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i had a section with my 1st and had no probs with bonding.

i miscarried my 2nd at 12 weeks.

and then had a natural with emily, my little angel, whom i love and adore, but i looked at her the day after and thought 'god you hurt!!!!!'

if i had the choice i'd have a section every time i recovered much quicker than after my natural delivery!!

that may be hard to believe but it's the god's honest truth.  my tummy healed much quicker than my.......   well you know!!!  and i had pain/discomfort for a much shorter amount of time.

saying that i had no probs bonding with either of my girls, although i had that minute the day after emily (natural delivery) appeared, but it passed in a second.

Aidan was a vaginal birth and because of the complications I can no longer have vaginal births I had a c section with Michaela Jess my still born child and then Nikita. I believe personally that I have just as good a bond with all of them. I was handed them all as soon as they were born. I agree the bonding starts from conception!!! Have a great day

Hi,

Definately not...I needed to have a C-Section with my daughter for medical reasons,

we bonded straight away and to this day have a wonderful relationship. ( She is now almost 16yrs )

I also have a 3yr old boy with whom I had a natural vaginal birth with no complications,

and our bond is so strong people say he is joined to my hip....lol

Overall...it's really what's best for the baby during labour how they are entered into the world.....just keep an open mind I guess.

I have had 3 c-sections, unfortunately never experienced a normal delivery! All my babies were given to me  virtually straight away after birth and then while i was getting stitched up, they take the baby away, do what they have to and then when i was ready, the baby was put in my arms and i got to hold them while i was wheeled to my room. They latched onto the breast straight away and i got to keep them in my room whenever i wanted to! I was  fortunate enough to have everything go well, some people don't get to see their babies straight away and then they have to wait in recovery for half an hour to an hour! It still doesn't affect the bonding though, just makes the mum more anxious to see her baby!

All my children are affectionate and have bonded with me quite well.

What a good question I had no one to ask before bub was born as my mother and mother inlaw had never had a c-section I had wondered the same thing too, and I did not breastfeed long either but my bub has loved and responded to me since even before birth and the c-section. He picks up on my emotions and mood, he sences when I am happy and sad ... babies are very attentive and they can't focus till 6weeks of age so they don't even know your body lanuage there is just a connection between mother and baby nothing can sever.

Absolutely not. Bonding with the baby starts when mom puts her hand on her belly in response to baby's kicking. When she talks to her baby, they're bonding. When she imagines herself holding her child in her arms, they're bonding.

I had a c-section because my son just wouldn't come out after I pushed for several hours, and I don't consider myself to have bonded any less with him. While in the hospital, my son roomed with me for 2 days after his birth, but on the 3rd day, I was so tired that the nurse thought it better that I let Matthew in the nursery to get much needed sleep. During that night when my son wasn't in the room with me, I bolted up awake every time I heard a cry that I was sure to be him. I woke my husband up and made him get our son. When he came back without him, he said he saw that our son was fast asleep and he didn't want to wake him up by moving him.  That first few days, I've already bonded with my son. Wouldn't you agree?

I was fully awake during my c-section and after. I wasn't groggy, I wasn't in a haze. I was just anxious to hold my son. I had to wait 1 hour before he was brought in the room for me to hold. But I'm sure that even moms who were knocked out would say that they were able to form a bond with their baby within the baby's first few hours of life.