Our birth story: my planned c-section at Stanford Children's Hospital

Описание: This video is on a bit of a different track than my usual content because we recently started a brand new adventure: parenthood. So far it's been exhilarating and overwhelming---and definitely the most emotional experience I have ever had.

Because of my gestational diabetes and the baby's genetics, she was very large for her gestational age and I ended up needing a planned c-section to avoid some of the risks of a vaginal birth. It was a nerve-wracking decision to make because we had to switch up our birth plan in the very last weeks of my pregnancy. The baby was delivered at 39 weeks! I was so nervous heading into the c-section because I had never undergone a major surgery before (or any surgery) and wasn't sure what to expect, especially when it came to pain and the immediate healing process. Now that we are more than a month out, I can say that it was not nearly as bad as I had feared, and was a generally positive experience to go through. To all of the pregnant moms out there, hopefully this video sheds some light on the process through my personal experience.

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