Christina Aguilera and Max released from hospital
Songstress Christina Aguilera, 27, and new son Max Liron, 5 days, were released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday, Christina’s rep confirms. A friend tells E! that Christina,
…was and still is really sore — [the c-section] was more painful than she thought.
Max was born at 10:05 pm Saturday evening, weighing in at 6 lbs, 2 oz and 20 ½ inches long. As for getting a peek at the baby, it may be awhile. The report states that Christina and Jordan rejected an offer from OK! magazine for Max’s first photos.
Source: E!
Thanks to CBB reader Gianna.
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January 17th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
i’m not surprised she rejected an offer. it took her about 7 months to even admit she was pregnant.
we might never see that baby! lol
January 17th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
So it was more painful than she thought it would be….it is major abdominal surgery! I have had 3 and know how painful they are. Hope she feels better soon.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
yep, I remember that pain too well. I had 2 c-sections to date and they are not at all easy. It’s major surgery! I am sure she is getting a lot of help with the baby, so she’ll be able to recover faster. All that pain is definitely worth it though
January 17th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I would still like to know why she got a C-section. i hope she didn’t do it for the reason Britney did.
but i wish her well.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Hope she feels better soon! Best of luck to she and little Max (and Jordan
January 17th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I had an emergency c-section and they are awful! I know some people don’t find them too painful, but I was in agony for two weeks — so much so that I went back to the doctor, because I thought something must be wrong (it wasn’t, guess my pain threshold is just low!).
Anyway, Xtina has my sympathies. It is rough to get through – especially if you’re getting up in the middle of the night and breastfeeding (though I have no idea if she is).
January 17th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
I still wonder why she even had a c-section, maybe she should have tried vaginal first like the rest of us “normal” people have to do.
Sarah’s note: There may have been a medical issue. She was seen at a high-risk OB’s office. Perhaps if they do end up doing an interview and photoshoot eventually, she will explain why if she wants to.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I imagine having your abdomen, and the ligaments in front of the uterus, cut would be incredibly painful. They have to stitch, not only the external incision up, but the ones inside as well. I would never call a c-section easy, not that SHE did, just sayin’. Anyway, still wishing her a speedy recovery.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I wish her the best. Hopefully she’s at home resting and enjoying her baby boy. I can completely understand why she & Jordan would reject an offer from OK! though. This is a baby, not a money making machine. Let her introduce him when she’s comfortable and settled in. She was JUST released after all.
I will admit though, I’m curious to see little Max:)
January 17th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I had an emergency c-section with my son and was very lucky that I recovered quickly-I was up and moving around after one day; it was not half as bad as I thought, but not everyone is so lucky. My sister-in-law had an emergency c-section three days after mine and she had a terrible time with pain and infections. So some women are just luckier than others I guess.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I had an emergency c section with my twins and I have never figured out for the life of me why celebs choose to have one that is not medically necessary. (If that is what happened here)I know it is their choice, but seriously, it isn’t like its any easier than natural childbirth. I think its all superficial reasons and that is sad. I hope Christina had a medical reason why she had one.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
I love how some people are STILL upset at how she got a c-section. I heard a pair of women harping about it in line at the store. Leave it alone, she gave birth and they are both healthy. That’s what’s important.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Wow..five days! Wish they did that here. (then again, she’s a celeb) Although with my section, I felt better than the gal who birthed vaginally next to me. She was in tons of pain and I was okay. I was let go after 72 hours even though I was considered “high risk” for previous scar tissue and ovarian issues.
Best wishes to her and I hope her recovery goes well.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
I had an emergency c-section almost 2 years ago. I ended up having 2 blood transfusions. “Other than that,” (hahaha) the recovery was easy. I’ve never had a vaginal birth so I have nothing to compare it to but I don’t think any way you give birth is easy!!
January 17th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Poor thing! My sympathies but only if it was medically necessary. My sis had an emergency c-section and was in agony for weeks. A co-worker had an emergency one with her first and then a repeat one 2 yrs later and she got a bad infection after both.
Now if she had an elective one I have no sympathy for her. No offense to anyone that has one but if she chose it then she has to deal with it and she should have thought about that before deciding to get one.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Hope she’ll be better soon!
January 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
What has the world come to where you can’t even give birth the way you want to? She doesn’t owe it to anyone to explain why she had a c-section, it’s her business. Glad she had a HEALTHY baby which is more important than worrying about why someone had a c-section. Congrats Christina!!
