FameCrawler

Actually we were encouraged to bring our own gowns and robes to the hospital when I took the birth prep class at the hospital.  They also told us to bring our own pillow and slippers.  At her age it is more than likely medically necesary for a c-section.  One of the kids is probably transverse or breech and she probably has high blood pressure with all of the swelling I have seen on her face.  Pre-eclampsia is very dangerous for mom and baby.  I am glad she did not pull any stupid "I wanna magical birth experience" crap and endanger her baby. Leave her alone.  Every woman deserves the right to choose how they want to give birth or if they even want to give birth at all.  

It's silly, to be sure, but couture is normal for her, I guess. If, for instance, you always wear organic cotton, then you'd want organic cotton when you were feeling your most insecure and yucky (ie, recovering from your C-section).

I'm guessing her twin conception was aided and abetted by a team of fertility experts and assisted fertility twins are rarely vaginal deliveries.  Elective and scheduled are very different. Of course, fewer docs are doing twin deliveries all the time, even when both twins are vertex and term. It's becoming a lost art since there are less unknowns in surgical twin deliveries.

Is it any surprise JLo might wear couture for her surgery, though? Isn't this the nutjob with the rider that requires everything be whit in hotel rooms?

Just a curious question to MamaLoo - why are assisted-fertility twins more likely to result in c-section delivery?  Is that also true of fertility-assisted singletons?  I was under the impression that just about all multiples were delivered via c-section, but I have no idea of the actual data.

As for the story... I think it's funny that JLo is taking couture outfits for the birth, but I don't think it's bad - it's just another way that Stars are NOT Like Us!  I hope someone has tipped her off that it's likely she'll be throwing out those couture gowns afterward, though.  Many first timers are rather shocked by the mess.

BBBGMOM, I would guess that you are right: both that it is waaaaaay more common to birth multiples via surgery than ever before (see my dying art comment) and that it is far likelier that any fertility assisted pregnancy would end with c-section, singleton or multiple.

There is a sense that something so hard to create can't be left up to the risks (not my idea, btw) of vaginal delivery.  Part of this is that fertility assisted pregnancies are often treated like high risk pregnancies with bi-weekly monitoring throughout prenatal care, more genetic testing... Even when there is no specific reason for needing a little or a lot of help conceiving, all the medical intervention up front can create a sense in the family or the med team that the woman is not as capable as of having a normal vaginal delivery as a woman who got pregnant without intervention.

I could be totally off base, but that's the impression that I've formed from having fertility assisted clients. And, really, who could blame a woman for thinking that.

Okay, everyone should ease up... except on the couture gown part which is ridiculous, even if you're used to that.  Comfy, I can see, couture, maybe once you're home.  Then again, she's a newbie and has no idea what's in store!

So, being a twin mom and part of a multiples parenting group, I'll just say that you'd all be very surprised to hear how many women had vaginal twin deliveries with their ivf babies.  I did not - I had a c/s as there was too much risk with uterine rupture so I wasn't even allowed to labor (nicest part, really).  

I'd say that assisted reproduction plays much less of a part in c/s rate than do the calculated risks based on age, physical status, etc.  Plus, a c/s is much riskier than a vaginal delivery if all things are equal and I believe that most doctors get to make the call, not the patient.

There's so much that goes into the decision... I'm pretty sure it's not a vanity thing.  OH - just a thought... doesn't herpes get you a c/s, too?  

This is a new trend, called "Too Posh to Push" which is coined after Victoria Beckham's (Posh Spice)support of the C-section.  I can only begin to imagine that we are going to start thinking of them as C(elebrity)sections.

Her couture clothing will last until the first time she bleeds all over them, or her milk comes in and she lets down colostrum all over them. - hee

There are lots of reasons for a planned section -- if the babies are transverse or breech -- it's section time.  If she has an unknown medical condition it's section time.

ART doesn't mean a planned section -- oodles of women go throug the ART process each and every year all over the world and birth vaginally.

A section is abdominal surgery and you don't agree to it lightly, you have to be told of all the risks before you sign your life away.

Um, you can vaginally deliver breech twins. BTDT. ;p

I'm not too opposed to the gowns, or the special suite.

I have homebirths, and therefore have an awesome "suite", and nice gowns to wear too ;).

But regardless I'm inclined to roll my eyes anyway, just because I don't like her or Diva's like her. lol :)

Another C-Section!  Why are the Doctor's going along with this!  Ordinory mother's don't do it this way unless it is for medical reasons.  I guess the stars don't want the pain of childbirth!

My friend recently gave birth to twins. She had a huge crowd of doctors and nurses because they wanted to see the first vaginal delivery of twins in their hospital in years. She had to be pretty forceful to talk her doctor into even letting her try. So it's not just the moms going the "easy" route these days - the docs are guilty as well. All went great, btw.

Well i had my twins at home. I had 2 sets of twins both delivered vaginal. It was comfy so i see why she wanted to be comfy

In her defense, maybe she has a medical condition we don't know about. I mean, with all the skin she bares for performances, she wouldn't WANT a C-section scar I am sure!!

Not that I'm a fan or anything.

During our first pregnancies we get this idea that we can have SO much control, and really, after the kid(s) are born, you're totally at their mercy!

My sister had  her twins totally natural... she had about 45 mins. of active labor and out they popped. Kind of made up for the difficult pregnancy she had (pregnant with twins during a southern Indiana summer, and lots of puffiness, and bed rest with a 3 year old).

Her midwife is sad that turning breech babies in utero is a dying art. She teaches all her apprentices, but it's still just Not Done anymore. I think it's sad, too. I think that natural childbirth should be the gold standard, like breasfeeding, but it's good that the other options are decent, too.

I had a medically necessary C-section, but healing from that was SO EASY compared to every other surgery I've ever had. I mean, unless you have complications and absolutely no help afterwards, it's just not that big a deal, folks.

So, I guess I'm happy for J-Lo & Co., and I hope she gets real pretty quick. You'd think, given her upbringing, she'd be more down-to-earth. Heh. I can't wait to see her babies' couture creations with spit up, poop and blueberry-banana stains!!!!