constant fingering by nurses? (when they are checking how far the baby is)eish! having a baby is such a drag waitse!

Mafresh
23 Jul 2009 15:13

Apparently some lady got her legs burnt, she was getting cold after iepidural and u nursi was faka that heater fan, wash'umtana bantu without feeling it. they only saw smoke nje.

just T
23 Jul 2009 15:13

@crazyX, i don't know, i never went though that route i thought it does mara people who gave birth naturally say it does not.

Green.arrow
23 Jul 2009 15:21

my cousin gave birth to a 4.1 baby the natural way and she was so torn she could not even walk and was so constipated.........yo!..aowa ruri....
yo...im soo scared now......
I kep hoping i'd find a testimony that doesnt have pain in it.....hai hai hai....hai...
i have fear goose pimples (bumps)...

crazyX
23 Jul 2009 15:23

Mmmmhh, Mafresh.... liar, liar

Lela
23 Jul 2009 15:23

I don't mind c when it's your choice but i have a problem with these doctors who lie to you guys so they can make mo moola by c. For the first child I'd say ome should try natural just so you know how it is,I promise you won't die and after all that pain when they put your baby in your arm it becomes worth it and it makes you so proud of you self. Ok after two natural births,I still say I would do it again,maybe with the help of an epidural this time around.

myname
23 Jul 2009 15:24

So does the Vjay get bigger afterwards??...CrazyX dont worry ur vajaija will b ok dear, there is nothing 2 worry. You wont b iholoholo just heal first then eat ur banana like there is no tomorrow. But nna i wont lie 2 u, i am ok with this 1 boy.

nonzuzo
23 Jul 2009 15:28

Is it possible to go natural after a c section....??

just T
23 Jul 2009 15:31

@nonzuzo, yes it is possible as long as there are no complications

nonzuzo
23 Jul 2009 15:32

what complications?? sorry....

mash
23 Jul 2009 15:33

@Tshilo-I agree with you...

lady gaga
23 Jul 2009 15:37

You wont b iholoholo just heal first then eat ur banana like there is no tomorrow. kwakwakwakwakwakwakwa   and yes AMEN to dat sister

@Mafresh - aowa mogotsi...lmaol

just T
23 Jul 2009 15:37

like if the baby weight is under 3.5kg, you are healthy and the baby is not a bridge...

VusiK
23 Jul 2009 15:38

@nozuzo ... plenty of people have given birth naturally after C-Sections

Mafresh
23 Jul 2009 15:42

fingering by nurses.. thats better, what about when they get into your legs and shave yo vj?

lady gaga
23 Jul 2009 15:48

@VusiK

hai madoda all along i thought u were a he, but all of a sunday u are telling us that u gave birth, eish u scared me for a sec.  well im sorry maan bt atleast now i know, lol!!!!

guys is it true dat with c section, u can only give birth to not more than three kids??????

Mathaz
23 Jul 2009 15:57

guys is it true dat with c section, u can only give birth to not more than three kids??????

That's what i heard and that's also the negative side of ceasar, it limits the number of childern you want to have.

ms.tebby
23 Jul 2009 15:59

It took me 4 days to do number2 ...>>>>>eish im getting more & more scared!

Dash
23 Jul 2009 16:02

guys is it true dat with c section, u can only give birth to not more than three kids??????

That's what i heard and that's also the negative side of ceasar, it limits the number of childern you want to have.

Well that's fine with me. I'm not planning to give birth to a whole Dash nation... 1 is fine, so far.

Mafresh
23 Jul 2009 16:16

ms.t  chomi yaka, there is no need to get woried, u'll be pretty much occupied with joy to the new experience. And its very nice if yo mom is around, mine o na nhlapisa, I was not allowed to go anywhere near the stove or prepare the meals. Jo I was at the hotel, they even bathe the baby, mine was to breastfed her qha!!!!

suzzy82
23 Jul 2009 16:17

So blockers what is your take on having a c-section, do you think women who do it are “cowards”?hayibo its not about being a ''coward'' because u go through the labour pain, they told me very early that i'll deliver through ceasar   my baby was lying vertically so there was no other option 



 




mstick
23 Jul 2009 16:31

Ga ke na Mpja, katse, lefela, legotlo le tshwene so....sorry i cant help on this topic

Lela
23 Jul 2009 16:40

Ikuku yona ibamnandi more cz imatured after giving birth there is nothing it can't do.

ms.tebby
23 Jul 2009 16:51

thanx mafresh for the assurance :) mara i fear pain. in my culture thats what we do.. when u have a bay your mother has to be there & you dont do anything for 3 months...she does everything for you !

ms.tebby
23 Jul 2009 17:07

anyway thanx to technology ..the caesar these days dont give not those big scars that pople used to have in the 1900's this is a new era.. 2 of my colleaques had a caesar & the scars iare just the same size as the one I had after removing the appendix...so i gues its no big deal... i will opt for it

Strolicious
24 Jul 2009 12:23

So blockers what is your take on having a c-section, do you think women who do it are “cowards...not at all ,mina i ddnt have a choice my baby was tired so i had to do the Ceasar,....no complications

amen to dat Pooky ....i think it doesnt matter whichever way you do it as long as it will be safe for you and your child...C-sec or Natural okusalayo u'v brought a life into this world

Everything was perfect until I woke up from my peacefull sleep
.....same her Mathaz,they tld me kemo shimanyane and i only heard NE....so i tot intombazane...told every 1  i gt a baby gal..baby daddy also told ifamily yakhe...da next dat i told them akuseyona intombazane seku umfana

myname
24 Jul 2009 12:31

lol Stro......ke mshimane or ke ngwana? LOL

LM
24 Jul 2009 12:52

LOL...some of us r still childless so please blockers dont go into details too much,le a re tshosa tuu! this reminds me of a neighbour at home back in 1996 who gave birth in her room all by herself without making any sound. Her grandma was sleeping in the other room n the only thing the grandma heard was baby s cry...she was 16 at that time..she is stubborn n very chicky..the kind that liked to fight with older guys n kick their asses, LOL

odie
27 Jul 2009 15:09

hey i missed out, al i know about the c section is that the wound never heals. i am think of my mother everytime its cold because she experiences the pains on the wound. 
Me i am scared of pregnancy. i dont know what i will do. its amazing how  women will go on and on about labour pains and still have dozens of kids

Strolicious
28 Jul 2009 09:45

@ odie>>>al i know about the c section is that the wound never heals,,,i've never had a ny problems wth  it ,mine its ok

lady gaga
28 Jul 2009 09:52

it depends where u had it (c-section) done. my mom also experiences problems with hers once in a while, but i also have a friend who had a c - section and u wnt even tell bcs its so nicely done you wud swear she never gave birth in her life!

odie
31 Jul 2009 11:06

i am so scared of having a baby after reading all this.
i think the C section that was done 25 years ago (yes i am 25)  was not as advanced as now.


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