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@juliea1031 Oh totally. But OP didn’t mention mental health just more of a preference. I’m American by birth and we have a much more liberal policy on when elective c-sections are allowed. Likely because we pay to play. But where I live now mental health would have to be more significant for the...

@saroula Gotcha! I just wanted to mention since I had a friend who was quite shocked to find out when was denied a c-section based on broad anxiety around birth. The surreal aspect was definitely a thing. I’d listened to so so many accounts of how the procedure would go and it was still pretty...

@saroula I’m just up north of you in Scandinavia and I am surprised public health in Germany covers a completely elective c-section for no reason. Certainly not the case here! That being said - one big consideration is if you plan on having more children, how many and when. If the answer is...

@trumpetsounds If your baby isn’t back to birth weight I’m a surprised you’ve not been advised to top up with some of that milk to baby. You don’t have to use a bottle but sippy cups and syringes are also used. Unless you have a supply issue pumping to feed the freezer at 2 weeks isn’t really...