I am not sure how it works in UK but she mentioned NHS. But also that she has a consultant so I was not sure if at means private or on the NHS.Is she having her C Section privately?
I think it is a bit off to demand a C Section & get the NHS to pay. She can surely afford to go private. The NHS is on it's knees!I am not sure how it works in UK but she mentioned NHS. But also that she has a consultant so I was not sure if at means private or on the NHS.
I agree 100% esp with whats going on at the moment. I think she may have mentioned it on one of the podcasts. I think maybe the one with the newsreader/ presenter on it.I think it is a bit off to demand a C Section & get the NHS to pay. She can surely afford to go private. The NHS is on it's knees!
I get what you're saying, but I'm 100% sure I'd never want to do it! I'm with Kate on this one.She is going via the nhs. I don't get why so many women have a fear of giving birth when they've never done it. It can be a very powerful and empowering experience that shouldn't be easily dismissed in favour of major surgery.
I’m with you. I don’t think someone’s fear just just me dismissed.I get what you're saying, but I'm 100% sure I'd never want to do it! I'm with Kate on this one.
Just said its for a TV show which will be out in FebruaryI may have missed it but has she mentioned what the film crew were for?
You don’t have any phobias, I guess? It’s an irrational fear of something.She is going via the nhs. I don't get why so many women have a fear of giving birth when they've never done it. It can be a very powerful and empowering experience that shouldn't be easily dismissed in favour of major surgery.
I’m glad your experience was positive.But she did just decide to have a c section, she did hypnobirthing for the surgery and not to help her overcome a fear of giving birth. In posters defence, she did kinda say it was an aversion more than an all consuming fear. Consultant advised she could have section due to her age. And Kate was like "Great yeah lets do it" She hoped the low lying placenta would lead to section but it moved.
I have a serious phobia of hospitals. To the point where as a teen my Dad was in hospital having surgery and I ran away for a week to not have to visit him..
So fast forward 16 years to when I decided to have a family. I told my midwife and GP my anxiety causing, gut wrenching fears and they brought me in to view the delivery suite, waiting rooms, the wards etc. Gave me councelling and I got hypnotherapy. It did help me work on my fears but it was not an easy thing to do when pregnant. I even considered a home birth but I left it too late.
I was so bad I did not plan on going into hospital for checks/scans/tests that could not be performed by my Doctor, that is how bad my fear was/is. But you can work on fears if you really want to.
I totally get what you are saying. I am v guilty of judging others by my standards. I am also v sick of covid conspiracy nut cases. I have removed so many from my life these last 10 months, if I read even one slightly anti vaxx statement, chopped!!I’m glad your experience was positive.
We’re in a pandemic. She never thought she wanted children. She’s classed as an older mother (no idea of the correct term). She has a phobia. I cannot imagine for one second that every option available has not been discussed. I also cannot imagine that the care she has received so far has been anything other than amazing. I can’t imagine anyone has taken this decision lightly.
What has worked for you may not work for someone else. That’s why we’re all so lucky to have a wide variety of options available to us in life.
I feel like this is similar to telling someone depressed to cheer up. Or telling them to go for a run because exercise fixes it because it did for me/Julie up the road.
Apologies if I’m coming across like a proper cunt. This pandemic and the conspiracy theories that I see people following has me raging 24/7 and I should probably delete my accountI’m not saying there are any here! Or even anything like that on here. I just have no patience for ANYTHING as a result.
I am glad you are getting over PND now and the hynoborthing worked for you. I had PND too after my first. If it gives you any comfort, I didn't have it after my second which surprised me. I fully expected it to happen again. Well, so far so good!I did hypnobirthing classes and they actually told us that it was a great tool for managing anxiety through a csection so it isn’t a total waste of time.
I had an unmedicated home birth because I am terrified of hospitals and I knew that if I went in I would completely panic and lose my shit and then baby would freak as well.
I also want to say that although in birthing terms I had the most wonderful perfect birth, I also developed severe PND and I’m only just getting over the after effects of that and my daughter is 3 so it definitely doesn’t make you immune !!
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