I hear so many woment these days saying that they had little or no pain after their cs. My greatest difficulty with this is how these women dupe themselves into thinking that they had no pain and not correlate it with how they avoided feeling the pain, and would be interest to hear others thoughts.  OK the post natal drugs are very effective and give women the illusion that their body is not in pain, BUT what are the consequences to the poor breastfeeding baby of these powerful narcotics?.  Why do women who avoid alcohol, panadol and soft cheese for 9 months suddenly become happy about ingesting drugs more powerful than any of these and any they are likely to take in their life?????  Why aren't these women worried about the effect on their baby (assuming the cs was performed for the babies safety as is the usual argument), are these things discussed with women before the drug is administered?  I dont recall ever being told the possible side effects.

Carolyn

rem & melissa bruijn wrote:
On the topic of control...I love it when women say they want a cs cause they
are more in control....got news for them! Unless they are multi-skilled and
dam flexible and have the scalpel in their own hands, they are in no way in
control!

Jo Bainbridge


So right, Jo! Being pinned down and not being able to move your legs is a
horrible feeling - NO sense of control there.

And on the subject of "reasons" for a c/sec...I find it interesting when I
hear women say that they want a c/sec because they hate pain. I can say
from experience that a c/sec is in no way pain-free. Especially the
postnatal period. Trying to sit-up with a fresh slice across your belly,
add to that a uterine infection or scar infection (which most women I talk
to have had one or the other), bleeding and mashed raw nipples (from trying
to feed lying down b/c it is too painful for your belly to sit up, but then
it is too hard to get proper attachment lying down, hence the nipple
damage), feet blown up like puffer-fish for days and extremely tender, and
all without those releasing hormones of birth.


Now THAt is not pain-free.

Sigh - I am a little cynical these days.
< br>Melissa
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