so tell me if by 35 weeks you are really sick of pregnancy - is it ACTUALLY possible to

[ButterflyMcQueen]

book yourself in at the Portland - cough up your 5k and have a 36 week section?

A friend told me that a mutual friend did this recently but i cannot believe it..

[WallOfSilence]

Jesus. Seems a bit drastic.

[goingfor3]

Don't celebs do this as they don't want to put on the exrta weight most women out on in the last month of pregnancy?

[finallypregnant]

Money can buy lots of things these days so it wouldn't surprise me.

[ButterflyMcQueen]

i am [shocked]

to be honest!! should this be allowed - we live in Yorkshire btw

[ButterflyMcQueen]

[belgo]

let's hope that the baby was big and healthy enough and didn't have to spend time in an incubator.

I wonder how the woman is finding recovering from a c-section as compared to pregnancy?

[ButterflyMcQueen]

yes - but at least she wont have got too big

[MissKubelik]

I have to say I would be sorely tempted to do this if had the money.... but then with my first pregnancy I was two weeks overdue, had a hideous induced labour and ended up with an emergency c-section courtesy of the NHS. A horribly traumatic experience, which I don't wish to repeat. The surgery was the easy bit! A nice calm planned c-section in a plush private hospital sounds perfect to me.

[ButterflyMcQueen]

miss K yes - i can see the appeal

[belgo]

I can see why that may be preferable MrsK. But 36 weeks is technically premamture and some babies born at this stage really will not be ready.

[belgo]

MissK I mean sorry

[ButterflyMcQueen]

36 weeks is what was quoted i am unsure if this was fact

i am just astounded and maybe naive in assuming you have to have some vague reason to get a section not just a big purse

[MissKubelik]

okay maybe not at 36 weeks then.... perhaps 38 or 39?

[belgo]

I do think women should be aware of all the pros and cons before making a decision such as this. And then the decision should be up to her as to how she gives birth. (As long as the baby is full term).

[belgo]

I think 39 weeks would be a nice time to give birth for most women. I think elective c-sections are generally done at 38 or 39 weeks.

[sweetkitty]

39 weeks would suit me fine

[ButterflyMcQueen]

i would love one! naivity and the thought of pain free labour prevails over the horrors of afterwards but i am rubbish afterwards anyway!

[KMUN]

from me too. From a developmental point of view, those extra weeks can make such a difference in the beginning. Mine was +10 days and so much perkier, smiley and fun from early on. Mind you, v.annoying that all my horrendo stretch marks pinged out from 40+ weeks, but actually a small price to pay.

[Indith]

My god this has to be wrong! I mean ds was only 6.15 and he was 2 weeks late, he'd have been tiny even at 38 weeks let alone 36!

[belgo]

I only got stretch marks in the last couple of weeks.

[ButterflyMcQueen]

yes thats the risky time....

[muppetgirl]

My SIL has several girlfriends who have done this for exactly those reasons. They didn't want to get to big or put too much weight on.

[ButterflyMcQueen]

my friend indicated that this was why this lady went...

[beforesunrise]

i know a lady who is a obs/gyn in austria and she says she gets requests like this all the time. she says she doesn't do it, but many others do.

actually went to see a portland consultant for a repair post dd and he said to me he recommends cesarians to all his patients as it's "the safest way to give birth". i was aghast.

he did do a good job of my surgery though and now i have a designer vagina (about to be blown to bits by another baby but hey...)

but, sadly, that is the attitude of a lot of consultants...

[beforesunrise]

btw butterfly loved the fact that you had to specify you're from yorkshire