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Reply to "Beginning the Baby Journey- Dr Suggested No C-Section?"

I had this page set to follow when I was attempting to get pregnant/ deciding on delivery last year so the new posts reminded me to come back and provide my experience for anyone who may be searching in the future like I was. 

I was underweight after my final surgery and that most likely kept me from ovulating when we were trying. If your surgery was relatively recent don’t be discouraged, your body may just need a little more time to reboot.

 Prior to UC, I had two healthy pregnancies and uncomplicated vaginal delivery of two big babies. I then went on to have two miscarriages which we now believe were most likely caused by my undiagnosed UC. After being diagnosed and starting a biological I had another miscarriage but it was chromosomal and random, unrelated to my autoimmune conditions. The hormones from my third miscarriage sent my body into a tail spin and my colon came out about a month later. I had extensive internal bleeding from that surgery and a pretty extensive emergency surgery that same night. Despite that, I was able to stay on schedule with my second and third surgery. I completed my take down in Nov of 2017 and we began attempting to get pregnant in March of 2018 with clomid and trigger shot. The hormones were too much for me (crazy respect for you ladies who go through the ivf type drugs!) and we resigned ourselves to being done after month two. Beginning of July 2018 I got a positive test and was both overjoyed and terrified. 

I went back and forth on delivery a LOT and with my OBs recommendation I landed on a controlled vaginal delivery (induction with epidural to let baby “slide” out as others have said). However, I then saw my colon surgeon for pouch irritation near the end and asked him off hand what he thought of delivery method. He initially said he thought attempting a vaginal delivery seemed reasonable but that he would do some research (I was his first pregnant pouch patient). He called my OB and myself a week later and basically said after researching and speaking with colleagues he recommended a c-section. My OB said now that he was involved we basically had to go with his recommendation as my OB would be liable for disregarding his recommendation if a vaginal delivery went south. That was honestly A-OK with me. I was relieved to essentially have the decision made for me and to go with whatever my surgeon thought was best. My OB was great but I think everyone knows how attached you can be to a cautious and caring colon doc so what he thought simply carried my weight with me.

My csection went great. The surgery aspect is nothing compared to the open pouch surgeries I had. They do not cut the abs, they simply slide them up a bit. It was a little more extensive recovery than my vaginal deliveries but we had prepared for the worst case recovery (had help lined up,etc) and it was so much better than that. 

I knew this baby would be my last so had I planned on more I would have factored that into my decision of section vs vaginal.

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