VBAC ’rules’
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Topic: VBAC ’rules’
Posted By: noodle
Subject: VBAC ’rules’
Date Posted: 01 February 2011 at 7:53pm
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'Rules' may not be the right word but you get what I mean (I hope lol)
I went for my OB appointment at the hospital to discuss my last labour and options for this one. I have been told that after reading over my notes they are happy to let me attempt a VBAC. The OB said there are 3 things that I have to do though which are: *go to hospital as soon as labour starts or as early as possible (I was wanting to labour at home for as long as poss) *get a luire(sp?) as soon as we arrive at the hospital (i'm fine with this) and be constantly monitored wither by the one on my belly or the scalp monitor on bubs. (I was wanting to be able to move around and not be confined to the bed). Now obviously I will do what has to be done for the safety and health of baby and me but 2 of the big things I wanted to be able to do, I have been told I cant. What is everyone's experiances with this are they leinent or do I just have to get use to the idea of having to do it this way? He also told me he recommends that I get a epidural cathader as soon as we get there aswell (doesn't have to have epi in it but just the cathader inserted incase it's needed in a hurry) I can see how this makes sense but dont know if it will add to the discomfort of not being able to be active or can ya not feel it when it's in there? I did all of ds's labour with gas (until on op table when they gave me a spinal) and was wanting to try for that again but sounds like i'm going to have to have quite a bit of intervention/monitoring. At the end of the day my main priority is the baby and what needs to be done at the time I will do but I was hoping to have a bit more 'freedom' I guess. So any thoughts/experiances would be appreciated as my head is spinning a bit at the mo!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: tiptoes
Date Posted: 01 February 2011 at 8:21pm
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Oh stink, those aren't the best rules. I'm the same as you and want to try and stay at home longer this time and not shorter! Plus want to be active and I imagine being hooked up means confined to the bed? Can you move much with the belly monitoring rather than scalp monitor?
The epidural thing I had was just in my wrist and didn't bother me at all. So don't worry too much about that one. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 01 February 2011 at 8:31pm
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Ok well for a start you don't have to do or not do anything, your body, your baby, your choice. They can suggest, they can give you their ideal of how they would like you to labour but you can say no to it all, you have that right.
I was told pretty much the same three things you were and I told my mw that they could take a running jump. She agreed that it's OTT and advised I stay home as long as possible and I refused to be monitored constantly cos I didn't see the need, I also said no to the epidural, although the OB I saw seemed to think I should just get one the second I turned up, and I wouldn't mind constant monitoring cos you can't move with an epi anyway. I wanted to go in the water and my mw said that if that was what I wanted then the OB's would just have to deal with me climbing out to check me. I also said no to the IV line being put in ready cos it takes them seconds to do so I don't see the point of getting it put in early when it may never be needed. So I stayed home for the first 5 hours of my labour, didn't get an epi until I had been in labour for 9 hours, they put the IV in when I had the epi. During the time I was at the hospital I was monitored when I first turned up, which i was happy to do, then I was up walking around, went in the shower, decided I didn't want to go in the birth pool, but mw just monitored me by asking about baby movements and occassionally using a doppler to check his heartbeat. I tried gas for a while and then got the epi, from then on I was monitored constantly. I saw an OB three times during my whole labour, once when I first turned up and she signed something to say I could have an epi if i wanted, then I met the new one at shift change over, and then saw that lady again when mw called her into to check me out (was having some pains near scar) and we did vontouse then as well as had been pushing for just over 2 hours and was very tired and his shoulder was causing me immense pain. So the experience I had wasn't anything like they had said, however a lady came in at 27 weeks with triplets and my mw said that everyone was far too busy with that and left me alone far more than they usually would. She had said when I turned up I was suppose to be their "high risk" case of the night cos of being a VBAC. So I guess for me I was lucky to get left alone as things may have been different if the OB's hadn't of been so busy and had been in with me more. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: newme
Date Posted: 01 February 2011 at 9:07pm
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These are all unnecessary in my opinion. I did a LOT of research into it, and all the research indicates that intervention leads to more intervention.
