Celebrities Who Chose Natural Vs. C-Section Births

Victoria is not "too posh to push"! She said the babies were breech and therefore couldn't be born naturally. I'm pretty sure Romeo was also an emergency c-section as she tried to give birth naturally but the doctors decided that wasn't possible.

This story is irresponsible. It makes mothers who have had to have C sections feel less of a mother because they didn't have a vaginal birth, and that's frankly just mean. My daughter got stuck after pushing for 2 1/2 hours and I had to have a c-section. I've never felt like less of a mother because she had to be cut out of me rather than pushed out, and stories like this just make moms everywhere feel bad.

This post is irresponsible. None of us know why any of these women had C-section births--we are not their medical providers. To insinuate that they would choose this process for vanity purposes--simply disgusting.

i wanted a natural birth but i had to be induced and due to that they had to keep me hooked up to monitors the whole time so i couldnt move around a lot to be comfortable, which is sad. by the time i asked for the epidural they checked me right after and i was at 10 and ready to push. so i did make it to 10 cm on pitocin without pain relief.. we just did not know it until they checked me.

My son is due in early May, I hope he's coming on his own! At which point i will for sure be getting an epidural! If he doesn't come on his own, then there's a scheduled induction for 41 weeks!

I think it's clear this story is not intended to make women who have had c-sections feel bad, Mishka and Lakesha. You are no less of a woman or mother because your baby needed help getting out safely. What's irresponsible are elective c-sections. Deciding to have major abdominal surgery for your own convenience is extremely unwise. It's sad that some women think that's okay.

I don't believe the post is irresponsible. Scheduled c-sections have become VERY popular - and I think the article is just trying to explore more about the reasons about why some women opt for a scheduled c-section or epidurals, and why others do not.
Although it focuses on celebrities, I think we can all relate to knowing women who decided on each of these options, and for similar reasons (I can easily think of examples for all of them).
Regardless of how you chose to give birth (or didn't choose because of complications) - any woman should feel proud of themselves for carrying their child for 9 months (or however long), and getting through the birthing experience.

Wow, those of you that had C-sections are being defensive! This post isn't knocking anyone that HAD to have a C-section. However, it is ridiculous and unnecessary to have one when it is NOT needed. (The whole "too posh to push" phenomenon. ) Many celebrities have supposedly had their babies that way in order to avoid the whole getting way too big, stretched out tummy syndrome that happens.(-especially during the last 3 weeks!) Our bodies are meant to labor and push a baby out through our vaginal canals for a reason- it helps stimulate circulation and lung function- it's really best to let nature take it's course when you are able to.

@The scond to last anonymous I understand what you're getting at but it's not the post, you'd be surprised how many women out there think that other women who've given birth via c-section are somehow less than women who have given birth vaginally.

I don't have kids so I don't know the pain of birth first hand, but I'll take the word of mothers all over the world, that it is painful. I don't agree with getting a C-Section for vain reasons such as stretch marks, but there are alot of women that are scared to death of childbirth. I give Giselle and every woman who has given birth naturally their due credit, but everyone's birthing experience is different, Giselle may have had what she considers a pleasant birthing experience, but next time around, she could do an interview saying it was hell on earth and nothing like the first. I'm also over the women talking about how women have been giving birth for millions of years. Everyone knows that, how do you think we got where we are today, but if women are going to say that, I think it's important to acknowledge that every woman and or baby did not survive childbirth. Every child's birth is different, everyone mother is not going to be in and out 3 hours 3 pushes and you're done, some women have been in labor for days before giving birth. Some women's babies can get stuck, are breech, have just major complications that I can't take the time to name but will reqire a c-section. Don't knock anyone's choices.

For all of you saying "we don't know why these women had c-sections" in some cases we do. Christina Aguilera said flat out that she had hers because she was afraid of vaginal birth. Britney said flat out that she was afraid of the pain, so chose to bypass it. Both of them let their fears dictate a course that is known to be more risky for both mother and child, and that's sad. When you're well informed, well educated and you don't let people spook you with their horror stories (and really, women, stop undermining your friends, sisters and daughters with your scary birth stories, it's unnecessary and offensive) you can have a healthy, safe, non-surgical birth unless you have medical complications. Don't let yourself be scared.

