Reasons for C/s

Why did you have one?

For me DD was an emergency c/s. She was brow presentation (face towards way out instead of top of her head).

DS was an elective. My liver functions were not as they should so Drs wanted him delivered 2 weeks early. Having already had a c/s Drs didn't want to risk inducing me, so another c/s it was. Turns out he was brow presentation too, so would have ended up with an emergency c/s if I'd tried a VBAC. Midwife thinks its probably something to do with the shape of my pelvis that makes my babys do the brow presentation thing.

DD was an emergency after 27 hours of labour, 3 hours of pushing, failed ventouse twice. She was brow presentation, posterior and a big baby for a first baby, weighing 9lbs and she was born at 38 weeks!

mine was my pelvis is to small for baby to get thur which means any more babys will be a c-section aswell

Sam was an elective c-section at 39.5 weeks due to turning himself into a kneeling breech and tucking his foot under my pelvis at about 37 weeks.   There was NO way he was ever going to come out naturally.    Other factors I had were high BP and lots of fluid but the breech thing was the deciding factor. Will be having my VBAC in a few days.

Mine was emergancy due to my cervix being unable to dilate. So future ones will be csect too. 12hours on the drip they finally figured it out. Couldn't even have an IUD inserted thats how closed up it was.

Spencer was breech so had an elective. I nearly had an emergency one at 35 weeks when my waters ruptured and my labour started, thankfully it stopped cos it was all a bit stressful as I had been told he was head down 12 hours before my waters broke. They wouldn't attempt to turn him cos of my ruptured waters, and I leaked water for 3 weeks, was in hospital and on antibiotics. Was prepped 3 times for emergency each time my "false" labour started, we made it to 38 weeks before he came via elective c/s.

Kyle was VBAC, 14 hour labour, 2 hours pushing then one final push with the help of a vontouse.

1st baby early induction due to mild pre-eclamsia 13hour labour only 2cm fetal distress, my heart rate up the crapper - emergency section

2-5th babys natural births, 2 at home

6th baby - overdue went into labour after 2days still only 4cm, waters had been broken 12 hours, fetal distress, he was having major decels, emergency section where they found his head was in an awkward position and he was never gonna come out the natural way.

DS emergency C section after 12 hours labour. Failure to progress (I was 4 cm dilated when I arrived at hospital & never dilated any further, despite having a syntocin drip ). DS went into fetal distress eventually. I could only lie on my left side, if I lay on my right side or my back then his heart rate would drop. They didn't want to give me anymore syntocin because it may have made his heart rate drop even more. They did a blood test using blood from his head & found he was in trouble.

When they took him out he was posterior & his chin was flexed instead of being tucked in. Also the cord was wrapped around his neck. I don't think he was EVER going to come out by himself. His apgars were great though, which led the MW to say that the blood test they did was probably incorrect.

MW wants me to try for a VBAC this time, but I don't know if I can go through the stress of a crash ceaser again. Those were the worst 5-10 minutes of my life. I think I might just go straight to the elective & have a nice calm birth experience this time.

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Four_eyes wrote: odette i hear you on that! i assume mw and OB will want VBAC but i dont think i can emotionally go through that crash c again.. his first APGAR only 3 and had cord wrapped too(forgot to say i was induced due to pre PE)

Yeah my MW REALLY wants me to try for the VBAC but she has also said that obviously she can't guarantee that I won't end up having another emergency C section. To me I would rather have an elective than an emergency any day. And the recovery from my Csection was great, so I'm not worried about that. The only thing that worries me a little is not being able to pick DS up for 6 weeks, but he'll just have to cope.

I'm really scared they are going to try force me into a VBAC

Four_eyes wrote: andriea- did you have to wait till 3 or 4 to get your home birth? i just wondered cause mw not happy with me birthing anywhere but hospital? (not that I'm brave enough fro home birth) :)

Four eyes I think you will find that it is more just your midwife rather than having to wait. I was offered a homebirth for my first baby (REALLY wish I had chosen that now!!) but my aunt (who is a practising midwife in West AUcks) just won't do homebirths as the primary midwife because she doesn't feel comfortable doing so. Although she has been secondary midwife for homebirths before.