*go to hospital as soon as labour starts or as early as possible (I was wanting to labour at home for as long as poss) A womens body labours more efficiently and effectively when the women is in comfortable, familiar surroundings (ie, home). By going to hospital early it increases the chance of having a drawn out labour. You will then quite possibly be told that a VBAC labour shouldn't be going on as long as it is, and a c-section is necessary. *get a luire(sp?) as soon as we arrive at the hospital (i'm fine with this) If you are fine with this, then go ahead. But I wouldn't! *and be constantly monitored wither by the one on my belly or the scalp monitor on bubs. (I was wanting to be able to move around and not be confined to the bed). This is totally unnecessary, and setting you up for an unpleasant labour. Continual fetal monitoring has not been shown to improve maternal or fetal outcomes, rather it only serves to increase the cesarean rates. If your midwife just checks the heartbeat regularly, this is all that should be needed. YOu don't have to have any of these things. There is so much research out there to show that these practices are totally unnecessary. Do your own research, and don't be afraid to stand up for yourself and what you want. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 February 2011 at 10:00pm
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Oh, they are definitely "rules"! But I think they are OTT too.
*go to hospital as soon as labour starts or as early as possible (I was wanting to labour at home for as long as poss) I was advised to go to hospital asap with my VBAC baby so there could be thorough monitoring. As it turned out, baby was facing the wrong way so my early labour went on for about a day. My LMC met us at the hospital, did a CTG, and sent us out for a long walk. I had another CTG and went home until the middle of that night, when I was ready to be at the hospital. My labour didn't properly establish until a few hours later when I had artificial rupture. My advice is to do all the early labour stuff at home. Keep your LMC advised, she can even visit you at home and do the doppler on the baby if she wants to check how you're doing. It probably won't be counted as labour until you're at the stage of wanting to be at the hospital anyway. *get a luire(sp?) as soon as we arrive at the hospital (i'm fine with this) This is the IV line, I assume? I've had this for all my post-c/s births. I think I'll actually decline next time because I find it a small nuisance. But it's not a big deal. It is kinda helpful for them because they can take blood samples and put in antibiotics (if needed) and everything else. And if they put it in a good place, like the back of your hand, it won't get in your way. They will keep it in until your have urinated without probs post-birth. *and be constantly monitored wither by the one on my belly or the scalp monitor on bubs. (I was wanting to be able to move around and not be confined to the bed). Constant monitoring seems to be interpreted differently by different mw's. With my VBAC I wanted an epidural (don't do it!!!) and that requires the constant CTG monitoring as well, so I consented. They didn't suggest the scalp monitor and it would have been totally unnecessary. With the next birth, my mw had me strapped to the machine but standing up next to the bed (I wanted to be in standing position). Birth #4 I don't remember having the CTG at all - maybe at the start. The mw put the doppler on the baby's heartbeat at regular intervals while I laboured. I was off the bed for that one too. Birth #5 I had hospital mw's and they were very keen to keep the CTG on both my contractions and the baby. Just before I went into "established labour" (so I was already having contractions but okay ones) I went for a toilet stop and only got the baby CTG on after that. I wouldn't have let them put the top strap (contractions one) back on unless there was a concern, coz it is particularly uncomfy in labour! I was happy to labour on the bed with baby #5 but the mw's told me that if I wanted to go in the shower that was okay, because they had a mobile thing they could run around after me with, something like the CTG but I don't know what it was called. I would NOT have the scalp monitor unless absolutely necessary. If your labour is ticking along nicely, doppler can pick up heart beat and there's no sign of baby distress, there's no reason to have it. All it will do is get in the way of your legs and you'll be distracted, thinking that you'll hurt the baby. Talk to your mw about doppler or CTG monitoring of baby only. Hope that wasn't too waffly. I've had a few post-c/s births LOL! -------------  |
Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 02 February 2011 at 9:43am
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Re: the leur, They can only take a blood sample via that when it is first inserted, after that they have to go elsewhere... had multiple blood tests in the days after having Jae and I kept asking them to just use the leur, til they explained why they couldnt... I was quite miffed cos I was over being a pincushion lol! BUT, it is definitely a handy thing to have (if they put it in right! Ask them to put it in the back of your non-dominant hand if possible!) in case you need any drugs, be they pain relief, anti-emetics or a saline drip for hydration etc, they are much more effective if they go direct to your bloodstream, than if taken orally.