I gav birth to my first child under the influence of Demerol. I can't remember much of the birth as Demerol has a tendency to put me to sleep. It stopped my labor, so as a concequence it took longer to give birth. My baby was sleep for a week. He got jaundiced because he couldn't say awake to eat. My second child was natural all the way. I recovered much faster and my baby was alert.I labored with waters intact, so it was much easier, even if it was a bit longer. My third child was drug free, too. He had his own ideas about arrival. He turned during a Braxton-Hicks and broke the water, one and a half hours later he was here! My sister had a C-section for her first, 4 succesive V-VACs and the last one C-Section because she was breech. My sister-in-law had short, fast deliveries. She said she'd had menstrual cramps worse than labor was. Every one is different.

i have a bad experincie for c- section. is too bad for me

Hi,
I can understand why some women are feeling defensive about their C-Sections. My first baby was born via emergency C-Section. At the time of labour- when I heard C-Section- it was a big relief. The operation went well and it wasnt until few weeks later - when my body was healing that I realised how constraining this healing process can be.

What daunted me was the comments coming from people around me. Especially family members and friends- making statements such as "not being a real woman"- such comments came from people that bore children naturally. These comments were outright nasty and mean.

I felt like retailiating that ok, what does natural birth mean? Does it mean being assisted with drugs in a hospital or does it mean popping your baby out in the paddock? The point is we can argue till we go blue.....

After dwelling on these comments for so long and actually talking to women that had babies via c-section or who have had mixed birthd- c-sections and natural delivery- I came to a conclusion that - yes I had an operation but atleast I am happy and thankful to God that I am still alive and so is my baby and that I am living in a country where medical intervention can take place.
Just imagine those women who died while giving childbirth and who lost their babies while giving birth.

Natural or c-section- whatever- at the end of the day- be happy that you have had a healthy baby to take home.

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I plan on having a planned c-section for my first delivery. Most of the women in my family endured hours of labor for their first deliveries before requiring emergency c-sections. One of my friends was in labor for 20 hours, had an epesiotomy and then needed an emergency c-section. Because she had already been pushing, the baby was low in the birth canal and they needed to cut her vertically and horizontally to get the baby out. Another friend of mine had 4th degree tears straight through to her anus. Me, my husband, my sisters, all of my niece and nephews and many of my friends babies were born via c-section. Therefore it's good enough for my baby. There is nothing wrong with wanting a c-section to prevent vaginal tearing. Delivery method is a very personal choice and no one has the right to judge you.

Vaginal tearing is not always an issue, esp. if you have a good doctor and staff that help dialatioin during birth (its called milking) the makes the vagina streatch with out any tearing at all and it goes back to normal, both of my sisters were over 10lbs and my mother had no tearing at all, same story with my best friend. The position that you are in when you deliver in a hostpital on your back causes you to push more so does the medication that women are given in the hostpital, these make contractions unnaturally strong which duh causes tearing, if you are standing or in a squatting postition gravity does a lot of the work.

I WOULD PREFER VAGINAL BIRTH PROBAB WIT AN EPIDURAL OR MAY NOT USE AN EPIDURAL BUT I PREFER VAGINAL BIRTH BECUZ U MAY HEAL FASTER....C-SECTIONS TAKE WEEKS OR MONTHS 2 HEAL...BUT DATZ JUST MAH OPINION... SO RESPECT IT!!! WOMEN WHO GIVE BIRTH WITHOUT AN EPIDURAL ARE SOMETIMES LOOKED UPON AS BEIN' BRAVE OR NAIVE BUT I DO UNDERSTAND WHY WOMEN ARE AFRAID OF NATURAL OR VAGINAL BIRTH BECUZ OF DA TEARIN' & I UNDERSTAND WHY SOME WOMEN WANT C-SECTIONS & WHY SOMETIMES C-SECTIONS ARE NECCESSARY BECUZ SOMETIMES DA BABY WON'T COME OUT AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF PUSHIN' OR DA BABY MADE BE BREECHED OR TURNED OVA IN A OPPOSITE DIRECTION N DA WOMB...EITHER WAY U STILL GAVE BIRTH...SO IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER HOW U GIVE BIRTH BECUZ EITHER WAY CUZ UR STILL GOIN' 2 GO THROUGH PAIN, UR NOT LESS OF A MOTHER IF U HAVE A C-SECTION OR GAVE BIRTH VAGINALLY, SO IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER!!!

Not all of us who have c-sections are wimps.. or less than.. or weak.. or whatever else.

I had pre-eclampsia, nearly stroked out while in labour, and had to have a c-section. I don't feel like less of a woman because of it.. if anything I was probably stronger than I'd ever been in my whole life, dealing with the strain of "major abdominal surgery" and having a newborn infant to care for all that same time.

