Wow, very interesting thread. I'm due in about 5 weeks, first baby. I'm gonna be doing what I can to make sure it's natural!

Heard from my cousin who's expecting her 2nd any day now, but in Sweden, that a few days before her first's due date, they realized he was upside down, and scheduled a c-section.

I'd first try to get the baby to flip around before scheduling a c-section in that situation.

But, apparently, in Sweden, even after one c-section they reccomend trying a natural birth for the 2nd!

I've heard some States (like NY) won't even allow the mom to try natural if she's had a c-section before. Very glad we don't live there!!!!

I was a scheduled c-section because my mom's womb had a thicker wall on one side, and it was supposedly blocking the exit for me, though my brother was a natural birth before that. The 2nd doctor my mom interacted with kind of freaked out when he realized the condition of her womb, but she was calm and simply said, she'd already had a kid without any issues! (My mom is amazing!)

We interacted with a midwife that we really liked but wasn't able to continue with due to it being too far away. She used to work at the hospital, but started her own practice because she got fed up with her having sat with mom's and then the doctor would sweep in and intervene by rushing birth or swap to c-section instead of letting things progress naturally.

She does home births, has a center, and has hospital privileges where she stays as the primary caregiver throughout birth if someone needs to be transferred to the hospital during labor. She's in her 60s, and now has 2-3 more midwives working with her, so they can assist multiple women at a time.

Unfortunately, where we live there are no good midwives.