Shenae Grimes-Beechis sharing how she plans to minimize risks during the fast-approaching birth of her second child after experiencing a “traumatic” emergency cesarean section last time.
“I really wanted to have a vaginal birthing experience the first time. I had no plans or preparations of having a c-section,” recalls Grimes-Beech. “I really did not even factor that in as a possibility at the time, so I was very underprepared for that moment mentally. I don’t want to go through that again.”
In order to not be blind-sided in the delivery room this time, the actress is forgoing a vaginal birth and going straight to a c-section. Along with health concerns, she says the fact that her family recently moved from Los Angeles to Nashville, where she’s now away from her longtime gynecologist and doula for this birth, led to her decision.
“If I was still in L.A., I would [attempt a vaginal birth],” says Grimes-Beech. “… Because we don’t have the doctor that we’re super comfortable with or the doula who we love here with us for this birth experience, I just wanna minimize any opportunity for more emotional trauma and physical trauma.”
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“They feel pretty confident that if it happened the first time that way it’s likely just how my body responds to that experience and how it could very well happen again,” she adds.
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And while she “always wanted” a vaginal birth, she says due to these current circumstances, attempting that is “not something that I think I can emotionally take on right now.”
“I feel like there’s a lot of things out of our control … so I just want to feel like I have as much of a handle on it as possible and minimize as much opportunity for risk as I can,” she says.
“So I think that’s just gonna be the better decision for us. This time, anyway. We’ll see.”
source: people.com