When humming and hah'ing over VBAC or not with Jae, my midwife said I DIDNT have to be monitored the whole time, it would be for app 5 mins every 1/2 an hour (just as a rough guide, they wouldnt be watching the clock the whole time), and inbetween I could labour how I liked, including in the bath (just couldnt give birth in there, but thats against hospital policy for anyone anyways) and that while I could have the epi line set up without an actual epi given (JIC a call for c-section was made mid-labour) I didnt HAVE to have it in, was more as a precautionary measure than anything else. Scalp monitor is unneccessary (and would be more of a nuisance than anything else, unless you've had an epi, in which case you wouldnt notice it) and can only be applied once waters have broken. In the end none of it mattered as I ended up opting for the elective with the OBs full support (and he wasnt one to hand out electives lightly either apparently) And as for getting to hospital as soon as labour starts... the earlier you get there, the higher your risk of intervention, if you really want to VBAC, theres no way of them knowing how long you laboured at home for before deciding to go in, and if your midwife is completely supportive of VBAC, she'll be fine with that. Best of luck with your decision! ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: shadowfeet
Date Posted: 02 February 2011 at 12:09pm
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You've definitely given me some good questions to ask the OB when I next see her in a few weeks. If I had to have constant monitoring stuck to the bed with an epidural I would probably choose an elective instead. I had all of those 'rules' mentioned above pushed onto me with DD's birth and know they didn't help at all. I could feel things going downhill when they went bad so would have consented then, but not before if I thought I had a choice ------------- 
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Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 02 February 2011 at 8:36pm
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Wow thanks guys! your replies/experiances are great! Definatley gives me some food for thought.
I have a MW appointment on Tues so will have a chat with her and see what she thinks and will let her know what I was hoping to do and go from there. And Busymum....next time?? is that number 6 we can expect some time in the future? You're a legend!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 06 February 2011 at 12:50am
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You don't have to do anything you don't want to do.
I chose to have my vba2cs at home so I could avoid all that intervention.... It is for the most part un-necessary. You can be monitored while you move around (have had that twice now!) and the longer you can hold off before going to hospital the more likely you are to avoid a cascade of intervention that you don't want  ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 27 February 2011 at 9:01pm
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NSH are pretty staunch with their protocols... I didnt even notice that I spent the whole time on the monitor LOL I wanted to kneel on the bed over the back so it the monitor didnt bother me...
