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Originally Posted by texmati  I had a section nearly a year ago to the day. I am 4 months pregnant. I looked for a thread like this one, but haven't been able to find it.
For someone on the fence, what made the VBAC worth it vs just scheduling a c-section?
Just a little background-- With my son, I was knocked out for delivery. I honestly feel jealous when I hear about mom's with scheduled sections being awake and present, and having a memory of their child's birth.
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The horrible
gas pains stuck in my intestines after the section made me never want to go through that again. The
drugs they gave me for pain soon were as difficult to deal with as the pain. I can't put my finger on it exactly; something just wasn't right.
Not being able to lift anything heavier than my baby.
I had two vbac after the c-section and never regretted them. I had an epidural with the first and nothing with the second, but a best friend. There was pain in the labor, but any pains after were nothing in comparison to the cs after. Also, I
held both babies right after they were born. I was awake during the cs even though it was considered an "emergency cs" but I was strapped down and could not touch my baby. They just held her up for me to look at. I didn't get her for at least two hours later. Not cool.
After the cs, I told the doctor I wanted a vaginal birth for the next and she said we could try for that. I didn't even notice that her wording was negative. I had another doctor for my first vbac and he never mentioned rupturing. In fact, I'd never heard of such a thing until I came across unassisted childbirth and got into the mothering discussion groups. By then, my youngest was in grade school - like third grade or older. And I was nearly 34 when I had my first child, so I wouldn't be concerned with something like that.
