Okay VBA2Cs!!

15 days until my anatomy scan

Bahahahahahahaha!!! Oh dear I can just imagine that your friend is a bit worried!! Maybe reassure her that it is only a 1% chance of getting preggaz.....? I'm NOT getting another though that's for sure PMSL
Well according to my first scan I'm a little over 15 weeks but 2nd scan said that I should be closer to 17 weeks by now... I don't know! I would like to be further along as that would mean less time until my due date LOL but knowing my luck I would end up going overdue anyway

Hi guys, well I finally had my obstectric appointment today. The Obstetrician was surprisingly pleasant although definately against me undertaking a VBA2C. It's amazing how in only a 10 minute appointment I could come out seriously wondering if I'm not being selfish putting myself and baby at unnecessary risk in wanting to VBAC. However, he hasn't said a definate no he won't support this in any way as yet, in fact he's given me 3 weeks to think over what he had to say, then we're to meet again (I'll be 38 weeks) to re-evaluate. I got the feeling that he will then really put the pressure on to set a date for ERCS. Hmmm, I'm going to have to find my drive to do this again as I know it's what I want, but the later in the pregnancy it gets the less confident I become and the easier it seems to simply cave.

hope that makes sense....it's late and i'm tired, but still can't sleep

Okay no offence but your ob has told you porkies! Even if you DO rupture which is quite unlikely, rupture very rarely cause death. The problem is the word "rupture". It makes you think of horrible things like your wound going POP & baby falling out
It is NOT like that at all. A lot of so called ruptures are diagnosed after the event & are more likely little tears, or a thing called a "window".
I really highly recommend a book called Silent Knife.
Although it is American (more people in America so better data IMO) & a little bit on the old side now, there is heaps of info in there about chances of rupture and also what a rupture actually means etc etc etc.
I had one OB tell me that NO you can only ever have c-sections yet after going through all my notes my current OB has okay'd it all without batting an eyelid.

If you really want the VBAC & believe in yourself then tell your OB thank you very much but you prefer your own plans for the birth. It is rare that something will occur that there is not time for an OB team to be assembled & for those true emergency events sometimes even having a team "on hand" is not enough, if you know what I mean?
My previous 2 c-sections were "emergencies" yet both times it was over an hour from when they said "c-section" to when they actually got the baby out

Hi just thought I would pop in and say I have a friend who has had 3VBA2CS. Had her 5th baby, her first girl, exactly a week before I had Isla - they were even due the same day!
So for those of u who are *allowed* to try for VBACS,..it is possible!

it's definately possible. if it's what you truely want 2bmumof3, then please try. you will regret it if you don't




well i do anyway......   best of luck hun....look for that book toni recommended and have a read, you still have a few weeks to decide

jack_&_charli wrote: i agree toni......if i could have a chance at VBAC but didn't try, i'd be absolutely gutted. nearly 2yrs on from my last c/s and i'm still trying to come to terms with it

Just wondering why you can't have an attempt?
You might have already said but if you have then I have a shocking memory & can't remember

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toniellis wrote: Just wondering why you can't have an attempt? You might have already said but if you have then I have a shocking memory & can't remember

jack was an elective due to being breech, but i was told there's no reason i couldn't deliver vaginally next time as all looked good......went into labour with charli but she was posterior and head flexed, then her heartrate went all over the place so i had an emergency c/s. during which, they had probs getting her out and all the tugging and pulling caused a big tear to my uterus, which is why i'm not allowed to attempt another VBAC.


that and the fact that DH doesn't want anymore kids

Yip, really hard thing to let go of aye.
I think the worst thing for me with Blaire was there was NO reason for my c-section then. They put it down to "failure to progress" but they only gave me NINE hours from when I walked in the door with niggles for my induction which they didn't end up doing. Nevermind that Blaire was happy & heartrate was fine etc etc.
Things are GOING to be different for me this time.

That sucks about them tearing your uterus! Rough blimen surgeons
When I went in for my c-section for Blaire, not only did they not cut me open enough to fit him out (had to go back & cut some more!), they also managed to poke him in the eye really badly when they were pulling him out.
And so many people wonder why I don't want to go back to hospital LOL!