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All the women in my family have had a hard time giving birth, does that mean I will too?

So I only have 47 days left till my babies due and I'm trying to figure out what I want to do about giving birth ( natural with pain medication or a planned C-section.) I was talking with my mom the other day and she let me know that all the women in our family have had trouble and complications while giving birth . . . I'm not sure of the complications my grandmother had but my mom had to be induced with me because her water broke early and she also had toxemia and with my sister she should have had an emergency C-section but the doctor didn't get to her in time (fortunately a nurse was there to catch my sister) with her it was found she had a condition where the vaginal muscles contract on there own and push the baby out on their own (sometimes before your fully dialated) that's what happened to her and my aunt had to have C-sections with both of her kids. . . and to top all that off my husbands side has a condition where the babies heart rate can suddenly drop (it killed is little sister at birth and his sons mom had to have an emergency C-section and fortunately they got to him in time and his fine now.) So I was wondering if all this is genetics or just bad luck and if I should have a planned C-section.

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  • Lissa
    Lv 4
    7 years ago

    Where I live you can not have a planned c-section unless you previously had one or have a medical disorder. I was supposed to have a natural delivery then ended up in an emergency c-section due to pre eclampsia. My sisters both had wonderful easy deliveries with no complications pregnancy wise. So I think it's the individual not genetics.

  • 7 years ago

    try to have naturally, with pain meds if needed and c-section as a last resort. Can-sections are so much harder to recover from.

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