Did you have a Natural or C-Section?

[Mabella]

Public system encourages Natural unless an emergency. They only advise you to have C Section prior to the birth date due to breech baby or any complications that they forsee during prenatal check ups - however in such a case, the C Section will be performed due to schedule of hospital and not the preferred time / date of birth as predetermined. I had a natural birth.....painful experience but understandably all part of mother nature!

 

[yonge]

I delivered my first in HK at a private hospital with a private doctor who really pushed the C-section on me at the last minute. I was diagnosed with IUGR and was told that if I didn't that I could have a still-born - a horrible thing for a first-time mom to hear. I only learned later that he had another C-section appointment that morning in the same hospital. How convenient! Anyway, I delivered my second in Singapore where the I had the same condition, but the private doctor and hospital were much more pro-natural birth (and breastfeeding, for that matter). Will be delivering my third at a public hospital, where I was asked in advance if I wanted to elect a C-section given my previous history of a C-section, but I told them No.