I've looked at reddit a lot about this but I can only find posts about women that didn't want to be put under but it was an emergency.

I had an emergency c section after starting pitocin for my induction, babies heart rate tanked and then they were having trouble finding it so they wanted a c section. I have really bad sexual trauma and ptsd so the induction process had been a nightmare, cervical checks, inserting gel, having my water broken. I pretty much cried during everytime the doctor had to go down there and I needed the gas to get through it.

I was trying to go med free for my birth but 2 hours into the pitocin I was screaming, they couldn't find the heartbeat when I was on the ball so they made me lie in bed and it made the pain a million times worse. I finally tapped out and asked for the epidural, they said it'd be 45 minutes so I asked for some fentanyl and I felt amazing, the contractions hurt so much less but I felt high as fuck. Then suddenly they are being really quiet and she says she is trying to find the heartbeat and then says it's dropping really fast and then everyone rushes in the room and starts talking to me at once. I was so fucked up on the fentanyl I had a hard time understanding what was happening until they said I need a c section.

They told me I'd need a catheter and an epidural and I kinda lost it and said I can't do that, I need general. It was something I discussed with my obgyn during pregnancy, if I needed a c section if I could go under and he said it's not typically done bit sometimes exceptions are made. So they talked me through the risks and I said I was fine with them and I asked them to put the catheter in once I was sleeping because I couldn't handle more stuff down there and they were being pushy about it but the ob taking care of me through my induction advocated for me because he saw how traumatic the checks had been for me.

So ya I guess I'm wondering if anyone else had chosen general for their c sections. I feel like such a shit mom sometimes because my baby had to be in the nicu for 8 hours because of me.