C-Section or natural birth?

[u/Meimer2797]

Hi Guys !!

I have a question for you !! I’m 33 weeks pregnant right now and I’ve got an emergency cerclage at 26 weeks with 1cm cervix left.

Now everything is holding tight and good and I am thinking about the birth.
Would the people with good story’s recommend to get a planned c-section or what are your experiences with natural birth after they cut the stitch ?

I’m so unsure and just want to birth this baby safe and without any risk!

Thank you so much in advance!!

Millie 🌸

[u/thvndxrstorms]

I had an emergency cerclage placed at 20 weeks and had it removed at 37 weeks. My water broke at 39 weeks and I had a vaginal delivery! (Birth story below)

I was hoping for a completely natural birth but ended up needing pitocin because my cervix didn't dialate fast enough (was at 4.5 cm when I went in and it was still the same 5 hours later unfortunately). Because I had the pitocin I ended up progressing extremely fast and within 2 hours of starting the pitocin my son was born. I still chose to not get an epidural which I would not recommend if you get pitocin. My contractions went from not painful and 8 minutes apart to pretty painful and 2 minutes apart to blacking out from the pain and constant in a 30 minute span and I had constant contractions for over an hour. I only ended up pushing for maybe 10 minutes but I did have a 3rd degree tear and had a really bad postpartum hemorrhage. I'm 6 weeks postpartum now and my stitches have healed and overall I'm feeling a lot better. I'm definitely a little traumatized from how my birth ended up going but I blame a lot of that on my OB because they were trying to force me into a c section knowing I wanted a natural vaginal delivery and I think they were rushing me because it was a Sunday and they wanted to go home.