January 17th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
well, i sure hope she does an interview to explain to those who MUST know why she had a c-section. Yes, she owes US, of ALL PEOPLE, reasons why she delivered that way. Come on, women! Just be happy that she and baby are well, and she doesn’t need to justify anything else to anyone.
January 17th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Wow, women, NO sympathy if it’s elective, so otherwise she deserves pain? That’s really nice that some of you are so perfect to be able to judge other women’s birth styles. And to whomever said it, just b/c she has a C, doesn’t make her birth any less “normal,” or “real.” I guess the worth of a good mother is dependent of v-birth or c-birth for some of you. WOW is all I can say.
January 17th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
TracyG…here, somewhere in the Midwest, with no stars, the hospitals have you stay a minimum of 5 after a C-section. In my discharge class after I had my first daughter, there were 2 mothers who were getting to go home after C-sections- the first lady had to have her staples removed and then was free to go after a 5-day recovery, and the other lady suffered an infection and didn’t get to go home until a week later (after her daughter was released, too).
As much as I love babies and love to see pictures of them, I am so happy that they are not going to be doing a photoshoot at this time. Let Mommy, Daddy, and little Max have their time together to bond and enjoy this new time in their lives.
January 17th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
to me if i didn’t go naturally i think i would feel like i had been cheated. to me its all part of the experience of having a baby. but that is just my personal opinion.
i don’t suppose you can ever truely imagine the amount of pain you will be in until it happens. you know it will hurt, but just not how much. that goes for both naturally and sections.
January 17th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
I am a labor and delivery nurse in Manhattan and it is shocking to me how uneducated people are about cesarean sections. I see it everyday. I don’t know why she had a c-section and frankly its none of my business but, the fact that the statement said it was more “painful than she thought” shocks me. (its not surprising though)
January 17th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
i’m surprised that she rejected the offer from Ok! Magazine since they were the ones who got the pictures from her wedding. i hope christina feels better.
January 17th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
i had a c section about to have my second and the pain i felt was just the first two days which was not even that bad! i had more pain in my back from carrying such a big baby for so long… i was also in less pain that my good friend that gave birth the natural, preferred, right way… (being sarcastic) she was torn from there to here and unable to walk for days… not to mention the pain and discomfort she has felt for years. she is having a c section next time. point being each birth is different and who cares how we give birth or for what reasons. i had an elective c section and i am glad i did.
January 17th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I’ve delivered both naturally and by c-section. Natural can be more painful to recover from. I chose a c-section the second time because I was in pain for months after having an episiotomy(not my choice). With my planned c-section they didn’t cut through muscle, and the pain was controlled well through medication. I don’t think natural is as easy as many make it out to be. It was hell for me.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Congrats to Christina & Jordan! I bet Max is adorable and I am happy that they are not having a photoshoot with him right away. They just left the hospital! I had a c-section and it was planned due to several circumstances (big baby, pelvic bone problems, she was breech) and I personally felt a c-section was better than the possibility of something dangerous (i.e vacuum, forceps, breaking her shoulder bone) happening to my baby. I do not understand why everyone gets so up in arms over how her baby was born. It doesn’t make her less of a mother and with her seeing a high-risk OB, it was probably necessary.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Gosh – let’s not spoil the good news people! Wishing her healing and beautiful times with her little bundle!! Congrats to Xtina and her whole family!
January 17th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
The women’s and newborns Act of 1996 says that your insurance has to cover you for 48 hours following a vaginal delivery and 96 after a csection delivery. They cannot compel you, your doctor nor the hospital to send you home earlier than that. Now, if you and your dr feel you are up to leaving earlier than that, fine, you can go home – but you are allowed by law, the 48 or 96 and the insurance HAS to cover it and the time starts once the baby is delivered not before.
I have had no problems with insurance on this. The last hospital I delivered at though (in the midwest – Missouri) was telling me I had to go home following my 6th csection delivery (which was also a complicated delivery) after only 48 hours! I told them I was staying. I ended up going home about 12 hours earlier than the 96, but still. The doctor and nurses were all adamant I was only allowed a 48 hour stay and the dr. said he didn’t want me to “get in trouble with my insurance.” Well, this was garbage – my insurance company even said so. It was the hospital making that decision.
Anyway – yes, csections are painful. There was no way I could have gone home before the third day. My first one was the worst, the others were not as bad and I was up and getting around a lot sooner with the subsequent ones. Guess knowing what to expect the next time around kind of helps.