I wish some would quit being so bloody self righteous. We can all find fault with everyone's choices if we look at then long enough. At the end of the day, it's the reward of a baby that's important.

It's all about having a healthy baby. The rest means nothing after that initial day. My 4'10" petite and her 6'6" large boned and larger headed husband produced huge, large headed babies. Two boys 14.6 lbs. and the following year 13.9 lbs. and and even larger head. The first time the nurse/midwife at the hospital kept encouraging her to have the baby naturally. After 22 hours of labor, the Dr. said enough, finally, that head is not coming out the birth canal without damage. Immediate c-section. I toddler sized newborn happy and healthy. Her next was a repeat but they went straight to the c-section on my sister's insistence. This boy had an even wider head circumference. Her friend the midwife had tried to encourage her to try a natural birth again this time. She categorically refused! An even wider head circumference. Really smart idea, huh? Death is natural, as well as cancer and hosts of other diseases. Birth at home may be all comfy and relaxing, but birth in the hospital is monitored closely with an OR or NICU just a gurneys roll down the hall. Time is of huge importance, unless you have a crystal ball and can see all and can GUARANTEE that there will not be an emergency which would require mother and/or child be transported immediately to the hospital for lifesaving treatment. No matter where you are, it won't be as close as down the hall on a gurney. The only thing important to my sister was having healthy children (in her case HUGE) healthy children. So she is happy with her choice to forgo the relaxing atmosphere and excellent food at home and take no chances with her children's' birth. No choice really: ambiance and comfort for mom to bask in her superior naturalness or sterile, clinical birth in a hospital with all emergency equipment and personell just seconds away in cas of emergency. Was a no brainer to me too. Even the SLIGHTEST chance that being seconds away from lifesaving care (and sometimes you only have seconds) makes the choice of the hospital setting and experience the one she'd choose again. If you only look for wrong or the conspiracy in medicine then that is all you will see. In that case do the medical personell a favor and birth at home. Just seems more intelligent to go with the Dr. with decades of study and experience over the Google U graduate (and lets not forget Ricky Lake).

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Fact: as long as the baby and the mom are healthy, it is a successful birth! What is the difference how the children came to be in the world, as long as they're healthy? I guess, for me, childbirth wasn't the "defining" moment of my life. My years of parenting have been filled with far more defining moments. My children make each day special. If women want to pat themselves on the back and brag about how super-fantastic-awesome they are because they went the frontier-woman childbirth route, well, gals, you go right ahead! But, frankly, birth story snobbery is disgusting. Additionally, I find it laughable that celebrity medical advice is taken so seriously these days. (I'm looking at you, Jenny McCarthy. Vaccines are unsafe, huh? But I guess all that silicone and hair bleach is good for your health, right? *eye roll). Luckily for Giselle, Ricki, Mayim, et. al., they had no complications during homebirth. But, complications do arise. If you are the one having them, you'll be glad you are in a hospital. I had serious complications with my first child. Thankfully, both of my children were delivered safely in a hospital setting. I guarantee they are just as intelligent, healthy, well-behaved, and attractive as any kids anywhere, if not more so. I wouldn't change a thing about them, or how they got here, as if that is so important.

I am from Turkey. C-sectıon rates are probably the hıghest here among the world. I gave bırth ın the U.S.A. My baby was 8.11 -bıg baby. I had pıtocın. epıdural and the doc. used vacuum on me. ı was told ı had 2nd degree tear. actually they mısdıagnosed I thınk-ıt feels lıke 3rd degree. I stıll suffer from ıncontınence. I dont thınk bıg babıes should be delıevered vagınally-especıally ıf you are delıverıng for the fırst tıme. I am not agaınst c-sectıons at all ın sıtuatıons lıke mıne. natural bırth ıs a dream. but unfortunately ıt just doesn't go the way you want ıt to go.

