Is it ‘Sad’ to Have a C Section?

I have been delivering babies for a long time. Four years in residency, twelve years in New York, and seventeen years in California. I have two entire walls in my office covered with baby photos, all wearing that special onesie that I give to my patients after their birth…the one that says “Special Delivery.” I have simultaneously loved and hated the specialty of obstetrics. It can be thrilling, amazing, scary, exhilarating…