[rshelby]

Everything was going as planned with my first pregnancy. My daughter was growing into a healthy little baby inside. We had regular checkups every month, then every two weeks, and then we began to go every week. By now, my excitement level was so high, I could barely contain myself.

Then one day while working on the PC, my baby turned 180 degrees inside my womb. You may say: "No big deal, babies do that all the time."

But have they been known to do it in the NINTH month?! That's what she did. I had just came back from my checkup and she was in position for delivery. Then without warning she turned. I might add that it was the most painful feeling that I'd felt in my whole life. I struggled under the pain for about three minutes. Three minutes was all it took to change my life...

Cesearean Delivery
I was heartbroken. I had planned on "pushing" and experiencing the natural side of childbirth. And I surely didn't want a huge ugly scare on my belly. But my munchkin had other plans. The OBGYN schedule a "Version" for that following Monday. Keep in mind this is Friday that this is all happening.

Do you think I made it until Monday? NO!
I went into labor at 7:12am on Saturday morning. My hubby was in his last day of class and I was alone. I labored for 8 hours alone until he came home. I was taken to the hospital and they delivered my daughter via c-section at 6pm. My whole recovery process took up to a year.

Surprise, Surprise
Lo and Behold less than two years later, my husband and I conceived my son! I was beside myself. I thought people only got surprises like that in the movies. I was told some sad news. The doctor said that I couldn't push (natural birth) because there was a 2% chance of the incision on my uterus reopening and that would be fatal for me during delivery. So he said:

"We need to do another ceserean on you, Mrs. XYZ" I couldn't fathom the thought of being recut in the same place. Ugh! I still hadn't regained all of my feeling on my tummy by the time I received this news.

I had a repeat ceserean and the doctor told me that it was not wise to have any more kids. Each time it would take my body longer to heal. Im 27 and my biological clock is SCREAMING at me to produce more babies.

Let's discuss this for a while. Tell me your thoughts.
--Should I ignore my maternal instinct to have more children?
--What would you do?
--Even if the risks are that I wont heal as quickly as before, shouldn't the birth of a new baby make up for that?
--What do you think?