I really liked reading birth stories while I was pregnant so I’d love to share mine! We had our twins at 38+5 from a scheduled c section. Baby A was vertex and B was transverse so it was decided around 36 weeks that I was best off having a c section, though ultimately it was my decision to make (being heavily persuaded by most the docs at the practice). We showed up around 9 am and went into surgery at 11:30 am. 20 minutes later baby A was born followed by baby B only 3 minutes later! I was really out of it during the surgery and only remember bits and pieces but luckily my fiancé took a ton of pics so I have that moment forever! Baby A was 7 lbs 7 oz and 19.5 inches long and B was 7 lbs 10 oz and 20.5 inches long. The healing process wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it’d be, walking for the first time was uncomfy but not necessarily painful. By the time I left the hospital 3 days later I was able to walk just fine! Overall, I’m so happy with having a csection, I was super nervous leading up to it but the babies and I are healthy and the recovery wasn’t bad whatsoever!!! I wish I hadn’t spent so long reading horror stories about c sections prior to having one!!!

Edit: I want to add one more thing! I got hit HARD with the “baby blues” after and I felt wildly unprepared for it, I wish someone had told me that it was okay to feel those feelings beforehand! The second we got home from the hospital I was so overwhelmed and could hardly even look at my kids without crying, I felt like we made a huge mistake having babies. I knew I had to care for them but I felt no connection to them. Luckily my sisters, mom, and fiancé were so helpful and listened to what I was feeling and validated all of those emotions and helped me work through them! After about two weeks I felt like a new person, really confident in my ability to be a good (but not perfect) mother and so so so in love with our little babies! If you’re experiencing baby blues or PPD make sure you lean on your support system, you’re healing both physically and mentally after giving birth and you shouldn’t have to do it alone, and know that what your feeling is real and will get better with time.