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Noodle - great thread because you asked all of my questions after meeting with the obs today and they've been more or less answered!

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Hi there,
I have to wonder if youve done any research yourself. Doctors and "ob's" DO NOT give you all the info you need to make this decision. Did you know the dreaded uterine rupture can happen with a woman who has never had a c-section. Along with 99% of the other risks involved with a vbac. I personally have had 2 hospital labors resulting in 2 unneeded c-sections. When i get pregnant with my 3rd i WILL be having a homebirth with a midwife and doula present.

My advice, stay at home as long as possible. You will be more relaxed, more in tune with your body and able to listen to your instincts.

DO NOT consent to being strapped to a bed. The facts are that if you are constantly monitored, the baby aswell then you will have a 70-90% higher chance of having a mis-read diagonoses of fetal distress along with other things. It is sufficent to have monitoring via a fetal doppler by your midwife every 15mins or whatever interval you choose.

At the end of the day we are unable to fight for ourselves in labor. You need to surround yourself with people who know and believe in what you want. You need to be in tune with and believe in your own bodys ability to birth your own baby.

You ALWAYS have the right to not take any intervention that is offered or recommened in childbirth in a hospital or not.

Try this link...ITS AMAZING!!

http://midwifethinking.com/2011/02/23/vbac-making-a-mountain-out-of-a-molehill/
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Bumping this old thread as my question is topical to this, rather than make a new thread.
Anyhow, I've heard a few things about VBACs outside of what is outlined elsewhere in the thread.

Time limits: I've heard that there will be some kind of time limit before they want to resection you and you might even get to negotiate it beforehand. True? I just feel like I might have a long active labour (my mother did with her 2nd and 3rd) though #1 isn't necessarily a good indication (9 hour labour, at hospital for 4.5 hours before section when I progressed from 4-5cm).

Instrumental deliveries. Are they more common or likely? I talked to one MW before I picked the one I have now and she talked about a lot of VBACs she'd attended being instrumental deliveries. Maybe it was just in the context of uterine ruptures... Anyhow, I thought it was odd because she was also a homebirth midwife and that she wasn't epidural certified (I didn't even know that was a thing).

I'm particularly concerned about the time limits because a lot of other things have to happen before an instrumental delivery does. The thought of being timed makes me feel particularly hopeless. Did anyone feel any pressure to hurry up?
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Bky sorry I can't answer your question I can't remember what they told me about 'time limits' I do remember they didn't want me pushing for a long period of time but i'm not sure about labouring....as it was my VBAC was very fast - 1 hour 20 mins from first painful contraction to DD being born so I was pretty lucky it went so well.
Hopefully someone can help to answer your question from their experience.

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Great thread, I am in the same situation as noodle, just had the talk from the obs team at the hospital and am now full of concerns. Reading this has eased them, and I have a long list of things to discuss with my mw next time I see her. To me, all this intervention makes for a negative experience, I want whats best for bubs but being monitored constantly and being "tied" to the bed is far from ideal.

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I just read through this thread and I'm very keen to get a doula for this delivery. Anyone had one for a vbac birth and how did you find it. Was it worth it?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote noodle Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 May 2012 at 9:18pm
sounds like your appointment was as overwhelming as mine twotravelbugs, you'll probably feel better after speaking to your midwife. My experiance with my VBAC was pretty good, my MW had said I could labour at home for a bit so didn't have to do all the boring stuff at the hospital, she did want me monitored but said I could be off the bed and go as far as the cords would reach. As it was DD had other ideas and my waters broke at 35 weeks 5 days so I had to be at the hospital from the get go, I was on the monitor but could be off the bed and standing in an upright position (DH had to hold the monitor on my belly so they could get a good reading of baby's heart rate. But then my labour from first contraction I felt to her being born was very fast - not sure what would of happenend if it went on for hours.

Good luck chick, I hope you feel a bit less over whelmed about it all once you've spoken to your MW.

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I think the time thing is they dont want your labour stalling (which towards the end is very normal! look up the 'rest and be thankful' stage) (mine did, it took me 4 hours to go from 8cm to 9.5cm, then got mw to break my waters, and still hardly anything happened, so had epi to have c sect, by the time that was done I was 10cm so I was 'allowed' 30 mins of pushing.. ended up avoiding the c sect by the skin of my teeth!)

Candycane where are you? I know an awesome doula in Auckland (although she might be studying still, but shes still awesome)


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I wonder if different hospitals have different monitor cord lengths? I had monitoring with #1, (that ended in CS), both external then internal and for both I wasn't allowed to get off the bed at all which was very frustrating because I'd been happy enough walking around before that. Maybe it was just the distressed fetal heart rate at the time, but I was barely allowed to move once the monitors were on at all.
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Wgtn has a couple of pairs of wireless, waterproof ones, the rest are corded, and you have about a 2m radius from the monitor


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I'm in Chch, my mw said she doesn't know of any doulas here... But she did say a supportive woman either family or friend would be good, or maybe I could try a student mw or childbirth educator hmmm not sure what to do...
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Candycane, I have a friend whos going to find some contacts for you


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Here you go, she said:
Ok the ones I was thinking of were Khymne D'Arcy (https://www.facebook.com/kdbirthandparenting) and Helen Turner (http://www.nurturewithin.co.nz/birth-postnatal-doula/) - Helen used to be in Rangiora but is in the Tasman area now, though she travels.

Hope one of these lovely women can help Candycane


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Oh wow thanks Emmi that's very thoughtful of you! I will be lolling them up!
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Bumping this up for myself. Also how was recovery from your vbac's ladies? Just wondering how you coped with a toddler etc.
Also anyone else out there going for a vbac?

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Phantom, I have to say (and I dont say it to many because I dont want to offend those who had c sections), but I had a wee tear, but my recovery was amazing, I actually didnt know how physically hard my c sect was till I had my vbac.. I felt the same on day 2 vbac as I did at abotu 4 weeks with my c sect, my tear didnt give me any grief at all (I seriously wouldnt have known if the mw hadnt have told me)
I loved that I was able to pick up my toddler (I kept saying how mad it was that if Id had a c sect that I wouldnt be able to pick her up), it was just amazing (and my c sect wasnt horrible)


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Thanks Emmi. Might not even b possible for me to have a vbac but wont know for a few weeks. Just getting as much info as i can for now :-)

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Bump...
Just had my appointment with an OB in Wellington (I'm 34 weeks), was trying for a VBAC but she seems to think that I won't be able to do this as I must have a small pelvis (dd1 was 2.290kg)
She has said that it is my choice and so I have said I still would like to try rather than have an elective CS.
Bit annoyed that she was able to provide more information or help on this, my midwife was more helpful.

Has anyone had any experience with this? Or could offer me any advice?

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