can muslim women give vaginal birth?

Question

my mom had a c-section done for all of us, i was wondering if it was something religious?

omg just cuz im ASKING a question doesn't mean i already know the answer! all the people that aren't muslim are assuming that it's not allowed in islam even though all the muslim answerers are saying it is, so please don't critisize my religion!!

Answer 1

no it is not anything religious maybe Ur mom didn't wanna go through labor.

Answer 2

Edited to say towards those of you who claim C-Section is the "wussy" way out, or that you'd willingly choose to go through it:

You have NO IDEA how painful the experience is. After you give birth, your uterus cramps to try and shrink itself back. After a normal birth, this feels like regular menstrual cramps. After a C-Section, though, they feel 10x's worse - your uterus is cut, after all. You can barely walk, laugh, sneeze, or go to the bathroom normally. This will last for quite a while. There is also increased risk of intenal/external infection, complications like hemmorhaging, and blood clots.

You have no idea how difficult the recovery is - adding to that - it's difficult to even hold your baby normally because of the state your body is in.

The risk to a woman and a baby due to this surgery far outnumber that of a natural birth. I almost died after my daughter was born because I had general anesthesia and had an adverse reaction.

After almost 24 hours of HARD labor with my son, I had to have an emergency C-Section b/c of high blood pressure. I would have prefered to have him naturally, but that could not happen. I can't explain how difficult this surgery is - it is NOT something you can, or should, choose to have.




Considering that in order to get pregnant in the first place, the vagina must be involved, then why would there be a prohibition for the women to then give birth naturally?

Doctors will not perform a C-Section for reasons other than a medical necessity.

The modern version of the C-Section is new - although during history there have been instances of removing a baby through a womans' abdomen, that usually resulted in the death of the woman, the baby, or both.

So if there WAS a muslim/islamic prohibition against vaginal births, than the populations in countries where that religion is in the majority would probably be very low, don't you think??

Luckily in this day and age, the procedure has been standardized enough to ensure low mortality rates.

Personally speaking, I have had 2 C-Sections. The first one was an emergency, but the second one was necessary because of the baby's position.

Normally, a woman who has had more than 1 C-Section will have to have them again for each subsequent birth. There are women who have been able to have "natural" births after a C-Section, but it's more common that she can't.

It also depends on how she was cut for that first C-Section; if it was a vertical cut, then the muscles are more compromised than in a bikini-line horizontal cut.

So more than likely, your mother had her first or second child as a C-section, and as a result had to have the rest of her kids that way as well. No religion involved - just physical restrictions.

Answer 3

I don't really think it's a religious thing. Perhaps she was scared of dying during childbirth?

I'm probably going to have a baby by c-section when the time comes, just like my mom did.

Just ignore the first person. They were being very immature.

Unfortunnately, I'm not a Muslim so I can't be positive that my answer is correct...If none of us here help, how about asking your mom?

Sailor Star Fighter, out!

Answer 4

Probably many go the way the American Woman is going by having C. Section to eliminate the pain of birth and getting it over with...Read an article recently where approximately 45% of all births now in U. S. are by C. Section...

Answer 5

Giving vaginal birth is the natural way to do it. Whether you believe in a God or not...it is the way nature intended it to be. Haave you ever heard of animals having C sections? C sections is NOT the way Nature or God intended for women to give birth. I am not judging your mother.

If Muslims believe giving vaginal birth is wrong or a sin...please...give me an explanation for that.

Answer 6

How can we consider ceasarian section during the time of Muhammad. Of course they can.

Answer 7

I have so much I would like to say--but the answer is yes. I will leave it there.

Answer 8

yes. i am a medicine student.my wife had cs like your mother. we are muslim.i know another person with this condition

Answer 9

is your mother victoria beckham?

answer to your Q: course they can all females can no matter what religion.

Answer 10

sure.. absolutely legal in Islam.