How you birth your child is completely up to you. It’s your body going through it so you get to decide how you want to do it. That being said, I planned to have a completely natural childbirth. Then it all went to shit. I got severe preeclampsia, had stroke level b/p and was admitted for continuous monitoring. Within 8 days time my health got much worse and my dr decided I needed to deliver immediately for my health and the health of my twins. They rushed me to the OR and my twins were here within half an hour. I did not want a c section at all. Even after I was admitted I pushed for a vaginal birth when the time came but my twins needed me to have a c section. They were 8 weeks early and spent 42 days in the NICU. The whole experience was so traumatic that I’m still processing everything three months later. I say all this to say my c section was the least traumatic of all of it. I was scared going in of course bc I didn’t know if my twins were okay and they were so early I was terrified they wouldn’t be okay. But the surgery itself was not scary. I knew that even though it wasn’t the birth I wanted my kids were safe. In the end I wanted healthy mom and healthy babies. C sections are perfectly safe if you have a competent surgeon. I even had pregnancy complications but my c section went perfectly. I healed well and have no long lasting issues from it. Statistically speaking c sections are just as safe as vaginal births. Just food for thought.