unfavourable for VBAC :(

Aww was it an unexpected decision?
When I had my OB visit I asked if I would have a baby limit if my second birth was a c/s. He said that methods are getting better all the time and while some people would have been seriously limited in the past, these days many women can have 10, 12 kids all via c/s. So your future plans should be okay...all your pregnancies from hereon are likely to be only 38 weeks long and make you the envy of all VB-ers! And, an elective c/s has gotta be a whole lot less freaky than an emergency one.
*hugs*

You sure can. I know someone who has had 5 c-sections. And I know someone else who had 2 c-sections then a VBAC.

I know the feeling about being sad. My dreams of having a natural drug-free home birth have been shattered. The surgeon that did my last c-section said I have a very small and oddly shaped pelvis and didn't believe I would be able to give birth naturally unless the baby was very small. And as my last bub was 9lb 5oz I don't see it happening.

But hey, I am trying to tell myself that there are worse things in life to miss out on than pushing a large baby out of my vagina!

I'm about to have #3 by c-sect (after a crash, and then elective c-section, elective being less than 2 years ago) and the ob said theres not really any limit with modern technology and careful monitoring etc, BUT the risks do rise marginally from #4 c-section onwards. I'm done with #3 for more reasons than just multiple c-sections, so am opting for a tubal ligation this time.

As someone wise once told me, when you drop your kids off at school and look at the other kids, you cant tell whether they were born vaginally or by c-section, any more than you can tell if they were formula or breast fed so long as they come out healthy, thats the best outcome

I've had 2 c sections both elective at 39 weeks. i also have an unfavourable pelvis due to surgery on it and bone removed to build up my hip bone when i was a kid. So pelvis is in no shape to push out a baby!

I am hugely thankful that c sections are here and if they weren't i may not have been able to have kids as they wouldn't be able to get out!

Both were really postive and fanastic i wouldn't change anything and both boys were well and o.k that's really the main thing. It doesn't matter in the slighest how they come out, as long as they do!

Also my obs who did the c section said when she visited the next morning after DS2 birth "so see you back for your 3rd c section soon"

It's ok to be upset, I cried the whole way into hospital this last time (40min drive, poor DH), there's no rule "tough it out & pretend that everything's ok". I was terrified, kept repeating to myself "it'll be over soon", & it was, =). If you're worried about what others think e.g. randoms in the supermarket "how was the birth?", I just say "fairly straightforward". I wish I was as ballsy as a friend of mine who replied "none of your business, it's my vagina".

IsaacsMum wrote: Had my first OB visit today. I'm unfavourable for VBAC. In my notes from CS it says I have an 'unfavourable pelvic outlet' - I'm not inclined to challenge that so it's elective CS this time round.

I have to ask if they explained what was so unfavourable?
I also had to add that in my notes for my second c-section (after a TOL) I had this noted as a reason for my failed vbac... No-one could explain what that meant LOL!
I had baby #3 & #4 naturally & both had bigger heads than my first two children

Just a thought on my part anyway

One of our local Plunket nurses had 5 caesareans and when we were chatting about it, she informed me the current world record is TWELVE ... insane huh!! (I think I remember that correctly)

Hehe the 'none of your business it's my vagina' is a good call!! I sometimes wonder why people ask, I mean, clearly it was good in the end if there's a baby in your arms