I wanted the lure in when I arrived because my veins are sh*te and if they needed to put one in a hurry I wanted to avoid repeating last time (I was asked by a mw in maternity if I had been in accident I was so bruised... still not sure if she was joking). As for when you get to hospital... a) they are not at home with you so how will they know? b) you will likely find you wont be at home long anyway... 2nd time around things are "normally" faster. I planned to be as long as possible but as it turned out that was 3 only 3 hours LOL I also met protocol by arriving at hospital at 5cm without even trying LOL Its YOUR body! YOUR baby! YOUR choice! Make sure you do the research and decide what you are happy with. -------------   
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 7:06am
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Oh and I didnt have an epi catheter in.... -------------
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 1:33pm
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LOL Noodle - very big if!! ------------- |
Posted By: luvmylittlies
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 7:23pm
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Interesting thread. I'm off to see 2 MW's this week and both of them outlined what they 'normally' do for a VBAC but they both talked in terms of 'what we like' but seemed very open to me making my own decisions about things. They told me to labour at home for as long as I could, when I'd go into hospital they'd probably put a lure in (absolutely no mention of epi catheter), they'd do lots of monitoring but I could still be in a pool or whatever position I wanted provided bubs seemed happy. One even said that whilst she wouldn't recommend it if I really wanted a home birth she'd try to make it happen. I wonder if that is the difference between a MW VBAC and an Ob VBAC? ------------- Adoring Mum to Talisin 8/9/11 and Kiara 18/01/10 |
Posted By: Bobchannz
Date Posted: 01 March 2011 at 12:34pm
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I would get the lure in. It is hardly all that much of an intervention, but as someone who had a sudden, unexpected haemorraghe with great veins, it took five whole minutes to get a line in and then another five to get one in the other hand. Staff then had to squeeze fluids in on both sides.
I'm all for minimising intervention. But a VBAC is not exactly the same as a vaginal birth, due to the massive 'intervention' you experienced when you previously had a CS. My next time will be a VBAC, and I will have a line, and will negotiate monitoring. But there is a risk, increased from the standard risks involved in a vaginal birth, and you can minimise the worst effects of that potential risk by taking sensible precautions. I agree that constant monitoring results in increased intervention for not that much difference of a benefit. But occassional CTG can, with other observations, give a picture of your birth. Your midwife can also listen to the baby's heartbeat, but as someone who has reviewed births that have gone wrong, I know of too many occasions when the heartbeat heard was the Mums (rapid due to internal blood loss) or there was a heartbeat - but the baby was asphyxiating (baby can sometimes have an OK heartbeat but there is no oxygen in that blood). And even if you have every midwife and obstetrician in the room things can still go wrong. Why monitoring? To give everyone more time to respond if something is going wrong. Why a leur? To replace your volume quickly. Why go to the hospital early? Because if the baby or your body isn't responding well to early contractions then they have more time to sort out your options. Because if a CS needs to happen, it is better that there is time to arrange it rather than needing an emergency CS. I agree that staying home can be more relaxing - but I think this can also be a mindset thing. Having worked at a hospital though I don't find it all that scary. I guess my main point is that a VBAC is a bit different from a standard vaginal birth, and the precautions that they are suggesting reflect that additional risk. You can of course negotiate it, or decline some or all of it. But the information and suggestions that they are giving you will be based on their training, guidelines from professional colleges and hopefully a well written evidenced based policy. ------------- www.makedomum.blogspot.co.nz |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 01 March 2011 at 1:40pm
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gosh you guys are lucky.. they wouldnt put mine in for hours cause 'you are only in the beginning even though i have a history of going fast' so got almost no pain relief..in fact the whole thing was awful:( though got a healthy baby in the end so that's all that matters!! I do sortof wish I'd tried for a VBAC..but they never said I had to follow any of those rules though... ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 16 March 2011 at 4:55pm
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When I was going to try for a VBAC my midwife said to me to stay at home until I was having regular contractions, so 3 in 10 mins lasting 40-60 seconds, and to ring if I had any bleeding or my waters broke.
I think having a lure in is pretty standard and it didnt bother me, though it is a pain as it gets in the way, but if anything happened they dont have to dick around trying to put one in, its already there. |
Posted By: mcshort
Date Posted: 19 March 2011 at 9:20am
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So... the 'rules' you've been told will be hospital protocol, which the hospital use as guidelines to abide by.
