forceps! WHY?

[indigoin0z]

just curious have other bubhubbers had forceps used for the birth of their child via CS!?

& were you told in advance that is their procedure?
does it bother you that they used an instrument on your baby even tho you had a CS?

would love to hear others thoughts on this pleez :ecomcity:

the maternal health nurse tried to babble & say "some surgeons just do it this way for safety!"
WTF? isnt it safer for a baby to come into the world with the gentleness of experienced human hands not a damn utensil?

my bub had bruises on his head... & this interference was one of the reasons i wanted a natural birth & to think my bub was interfered with anyway via surgery just disgusts me?

just a note...
i am currently trying to slowly express some of the issues with my latest CS so i will be posting lots of questions to try & vent my outrage & anger & perhaps to understand a little more...
also,
i want to do my writing to help others who may be having CS in the future to be prepared for possible outcomes & to inform them of questions they should/could ask their care providers so they are not traumatised by totally unexpected events after the fact...

[OM]

I have had 2 c-sections and didn't have forceps either times - how odd that you did.:confused:

[mum2my4]

To my knowledge I did not have forceps during either of my c/s's (I could have had it done but not know) but a friend recently had twins via c/s and one twin was stuck up high under the ribs and had to be forceped out.

[suemp]

i had forceps for my second. bub was proterior and a long baby and they tried for ages to pull him out with hands resulting in the need for forceps. bubs had a few bruises but it didnt worry me. many vb babies are pulled out with vacumn / forceps have cone heads wat nots and they all go to normal after a few days

[indigoin0z]

i must add that apparently this is 'normal' procedure by this [very old] surgeon & -supposedly- for this country hosp also... [all told by the health nurse & a midwife]

i have had two other CS where one was stuck under my ribs & the other big also, still not even a thought / possibility of forceps...

shouldnt they require permission to do this just as they are obliged to in a VB!?

i was a forcep baby myself & i still have signs on my head of forcep use.. & i often ponder if i received any brain injury...

[reAllytee]

My sister had a c/s that resulted with forceps being used.

Partly because yes he was an older generation doctor but lovely all the same but the major reason was my nephew was stuck down on the birth canal so hands & forceps were used to get him out.

[stompy]

DD was born by c section and forceps were used. DD's beautiful face was bruised. I wasn't asked,or even informed that they used forceps. I read about it in my hospital notes. Before this I never knew that forceps were used in c section deliveries.

[babyluv3]

No forceps were used in any of my births (1 c/s 2 vbacs).

My advice to any mum who's had forceps/suction used in any delivery is to have their bub checked by a qualified paeds chiropractor. They can tell if any damage has occured by these instruments.

indigoinOz, I would recomend that you take your bub along and get yourself checked out also. If you go to a chiro thats done a paeds degree, they'll soon tell you if there has been any sustained damage, and what action is required.

:)