It’s always nice going home with your new baby though!
January 17th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
I just wanted to say that I had a 5 day stay after a c-section and I was told that 3-5 days is the norm for c-sections. I don’t see her 5 day stay as special treatment. And, everyone heals differently so it’s hard to say how you’ll feel afterwards. I can’t say I felt great after my first which was vaginal but I don’t remember the c-section being horrible pain wise. Of course the fact that my baby was in the NICU (luckily not anything serious) probably had something to do with putting the pain out of your mind. I think the 5 day stay helped too though. Those auto up/down hospital beds are great for recovery!!
January 17th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Some people are just plain rude and may I say slightly snobby. It’s none of our business how she delivered. For those who had no sympathy for her is she had an elective c-section, how cruel can you be. I hope the family is doing great and don’t care what other people think about them
January 17th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
We honestly don’t know if Christina chose a c-section. I personally would never choose a c-section over a vaginal birth however it’s her decision. And all that matters is that the baby is healthy and so is the mom. I don’t think it matters how he got here just as long as he’s here.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
My second pregnancy ended up in a emergency c-section and it was severely painful. I just wanted to die and be done with it all. I hope she feels better soon!
January 17th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Some people are sure harsh! Regardless of the reason why she had a c-section, it is between her and her doctor and none of us have the right to know why she had one. It is presumptuous to ask why.
I haven’t had a child, but I do have empathy for her. When I had my appendix out, I was in so much frigging pain. You don’t realise how much you use all the muscles in your stomach until you can’t use them! I wish Christina, and Jordan all the best with their new baby boy.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
I can see why she would chose not to talk with OK! mag right now. A wedding is one thing where there are just adults involved who can handle themselves, but this is her new son and I’m sure she feels very protective and wants even more privacy.
I wonder if he’ll have those blue eyes of hers?
January 17th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
I, too, am a bit surprised about the five day stay. All of the women I know who have had C-sections stayed in the hospital for 4 days maximum. As far as I know, 3-4 days is the norm for a hospital stay after a C-section in most hospitals here in the U.S.
Anyway, I don’t think the 5 day stay had anything to do with Christina’s celebrity status (other than her possibly wanting to avoid having a bunch of media attention upon leaving the hospital). I’m just a little surprised by it is all.
All of that said, I originally assumed that her C-section was an elective one. However, after hearing that she was seen at a high-risk OB’s office at some point during her pregnancy, I now feel that it was probably medically necessary.
Anyway, I wish them all the best! I am also guessing that we will see Max at one point, since Christina DID pose nude during her pregnancy, and she also apparently released pictures of her wedding. If anything else, we’ll probably at least see a few paparazzi pictures of him.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
these celebs kill me when they hide their “ordinary gerber faced babies” like their kids look so damn original. If the media and public ignore them they’ll be beggin the media to take a pic of their ordinary bald drooling ewok lookin’ kids.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
It seems like the birth experience is such an ego thing for the mother nowadays.
The baby doesn’t care or remember its birth, and we should be supportive of any mother who delivers a healthy baby.
I had two C-sections and it was worth whatever I had to do to end up with our two sons.
There’s almost a smugness from people who deliver at home with all their family and friends present, no medication, etc.
That’s fine if it works out that way for them, but we shouldn’t denigrate other mothers who don’t have that experience. It’s not a competition.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
By the way, that’s not technically considered a 5-day stay. (I work in healthcare.)
He was born Saturday night – they don’t count Saturday, the day of the birth.
So it was only three days, because the last day, Wednesday, isn’t counted either, since it’s the day she leaves.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
I HAVE this feeling my last comment won’t be posted but In My Opinion, most of these celebs love attention and for the media to run after their kids, who look like everyone elses kid. LOL. If the media stops begging and the public stops asking, if u ignore these celebs who love for us to chase their babies, eventually they’ll reveal them. Kudos to the celebs who aren’t like that.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
“I still wonder why she even had a c-section, maybe she should have tried vaginal first like the rest of us “normal” people have to do.”
Right, Suz. Because no “normal” people ever have c-sections, and having a vaginal birth is the “normal” way to give birth. I’m sure my friend and her son, both of whom would be died had my friend not had a c-section and almost died even with one, would love to read that. And I’m sure my cousin, who had an elective c-section last week due to gestational diabetes and other medical issues, would be touched my your attitude as well.
