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Making decisions about birth after caesareanArrow
Aged 31-35
Interview 11  

Interview 11

Age at Interview: 32
Background: Marketing manager with a son aged two years two months. Husband is an accountant. Ethnic background: White British.
Brief outline:Rushed to have CS after baby passed meconium and stopped moving. Had quick recovery. Keen to experience vaginal birth with 2nd child, laboured for 66 hours. Some complications afterwards but glad to have experienced giving birth both ways.


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Health professionals need to be aware that women who have had a caesarean without labour may need more information about labour and pain relief than other second time mothers.

 



And if you were to give a message to the health professionals that give information to women who are planning a second delivery what information do you think health professionals should be providing, what message would you send to them? 

I think they need to, what, for the second time, you mean? I think, yeah, they need to remember that you know, you've had a C-section so you might need a bit more... If you are going to try for a natural birth, you might need a bit more information about that, because as a second time mum you're sort of thought, you know, you don't see the midwives as often and you have one, and you could ask to go to the normal ante-natal classes, but usually you have one, if you're lucky, you know, to meet other second time mums. But you know, you might want a bit more information about labour and pain relief and things if you didn't experience it the first time.
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