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not enough progress after 3 hours of pushing. charlie was big, sunny-side up, his heart rate was dropping.... i didn't even make enough progress to use the forceps/vacuum.

After 3.5 hours if pushing, I wasn't making enough progress despite being able to see her head 30 minutes into pushing. Turns out, she was sideways and her head was crooked.

Baby's heart rate was dropping with every contraction and not recovering in between. (We knew beforehand that there were some complicating factors- baby very small, low fluid, cord wrapped around twice).

@Mrs. Bee: same as you too except I don't know if LO's heart rate was dropping. I was on the birthing center floor with midwife and pushed for 2+ hours, then pushed more on L&D floor with OB on call and midwife but hasn't made enough progress to even use vacuum.

We did an emergency C section due to fetal distress from infection Her heart rate was 180.

Exactly the same reasons as @erwoo. Breech with my first and convenience with 2nd.

Was going for natural but ended up with a C-section because: LOs heart rate was dropping with the big contractions, contractions were coming fast but I wasn't dilating--they tried Pitocin but then LO moved sideways and wouldn't budge so C-section.

This is weird, but I'm kind of glad to read that these were all real reasons. I read so many stories like, oh the OB just wanted to get home in time for the football game, or they needed the bed for someone else, or whatever, it's like the entire OB community just wants to do a C-section and move on. But from these stories, and people I know who had one, they were all necessary.

@Foodnerd81: Me too! I've always been curious as to why other women have had c-sections.

i developed a fever and then babys heart rate was close to 200.... but we still continued tryign to get him out naturally but baby's head was turned breech. dr was to manually turn it and use forceps to get him to turn but then i kept pushing and my fever/his heartrate kept spiking and it was determined also that he was to big for my pelvis (big baby!) and bc of all the other issues we had an emergency c section. im fine with it bc i know my dr was VERY VERY pro natural birth and we tried everything to get him out naturally but it just wasnt in the cards. After my c section is was confirmed that my baby would of never fit through my birth canel bc of how narrow i am.
@foodnerd81: i know it seems like everyone assumes u get a csection bc the dr was to impatient....drives me batty bc i have never heard of any stories in real life where that has happened!

Breech.

I'll have a scheduled c-section because of retinal detachments (seriously!). The doctor said it would put too much pressure on my eyes to bear down while pushing, which could cause re-detachment. Ew.

@baby boy mom: I'm curious how you knew ahead of time that the cord was wrapped around twice?

I had a fairly easy and quick labor, started at 5:00 am and fully dilated by 2:30 pm all without medication. However, every time I pushed, baby's heart rate dropped. OB and midwife tried to turn him around but he kept returning to his position. At 8:30 pm, they finally decided to do a c-section and found that his cord was wrapped around his neck twice.

Failed induction, failure to progress. I labored on pitocin for 17 hours desperately trying to have the most natural birth I could at that point, but never dilated past 5, and there was meconium in the fluid. It's been 7 months and I'm still struggling with having to have a C-section and feeling like a failure. Ugh.

@Foodnerd81: I always heard of c - sections being pushed for those reasons, too, and that "failure to progress" was code for "doc wants to go home." My experience was way different than that, though, and I really feel my c - section was necessary. I gave birth on Christmas Eve and never felt rushed. The doctor even assured me multiple times that I had plenty of time and the upcoming holiday would have nothing to do with how much time I had.

I am going to have a scheduled C-section because I have complete placenta previa where the placenta covers the cervix - i.e. the exit is totally blocked. So they don't want me to go into labor because it could cause complications due to bleeding.

I had a host of issues leading up to c-section.
My blood pressure required an induction. 47 hours later I was dilated to 4/5 cm. baby's heart rate became elevated. She was sunny side up, wedged in my pelvis and over ten pounds. Unless she flipped, there was no way she was coming down the chute.

I was so opposed to the surgery and bawled when they said I had to have it, but I'm not at all opposed to c-section #2. My recovery has been so easy. I have a friend that birthed a 9.5 pounder a few weeks later with a fourth degree tear. She's still not sitting down comfortably. It put things into perspective for me.

@oliviaoblivia: I was the same, definitely didn't want a c-section if I could avoid it! But my recovery was so much easier than I thought it would be so I wouldn't be opposed to another c-section down the road.

Breech, but I ended up going into labor the day before.. She was in distress.. So my planned c ended up being a sort of emergency c.

#1 Failure to progress after 33 hours, only dilated to a 4. Rough recovery. I mourned the loss of my vajayjay birth, but came to terms with it when my OB said he would have never fit.

#2 Scheduled C-section, but went into labour two days prior. Thought about trying a VBAC, but decided to just do C-section. Arrived at hospital at 7p at 1cm, was in OR by 9:30 at 3cm, she was out by 10:23p. Contractions were awful, but recovery was a dream... I was in the hospital for less than 48 hours and up and walking within 12 hours.