Cuppatea is absolutely right - nobody will stop you doing what you want, even walking right out of the hospital. My experience: I'm studying childbirth education and have been privileged with a more than helpful midwife, and a huge range of info. I fought tooth & nail to get my VBAC and the MW was right there with me. CCDHB say go to hospital when your contractions are 10 mins apart (bu gger that!), get a lure, be monitored. I chose to be monitored with the wireless monitors, delayed the lure until the last possible moment (at which point the registrar was getting well shirty with my MW hehe!!) and I went into hospital when I was actually scheduled to go in for an 'elective' caesarean. With daylight my contractions slowed down (as they do, natural response) and my labour progressed to 4cm dilation. It was a total Godsend that I was monitored as the heartrate was totally unreassuring during contractions, then it had some massive dips and long story cut short, if I'd continued to try labour then I could've been delivering a dead baby due to a complication with the umbilical cord insertion that hadn't been picked up in scans. So I don't mean to alarm anyone, but I'd recommend even having intermittent monitoring just to check the baby's doing fine particularly during contractions, but the hospitals err WELL on the side of caution which is partly why the c/s rate is so incredibly high in NZ. Anyway that's my experience FWIW - many friends have had VBACs with no complications whatsoever and chosen to have no monitoring: every woman, pregnancy, birth and baby are different so just follow your gut. Womens' intuition is totally underrated, esp by hospital folk! ------------- Mum to two very active boys, born October 2008 and December 2010. Getting excited about becoming a Childbirth Educator, and LOVIN being a birth support to amazing and courageous women! |
Posted By: samsbabe
Date Posted: 20 March 2011 at 11:22am
| Hi Ladies, Have any of you had a doula? I am thinking I might need one after the last birth. I see Joyful Childbirth offer this service, but there is no way we could afford their rates. Do you know of any student doula's who might need someone as part of their observations? Thanks. |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 21 March 2011 at 9:42pm
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i had one, antenatal teachers are your bestcbet :) -------------
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Posted By: mcshort
Date Posted: 22 March 2011 at 8:43am
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Where are you based samsbabe? I'm doing Childbirth Education studies and we need to do 3 birth supports as part of training - if you're not local to me I can probably get you in touch with someone who is?? ------------- Mum to two very active boys, born October 2008 and December 2010. Getting excited about becoming a Childbirth Educator, and LOVIN being a birth support to amazing and courageous women! |
Posted By: LG
Date Posted: 24 March 2011 at 1:25pm
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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!
Thanks everyone -------------  Angel Baby Aug '12, Feb '13 |
Posted By: LarissaLou007
Date Posted: 07 October 2011 at 10:00am
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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/ |
Posted By: Bky
Date Posted: 24 April 2012 at 8:05am
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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? ------------- 7/2010, 10/2012 and 1/2015 |
Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 30 April 2012 at 12:19pm
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: thetravelbugtribe
Date Posted: 26 May 2012 at 9:44pm
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Candycane
Date Posted: 27 May 2012 at 4:12pm
| 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? |
Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 27 May 2012 at 9:18pm
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Emmi_
Date Posted: 27 May 2012 at 9:50pm
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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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Posted By: Bky
Date Posted: 28 May 2012 at 8:04am
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.  ------------- 7/2010, 10/2012 and 1/2015 |
Posted By: Emmi_
Date Posted: 28 May 2012 at 12:10pm
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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Posted By: Candycane
Date Posted: 29 May 2012 at 2:32pm
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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... |
Posted By: Emmi_
Date Posted: 29 May 2012 at 9:22pm
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Candycane, I have a friend whos going to find some contacts for you -------------
+1 May 09 Angel
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Posted By: Emmi_
Date Posted: 29 May 2012 at 9:57pm
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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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Posted By: Candycane
Date Posted: 29 May 2012 at 11:00pm
| Oh wow thanks Emmi that's very thoughtful of you! I will be lolling them up! |
Posted By: phantom_1
Date Posted: 23 August 2012 at 11:40am
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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.
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Posted By: Emmi_
Date Posted: 24 August 2012 at 8:44pm
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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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Posted By: phantom_1
Date Posted: 25 August 2012 at 5:24pm
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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 :-) ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Jacaranda07
Date Posted: 03 October 2013 at 4:38pm
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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? Thanks |