I totally agree with you, Mousie-I’ve noticed that a lot of mothers on this site have a real attitude when it comes to discussing childbirth as well as the fact that their natural/home/water births were the best and are the only ways to have babies. One mother on another thread even went so far as to point out that her “three year old, still breastfed son” was one of only two people to watch her give birth to her baby at home. It’s like these women are competing for the Crunchy Granola Mother of the Year award. Seeing as the baby doesn’t give a darn how it is delivered, one has to speculate whether the birth experience has to do with feeding Mommy’s ego as much as it benefits the baby.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:00 am
I am not a normal, regular mother apparently, as I have had two c-sections. The first was “sort-of” elective. I had 2 failed inductions, and could’ve had a third, but opted for a c-section instead. My 10lb2oz boy was born healthy and that’s all I wanted.
I just had my repeat c-section (instead of a vaginal birth which I theoretically could’ve had) on 1/4. Another boy, 9lbs1oz, born healthy. I couldn’t be happier.
I’m still in recovery yet I have no regrets. Pregnancy ends in giving birth. The goal is to deliver a happy, healthy baby. There are many means to the end, “whatever works” is my motto.
I’d rather have healthy cesearean-born children than angry, judgemental, naturally-born ones. Oh wait, the way one is born provides no indication of their future personality or life. It’s the part of parenting after birth that affects their lives.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Hope christina feels better. I do think the celebrities go a little overboard with planning c-sections just because they want too, but to each his own and whatever. As for baby pictures, she will sell them eventually now is just too soon I bet. She sold her wedding pictures and posed almost nude while pregnant, so she isn’t exactly private. Maybe she is waiting for a different magazine and wants more money, that might have been her first offer. Nonetheless we will see max sooner than we think IMO.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:07 am
My co-worker had a really painful vaginal birth that took several weeks to recover from. She had a third degree tear. Her second child she had a c-section and she said it was much easier to recover from. I guess every situation is different. If she had a bad vaginal birth she might well have had a difficult recovery as well.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:11 am
adriana- Who says Christina scheduled a C-section just because she wanted to? For all we know, it could have been medically neccesary.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:16 am
I stayed 4 days both times, by the way, and both times the hospital offered me another day.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:40 am
I’m still amazed that women choose to have a C-section when there are no health issues posed to mother or child (we don’t know if this is the case here, but seems to be). Women that do that are not informed. They think it’s going to be easy, a breeze, they won’t have to go through labor or push…just get cut. A C-section poses so many more risks afterward than a vaginal birth. Infection, a big one. My sister had a C-section (pre-mature twins – health issues) and I still remember how she looked and felt afterward. It was a long recovery, much longer than with her previous birth.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:55 am
Congratulations Christina and Jordon! I’m sure Christina is going to be a super mom. This is just another accomplish that she can add to her beautiful being. Wishing you all of the world’s abundance to the Bratman/Aguilera family. A long time Xtina fan.
January 18th, 2008 at 1:09 am
celebabylover I didn’t say christina, if you read my post I say celebrities because many like britney, denise richards, shanna moakler ,etc admit to wanting one just because they want too. Christina may or may not have who knows, but if you read my post I said celebrities. So she may have had health issues, or just wanted a c-section like others have.
January 18th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Im guessing she had an elective c-section cos she chose the easy way out. Like most celebs these days. She didn’t want to go through the pain of natural childbirth and thought it would be far easier to be cut open under anesthetic. Welcome to reality, Xtina.
Most medics believe that natural is best and many kids born electively by c-sec have breathing difficulties.
January 18th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Unlike other posters, I’m surprised at the shortness of the 4 day stay. Here it’s a minimum of 7 days (and sometimes longer if there are problems). As far as I know it’s 6 or 7 days in most Europen countries.
January 18th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Hmm, I guess you get a prize for having a natural birth…?? You better wait by the postbox – hahahaha
I was completely anti-caesars my whole pregnancy, and then went to 42 weeks with no sign of baby. After being in labour for 20 hours after being induced, I was told I had to have an emergency caesar as my baby was too big to deliver naturally and was going into distress. I felt like such a failure, because all of my friends had delivered naturally.
When the c-section was performed, they all stood back in awe of my 10 pound baby. The obstetrician looked him over and told me that his shoulders would never have fitted through my pelvis and he would have died if we had continued with natural labour. Wow, what prize would I have gotten from the Granola brigade then “Oh dear, your baby died, but on the positive side, at least you delivered him naturally
”
I think we need to stop being so nitpicky about every thing these celebrities do, and say “How wonderful, a new healthy baby boy was born today!!!!”