the real issue is the lack of support all round. both of my children were hypnobirthed (the original mongan method- which i now teach for obvious reasons). i thought i wanted an elective cs because of my phobia (it's called tocophobia) but after discovering HypnoBirthing I learned various tools that allowed me to birth my son in water at hospital and my daughter this year at home in water. being in hospital seemed to slow me down as for one thing they wouldn't even believe i was in labour. it was nothing to do with pain threshold- i have tattoos that hurt more than birth- it was all the reprogramming i'd done. i was born by forceps and episiotomy, so was my brother. my babies were also posterior it seems, it made no difference- i believed i could do it and i did. hb was just a tool to help me see that. cs shouldn't be used after a woman is exhausted, and certainly not routinely offered. if the attitude was different, cs wouldn't be needed. it doesn't save lives as much as you think- UNICEF have published data sowing that you in the US have one of the highest infant mortality rates and cs rates in the world. your care is not holistic- just because a baby is pulled/cut out alive, it not a "success"- babies suffer with hypervolemic shock, bonding and breastfeeding problems, and the mother is often expected to just get on with things and be grateful when actually she is at high risk of pnd. those are facts-and i work on a daily basis with women who are working through previous birth traumas- they all have medicated birth in common. painful or not, natural (and especially homebirth) is a safer method for mum and baby- that is why our government wants to strive for more birth choice, and also why we have a higher midwife to ob ratio than the states- obstetric-led care just leads to more interventions. midwife-led care is proven to be safer AND more mentally, emotionally and physically satisfying all aroud the world. i do get irritated at these catfights over which way is "best" and how homebirthers are uneducated and putting comfort over safety, when the exact opposite is true- homebirth is safer, when a midwife can watch over things and transfer if necessary- being in a hospital makes no difference to treatment time, as you often have to wait for anaesthetists anyway, and midwives carry the usual life-saving drugs for emergencies anyway (like syntometrine, which stops pp haemorrage). if you want proof- read ina may's guide to natural childbirth- an american midwife whose team has far better safety stats than any us hospital.

ALL OF YOU SAYING CRAP ABOUT ELECTIVE C SECTIONS ARE THE IRRESPONSIBLE ONES. IF POSH WANTS TO AVOID ABDOMINAL STRETCHES AND PAIN SHE IS ENTITLED TO. THE ONLY THING I FIND IRRESPONSIBLE IS NOT HAVING KIDS AT ALL. A REAL WOMAN IS ONE WHO GOES THROUGH PREGNANCY AND LOVES AND CARES FOR HER CHILD, SOME PEOPLE HAVE VAGINAL BIRTHS AND END UP ABUSING THEIR CHILDREN. DOES THAT MAKE THEM REAL WOMEN?
YOU ALL SHOULD GROW UP AND STOP GIVING YOURSELVES IMAGINARY TITLES COS U PUSHED A BABY, WHO KNOWS HOW YOU ARE TREATING THAT CHILD NOW? I WANT A NATURAL BIRTH BUT WHOEVER WANTS C SECTION HAS NO HARSH COMMENTS FROM ME. GOD GAVE DOCTORS THE WISDOM TO PERFORM THIS PROCEDURE COS NOT EVERYONE CAN DEAL WITH THE PAIN AND IF THEY DONT WANT VAGINAL TEARING THATS GREAT.
IF PUSHING A BABY IS WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE A REAL WOMAN YOU MAKE ME LAUGH. I KNOW A GIRL WHO PUSHED HER KID AND GOES AROUND WITH THE REAL WOMAN SYNDROME BUT SHE HAPPENS TO BE A PROSTITUTE WHO SMOKES POT IN FRONT OF HER CHILD AND LEAVES HER WITH ALL KINDS OF HELP SO SHE CAN FOLLOW HER HEDONISTIC LIFESTYLE.
HOW REAL IS THAT?.... U DONT UNDERSTAND THE GREATNESS OF GOD....POSH HAS FOUR KIDS, SHE IS AN AMAZING MOTHER AND THATS ALL THAT MATTERS.
U CAN TALK ALL YOU WANT, HER KIDS LOVE HER AND HER HUSBAND LOVES HER AND THATS ALL THE APPROVAL SHE NEEDS. NOT WHAT YOU UNKNOWNS THINK IN YOUR LITTLE HEADS ABOUT WHO A REAL WOMAN IS...THANKS SHE LISTENED TO NONE O YALL

..if a woman doesn't want kids ( like myself) that doesn't make me less of a woman...makes me sensible, God gave me t*ts and ovaries - I'm a woman...go run along with your saggy t*ts, stretch marks and husband that finds you replusive while my firm @$$ and preky boobs plans a trip to a child free resort...no babysitter? boo hoo, really sucks to be yooooou

Who cares why someone wants a C- section...it is her choice...I know if i ever have a child I will have a C- section...I am all about vagina preservation.

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As long as the baby is healthy and happy who cares if you give birth naturaly or c-section, drugs or screaming the house down. And btw, nobody will give you Nobel price for natural birth and your kid will not come at 17 and say: Hey mum, you are so great that you pushed me through your vagina:))