My SIL is at the hospital waiting to have a C-section right now. She's in her 39th week. She's had a minor kidney infection which was being treated successfully with antibiotics, but she's been been having contractions about 7 min apart since Friday-ish. Nobody was worried, but now suddenly since the baby is breech and not engaging, her doc is freaking her out about going full into labor with a breech baby. He's given her the option of going today or waiting until next week, so it's obviously not a real emergency, but I think she's basically just tired of being pregnant...
This is her sixth pregnancy. She's never gone into labor naturally before, since she was induced with all the others, but she did manage to deliver all of her other kids vaginally. That said, I just can't see how the docs can be freaking out about a possible breech... seems to me she'd be more than capable of birthing a breech baby. Apparently they're not even going to try a version (is it too late for one?) or any kind of induction - they're just going for the cut. grr...
I really don't think she's been educated about the risks and recovery involved with a c/s. With her last 2 babies she was back at work in 2 days (she takes the baby to work with her.) I don't think she realizes that probably won't be a possibility this time... and I'm not sure if she gets any sort of pay while she's out...
I know this isn't about me and I'm not the one going through this and it's probably hard for her to make this decision, and I may not even be getting the whole story... but I feel so badly for her and for the baby. Sorry so long and thanks for reading... I just needed to vent a bit.
This is her sixth pregnancy. She's never gone into labor naturally before, since she was induced with all the others, but she did manage to deliver all of her other kids vaginally. That said, I just can't see how the docs can be freaking out about a possible breech... seems to me she'd be more than capable of birthing a breech baby. Apparently they're not even going to try a version (is it too late for one?) or any kind of induction - they're just going for the cut. grr...
I really don't think she's been educated about the risks and recovery involved with a c/s. With her last 2 babies she was back at work in 2 days (she takes the baby to work with her.) I don't think she realizes that probably won't be a possibility this time... and I'm not sure if she gets any sort of pay while she's out...
I know this isn't about me and I'm not the one going through this and it's probably hard for her to make this decision, and I may not even be getting the whole story... but I feel so badly for her and for the baby. Sorry so long and thanks for reading... I just needed to vent a bit.