After five hours of pushing we had to give up and go to the hospital. Jeanne said that Kristin's cervix was getting in the way of the baby's head and he couldn't move down, despite all the various positions and exercises we tried. The doctor immediately said we had to do a cesarean section, which struck me as another instance of shoving someone through the medical profit machine but it turned out to be for the best. The umbilical cord was getting in the way so there was no way the baby was getting out on his own.
Cesarean sections are unpleasant things, even discounting the ickiness. First, there are the medical risks involved; dangers in the operating room, months of recovery time, complications with future pregnancies. Second, it's an unnatural way for the baby to come into this world. The act of childbirth is programmed into the development of both mother and child. Who knows what medical issues are caused by taking a shortcut past the birth canal.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad it's around and that it's fairly safe, but in my opinion it really should be a last resort option.
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