Its not just celebrities that get judged though, I was in the ER on New Years Eve with pneumonia, and the nurse who was taking my medical history asked if I had had any major surgeries, when I told her that I had a csection, she turned around and said, “oh, you were too lazy to push him out??” How does that make any difference to the fact that i have freakin pneumonia – hahahahahaha
January 18th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
“Im guessing she had an elective c-section cos she chose the easy way out. Like most celebs these days. She didn’t want to go through the pain of natural childbirth and thought it would be far easier to be cut open under anesthetic. Welcome to reality, Xtina.”
get off your high horse, Melz. You dont know anything about her situation or her decision making process. and its none of your business.
and yes, some people prefer a c-section. deal with it. again, none of your business.
do you think you’re better because you prefer natural childbirth? do you want a prize or something? seriously, people like you are so aggravating.
most people who have a vaginal delivery opt for an epidural anyways, so i dont know which “pain of natural childbirth” you are referring to.
January 18th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Bravo Lauren, Bravo.
I completely agree.
January 18th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
I must say the comments for and against c-sections are varied, however, I must point out one thing…. the majority are not criticising those who have emergency c-sections or those who have sections which are scheduled for medical reasons, rather, (and I’m not speculating directly about Christina) we are criticising those who schedule C-Sections to fit in with their own selfish needs (i.e. Britney scheduling Jaydens section so he didnt arrive on or around Seans birthday.. are you kidding me?!)
Natural birth is called that because (when the mother is “low risk”), it is the best, most safest, most healthy way for a baby to be born.
Again, I must stress the point that I am NOT criticising those who have had to have sections in an emergency or because of other medical reasons, but I do think it is beyond belief that women are allowed to opt for a section simply because “they dont want the pain” or “they have an album coming out soon after and need to be ready”. Please. Get a grip.
B
January 18th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
People still don’t get it. Kate you are proving why. How is it any of our business how she delivered her son.The word “Normal” is being over used way too much in this thread and some of these comments make me wonder how people can be so cruel and judgmental to someone they don’t even know.Also,to Kate and others, using Britney spears as a way to prove a point about something at this time is not a good idea
January 18th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I had to have a c-section because I was carrying twins and had preeclampsia. It was very painful and I do not understand why celebrities choose to have a c-section. I wish I could of delivered naturally. I think that celebs deliver by c-sections because of the vanity attatched. They want to deleiver before their stomach gets to big, which is stupid if you ask me.
January 18th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Congratulations to Christina and Jordon for the birth of the healthy baby boy
Does it really matter how she gave birth, i think you people are forgotting the most important thing that her beautiful wee man was healthy thats all that matters, not how she had him
Congratulations again cannt wait to see photos
January 18th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
I say congrats to her and who gives a rip how the baby was born! I can’t stand it when people spout off the whole “choice in the birthing process” but then berate women who have c-sections (planned or not), they only think choice is ok when it’s in line with their agenda.
I’ve had two c-sections, my most recent 4 months ago. I delivered on a Wednesday morning and was leaving the hospital Friday morning, my choice and my doctor said I looked great so I could. Two night stay and I couldn’t have got out of there sooner. I healed so, so fast. The second c-section was even better than the first (probably because of being exhausted from failed labor the 1st time). Anyway, I must be the poster child for c-sections. Come on ladies! Stop making your fellow woman feel less of a person for having a c-section. Every woman must make the right choice for herself & baby; whether that’s vaginal birth at home, at a hospital, in the middle of a corn field, or a cesarean birth at a hospital.
January 19th, 2008 at 1:22 am
I’ve had a cesarean and two natural deliveries (one was almost 10lb), and I can say without a doubt that the cesarean was the most painful one and the longest recovery for me. Sure, we can talk about painful vaginal deliveries, but you won’t know if your one of the few unlucky ones unless you try. We’ve also heard of painless cesareans, but those are also really quite rare. If a mother chooses a cesarean because she thinks it will be the easiest way out, she really hasn’t done her research. There’s almost NO authoritative source that will tell you a cesarean is often easy and painless. Christina saying it was more painful than she thought just tells me she didn’t read very many birthing books. They’d all have told her recovery from a cesarean would have been more often painful. I knew that and I wasn’t even prepared to have had a surgical delivery.
