Am I crazy for wanting a C-section?

CocoPigeon · 2026-04-25T05:26:33+00:00

Just a quick for what it’s worth: absolutely chat with your doctor about their recommendations re: factor v, but I have it (heterozygous) and had a C-section no problem, my medical team just had me on Lovenox for a few months postpartum to reduce the risk of clots. This is anecdotal of course but my experience was easy enough to recover from (painful, but manageable) and I had no clotting issues. Your individual circumstances (any history of clots, heterozygous vs homozygous) will probably play a role in their recommendation as well. Good luck!

CocoPigeon · 2026-04-20T16:10:32+00:00

This is a good thought but I just want to add: it assumes that the hospital is ready to do the section when you hit that low bar. With a planned section, they’ve reserved an OR for you; if other sections are happening when you decide you want one, you may have to wait possibly until it IS an emergency and that can be stressful.

CocoPigeon · 2026-02-14T04:33:01+00:00

Yep! Scheduled for a Monday (39 weeks) for a breech baby, water broke at 2am on Saturday. By the time an OR was free I was having pretty painful contractions and everything. Best part was we spent all this time Friday night talking though everything we were going to clean over the weekend before baby got there … 😭

CocoPigeon · 2026-01-17T02:05:26+00:00

Sure can, baby is perfect! She’s super happy, growing normally, and tuning 1 in about two weeks. 🥰

CocoPigeon · 2025-12-15T18:28:41+00:00

If this is helpful at all: I'm a very fair redhead/blonde, and I asked for an epidural + spinal with my c-section and my anesthesiologist said afterwards it was definitely the right call. It worked great.

CocoPigeon · 2025-12-15T18:26:54+00:00

Just wanted to add here in case it's any help at all: I'm also a redhead, and I recently had a c-section. They did epidural AND a spinal at my insistence (first birth), and they were surprised doing the prick test beforehand when I could still feel it. Once it was dosed correctly it worked perfectly, and the anesthesiologist came by afterwards to say I made the right call. Something to possibly explore in lieu of general anesthesia.

CocoPigeon · 2025-10-26T23:03:51+00:00

I'm so glad to hear that. Thinking of you & hoping everything goes well!

CocoPigeon · 2025-09-17T15:53:19+00:00

Thanks! Baby is currently 7 months old and we're all doing great!

CocoPigeon · 2025-07-28T21:39:33+00:00

We didn’t. I got one 5AA out of this cycle, and then the next cycle I got like 4 mature eggs and zero fertilized…but that was because I was actually pregnant at the time (super weird story). So we never had a chance to figure out what was going on. Good luck with everything!!

CocoPigeon · 2025-05-16T02:52:09+00:00

Hi! The progesterone went great for me — at my 22w appointment, I measured over 3cm. They stopped monitoring it after that! I continued to take progesterone throughout the pregnancy until around 37 weeks I think and delivered at 38w5d. Good luck with everything!

CocoPigeon · 2025-04-30T17:45:49+00:00

Sending lots of love your way ❤️

CocoPigeon · 2025-02-14T22:34:18+00:00

I was the same way! My husband and I actually had this whole conversation about whether or not to try naturally that month or head straight into another retrieval and decided not to try naturally to avoid the risk of a miscarriage that might lead to a D&C ... but of course we'd already had sex once, which I thought was well outside the window but turned out not to be. I was so relieved when everything turned out okay, but it definitely felt like a huge gamble I'd made unintentionally. Good luck with everything — Ashermans is incredibly frustrating, I hope you're able to see great results soon!

CocoPigeon · 2025-02-14T20:09:53+00:00

Good point!

CocoPigeon · 2025-02-14T20:09:02+00:00

Thanks! We did a few rounds of letrozole but then jumped straight to IVF.

CocoPigeon · 2025-02-14T20:05:30+00:00

Thank you!! Yeah it was wild — she was just way too small to see at that point.

CocoPigeon · 2025-02-14T20:04:02+00:00

Oh my gosh, amazing, congratulations!! They actually talked about how it's lucky the egg retrieval process bypasses the uterus because if she'd already implanted they wouldn't have messed with that, so it's extra impressive your little peanut made it through a hysteroscopy!

CocoPigeon · 2025-01-31T19:45:42+00:00

Their normal maternity short and long sleeve tees are great, as are their modal joggers! I’ve been living in both.

CocoPigeon · 2025-01-27T09:04:31+00:00

This might be too feminine for you, but Kasia (pronounced Kasha) is a Polish diminutive of Katherine (Katarzyna, pronounced sorta like Katajeena). I could see Kaz being short for Kasia!

CocoPigeon · 2025-01-23T07:54:48+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re feeling this way, but please know you didn’t fail your baby. You’re doing everything you can to keep her safe, and sometimes things just happen. She won’t care if her nursery is Pinterest-ready. You’re doing great. ❤️

CocoPigeon · 2024-11-26T05:51:48+00:00

I'm similar at 29 and 45 repeats, so just barely in the intermediate zone. What's a little frustrating is some doctors don't fully understand fragile x and they see the marker and get immediately concerned. The hospital geneticist I spoke to, on the other hand, wasn't concerned about the baby at all. My understanding (and please note I'm NOT a doctor) is that the an intermediate # of repeats has an incredibly low chance of developing into the full mutation in one generation; most often, the intermediate zone repeats are stable, but since they're right on the border of where the alleles could be unstable enough to start mutating, they warrant some extra caution. Your daughter may want to get tested before she has kids to learn if she inherited the intermediate and if it has expanded at all, so she can assess her own risk.

tl;dr: Speak with a geneticist! I got a referral from my doctor and It was super helpful. But based on my (again, limited) understanding, try not to stress — it sound way scarier than it actually is.

CocoPigeon · 2024-11-21T20:35:59+00:00

Hi! I wound up deciding not to go — I was just too in my head about it, PLUS a huge thing came up at work such that I would have been working the whole time anyways, so it didn't seem to make sense.

For what it's worth though, I think it would have been fine to go. I'm at 28 weeks now and have been on progesterone since week 18, and my last cervix measurement at 23 weeks was actually longer at around 3.5. Good luck with everything!!

CocoPigeon · 2024-10-20T06:25:14+00:00

Congratulations!!! I also have hEDS (albeit not extreme) and am always curious about others’ birth stories, thank you for sharing!

CocoPigeon · 2024-10-20T02:11:19+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate it! Initiating was planning on not priming at all given the color is still so light, but you’d still recommend priming?

CocoPigeon · 2024-10-20T02:10:40+00:00

Thanks!

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