Can i have an elective C-section due to HMS? EDS type3???

[jane_pain]

Hi there,

Me and my partner of 9years have decided to start a family. As most of you on here will understand, you know all the pain and worries that's going on with me right now!

I have managed to ween myself off my anti-depressants and sleeping tablets and now i am trying to ween off gabapentin (and then the co-codamols eventually when i have to!!) I have no idea how i am going to be able to cope with my pain levels but i will have to!

I really really dont think that i can have a natural birth due to my joint/hip/pelvis/groin/back etc pain, so i was wondering how easy or how hard it is to try and arrange/have a C-section?? Will i have a fight on my hands!?

would be very grateful if any of you have any advise for me!!

Thanks!!

[Blaadyblah]

You could well have a fight on your hands, it is major surgery and there are anaesthaesia and healing implications in EDS3 that could make surgeons reluctant to intervene outside an emergency. That said plenty of people here have had the procedure in this topic about Caesarean sections and pain relief - you may find interesting to look at also. Worth searching for variations on spelling too, it is one of those words...

Modnote: This topic should be used for the discussion relevant to elective c-section due to EDS or related conditions only..

If anyone had an elective c-section due to EDS I'm sure they'll be along to say so shortly.

[Milford_Cubicle]

Hello

I note there have been no replies to this topic, and I might be a bit late as I'm aware it was posted in March but I will add my 2p in case it helps anyone else

I had my second child in November 2011 via elective section. Due to issues with healing after my first child, I required surgery and was told I'd not be able to give birth naturally. I did end up in a bit of an argument with the Obs & Gynae consultant when I told them this last year as it'd never been documented

Anyway - having HMS and having given birth both ways, I would suggest you go with the natural option. Healing wasn't great for me either time but I recovered way quicker after the vaginal birth than I did the section. I was in absolute agony following the section and was only able to walk normally after a month. I was still getting regular pain in my lower abdomen up until a few months ago and even now I get the odd twinge. Labour and birth was pretty tough going the first time and I needed all manner of intervention but for allowing my body to recover afterwards, then I'd take the "natural option" if it was available to me, every time. If you want to chat in greater detail about this then feel free to reply here, or drop me a PM.

[norfolkandchance]

Hi.I have recently had just such a conversation with someone who didn't know they had HMS until I 'did the tests' on them!

She had an absolutely horrendous experience with her first child and so is considering requesting c-section for her next. I explained all the pros and cons between a vaginal birth and a surgical one but ultimately, it really comes down to individual choice and the decision whether or not more children are desired later.

HMS is a syndrome, not a disease. As such, it affects people in so many different ways, it is impossible to predict how one person will react to another person's experiences. For me, my c-section was utter hell and misery. For someone else I know who is also HMS, it was their godsend.

I am unfortunate in that my labours go on for hours and hours! But when it comes to pushing the baby out, it happens very quickly - about five minutes the last time I think (with a 9lb odd baby). My c-section resulted in inadequate analgesia and a very long, infection-complicated, painful recovery.

I know I heal badly. Therefore, for me, I avoid all things that increase healing requirements. Other people heal well. For them, it is a different kind of choice.

My tuppence worth is: Go for a natural, totally intervention-free vaginal birth (ie don't get induced, augmented or generally fiddled about with) if you want more children. As already mentioned, there are potentially serious anaesthetic issues regarding operations and HMS but quite apart from that, having a scar on your uterus can adversely affect fertility and future child-bearing events.

I'm happy to chat privately in more detail with anyone if you wish. (I have more than a passing interest in all matters obstetric!)