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Hi, I am hopefully understanding that you were referring to Lissa when you said "not the bightest crayon in the box". About the unchanged v____a thing, I had a v____al birth, easy, great recovery, no change in my v____a as evidenced by better s_x, and having to go down in tampon width sizes. I then had to have c-sections. Also, there are many women out there who get all the way to the finish line (meaning baby's head is well down into the v____a) , maybe even crowning, who then deliver by c-section so if there are to be changes, they would get them too. Anyhow, I understand what Lucia meant, she just wanted to avoid one uless there was a real reason to have one. I am much happier now that I don't work for that OB group too. In the last 3 days we had 11 c-sections, 5 scheduled, 1 true emergency, 1 by my favorite doctor after a maternal fever, and lo and behold, the cut-sisters had all the rest. Considering they had the lowest percentage of births and we deliver approximately 120 babies a month, their ratio is again way out of line. I am so frustrated and the nurses are just disgusted. There are good reasons to appreciate c-sections as Kara says, but that doesn't mean there isn't a serious, down-side to them as well. I do not feel like they should be taken lightly, as just another form of birth from my experienced position that is simply not the case. The complications when they happen, seem to be much worse for the mom and baby after c-sections, and I have worked here for 9 years. As far as birth being better for baby via section, that is debatable. Respiratory distress is pretty common in secion babies and even 1 day spent in the NICU can be risky for infants, to say nothing of the IVs in their little heads, the panic and trauma the parents feel, etc.

oops, that you were referring to Lucia...not Lissa.