[olivia3boys]

Horrible. I know someone who had an elective C-section at 39 weeks (because she had a previous section) and whoops! The baby's lungs weren't developed and the baby spent a week in the NICU. The verdict was that either the dates were wrong or this baby's lungs just needed that extra week to develop.

And C-section recovery for women is so much worse compared to vaginal birth.

About stretch marks: only half of women get them at all, and it's not true that they primarily appear in the final two weeks. More like the final two months.

Gosh, people are so vain. My stretch marks are my badge of motherhood; and besides, they've faded to silver and are barely visible now.

Motherhood is a sacrifice but raising my three boys is the best thing I've ever done in my life. . .

[Marie]

If I were to be blessed with another pregnancy, I would insist on a C-section. My first as a C-section and the second was induced. After the last one, there is NO WAY I would go through that again, or put my baby through it. As far as I figure it, let the little tyke stay put as long as possible, then, when labor starts, visit the OR. Some of us weren't made to deliver babies.

[It's me]

About stretch marks: only half of women get them at all, and it's not true that they primarily appear in the final two weeks. More like the final two months.

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I've had five kids, one a 12 pounder, and not a single stretch mark.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Horrible. I know someone who had an elective C-section at 39 weeks (because she had a previous section) and whoops! The baby's lungs weren't developed and the baby spent a week in the NICU. The verdict was that either the dates were wrong or this baby's lungs just needed that extra week to develop.

Yes. I had a friend who badgered her doctor into giving her a C-Section because she didn't like giving birth. He finally relented. When they did the C-Section the ob and the pediatrician were horrified to discover the baby was much younger than calculated. They said out loud they never should have done it.

And C-section recovery for women is so much worse compared to vaginal birth.

I agree. I have another friend who has three kids, the last one C-Sectioned. After the first two she was outside raking leaves the next day! Now, I probably would never be that tough or advocate that, but she is pretty strong!