January 19th, 2008 at 3:10 am
Renee, if you read my comment properly, you will find that I did not use the word “normal” in relation to “natural” birth. (It may be confusing for you as both words begin with the letter “n”).
I merely pointed out that I (and others) were NOT criticising Christina, but those like Britney (yes, who is having major problems at the moment, but that doesn’t negate the fact that she scheduled her sections to fit around her own selfish needs).
I believe that sections and natural births are both as wonderful as eachother as a means of giving birth, but I also beleive in free speech and AM ALLOWED TO HAVE AN OPINION!!! Thats not being judgemental, but rather, I think you were highly judgmental of my comment, which you clearly didnt understand and you completely missed the point!
January 19th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Considering she gave birth so late at night, more then likely they tried a natural delivery, and complications happened.
Most “scheduled” c-sections are in the morning.
January 19th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
I’m sure Christina knew it was going to be extremely painful. You can prepare yourself for something like this and still have it be worse than you imagined.
It makes me sad to see such criticism over something as wonderful as a child’s birth.
January 19th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
“I merely pointed out that I (and others) were NOT criticising Christina, but those like Britney (yes, who is having major problems at the moment, but that doesn’t negate the fact that she scheduled her sections to fit around her own selfish needs).”
Kate-
How on earth do you know anything about Britney’s c-section anyways? As far as i know, any and all news about it is PURE speculation, nothing more. There are no facts, only rumors and malicious gossip. You dont know the circumstances of her pregnancy and you certainly dont know anything about her own “selfish needs.” She plainly loves her children, and while she may be misguided at the moment she would never do anything to harm them.
I am really tired of people using Britney as the all-time scapegoat for bad decisions. Leave the girl alone.
January 19th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
“She plainly loves her children, and while she may be misguided at the moment she would never do anything to harm them.”
How do YOU know that? A person not in their sane mind could do just about anything. That doesn’t mean they want to do it though. It doesn’t even mean that they will. Mental instability can mean that people might harm their kids though.
January 19th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Star is reporting that Christina’s water broke on Friday 11th and she started having contractions but than they stopped so they gave her a dose of Pitocin to increase the strength of the contractions. Christina never dilated beyond four centimeters. Christina was intially against having a C-section but she wasn’t left with any other option.
January 19th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
I hate that Christina, as well as others, are being critisized for POSSIBLY having an elective C-section. I had all four of mine vaginally, one without an epidural. And guess what? When I had the one without the epidural, I didn’t get any awards on the way out…
January 20th, 2008 at 12:09 am
Ada- Britney herself said, before Sean Preston was born, that she wanted a C-section because she didn’t want to go through the pain of a natural birth. However, all the stuff about her scheduling her C-section with Jayden to avoid him being born on SP’s birthday was indeed just rumors.
That said, I do agree with you about being tired of Britney being the “scapegoat for bad decisions”.
January 20th, 2008 at 6:18 am
It is possible that Christina had something like placenta previa, which would have prompted her doc to schedule a c-section months in advance. Japan’s Princess Kiko had a c-section for this reason.
As for Brit scheduling Jayden’s c-section, since Sean was born via c-section (for what ever reason), her doc probably recommended another one. Most docs won’t do a VBAC anymore. Knowing this, I see no problem with her selecting a date that doesn’t conflict with her other son’s birthday. I was induced with my third child and selected a date that was two days after my dad’s birthday and two days before my friends birthday.
January 20th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Okay, I will make it perfectly clear and use another exmaple:
Here in the UK it is very common for the wives of proffesional footballers to arrange ELECTIVE SECTIONS to fit in around their husbands football games so the birth doesnt interfere with the football fixtures.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING I AM DISAGREEING WITH.
Oh, and Dana, I also gave birth vaginally without any drugs, and do not expect any awards, however, I am very proud that I did it and I believe that the way I gave birth was the BEST WAY for ME and MY CHILD.
February 4th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Making an example out of a star here, but Xtina’s c/section IS our business. The United State’s c/s rate leades industrialized countries…and so does our maternal mortality and infant mortality rates. See a connection here?
If your vaginal birth was “brutal”, “awful” etc, chances are your birth was too medically managed. Were you induced? Given pit, and epidural, strapped to a bed, denied food and water and expected to run the equivalent of a marathon? If your baby wa ready to come out…it would! GET A CLUE WOMEN.
Someday when there are no more vaginal births in this country, you will all wonder what happened to “our business”.