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post #21 of 24
Juvysen- congrats on the babe to be! I'm sure the vbac label doesn't help. Of the three local homebirth midwives, one doesn't do hbac at all, one was on vacation during my due month, and the remaining one was willing to fudge dates but was technically supposed to transfer at 41 weeks (to a hospital with a total vbac ban ). Sadly, due to a change in OB backup, all three midwives are losing their ability to (legally) attend homebirths as of June. Which stinks.

In regards to 41 vs 42, some vbac studies suiggest that vbac success is more likely if teh mom has spontaneous labor closer to 40 weeks than to 42 weeks. But there are several factors at play, the studies don't address women without uterine scars, and even though vbac success diminished as the 42 week mark approached it didn't vanish!
post #22 of 24
Wombatclay... I know It's terrible. And of course we had lost one to retirement before all that... I'm just thanking my lucky stars that I got in under the wire on this "no more legal homebirth" stuff. I have a friend who was planning to TTC and it would have put her in July and ended up changing her plans because of the midwife situation.
post #23 of 24
From what I remember, the research showed some worse outcomes after 42 weeks, and then subsequent research showed NO WORSE outcomes when inducing/c-sectioning at 41 (or maybe 41.5) weeks... so that became the new recommendation.
post #24 of 24
Every OB that I have encountered gets edgy at 40 weeks and then really pushes induction at 41 weeks. That's why I was induced with my son. With my daughter's home birth, I carried to 42 weeks and 3 days. And she was perfectly healthy and happy. Never again will I let a doctor tell me when my baby is ready to come...
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