I am in a tricky and confused situation and not sure how to best prepare myself for my plans on having a VBA2C...maybe you can help me firgure it out cause I worry myself insane.
Here my situation: I am almost 20 weeks pregnant, had my 2nd c-section 11 months ago, this Baby will be due end of March 2011. So my husband had applied for several jobs in Germany (my home country) he works for the government, I thought the process would be over with much sooner so that I would be moved and settled in Germany, where I could start finding a provider and midwife that supports me through my journey on having a VBA2C...However, time is running fast and I figure I am not allowed to fly past mid Feb.
The situation here, I am living in a town with a VBAC ban hospital and 1-2 hr drive to the next hospital that has failed to support me with my last attempt to VBAC, 11 months ago, so that my desire to give birth in Germany close to my family is much higher than ever. My healthinsurance would only pay 70% of their allowed amount, meaning that I would have to cover a lot on my own in Germany, it would be different if we move there than we can switch our plan completely for Germany, but we are not sure how soon that would actually be, so I am stuck on giving birth here or paying a lot on my own over there.
The provider I am having now mentioned that they would section me at 39 weeks since I had 2 c-sections, and like I said I was not concidereing a provider hunt in the area 1-2 hr away from here since I thought we move any time...now my time is running out and I got no peace of mind that I can do things and have a solution that would make my plan on VBA2C at all possible.
I even concidered Homebirth, but again I am 1-2 hr away from the next big hospital that has the equipment to react and treat me and my child in case of an emergency...the local hospital is "bad" and understaffed VBAC ban etc...no NICU etc...plus my husbadn better be on TDY when I give birth cause he will never be on board for a homebirth even under drugs LOL!! under those circumstances I am very scared of it a HBA2C too, to be honest.
Not sure where to start what to do, should I hunt for a provider here again knowing that the 1-2 hr drive will haunt me just like last time, knowing that they are mostly not supportive enough anyhow, or should I fly to Germany and "hope" it will not be as expensive all goes well and I will not have to pay has much, but what if I end up with a c-section or my child needs special care this could get expensive??? I am trying to crack this problem for the last month and just can not seem to find a solution that seems right....I am praying he gets a job in Germany in time for us to move and settle over there, but if not I am stuck here with no clue what to do?? Help?
Here my situation: I am almost 20 weeks pregnant, had my 2nd c-section 11 months ago, this Baby will be due end of March 2011. So my husband had applied for several jobs in Germany (my home country) he works for the government, I thought the process would be over with much sooner so that I would be moved and settled in Germany, where I could start finding a provider and midwife that supports me through my journey on having a VBA2C...However, time is running fast and I figure I am not allowed to fly past mid Feb.
The situation here, I am living in a town with a VBAC ban hospital and 1-2 hr drive to the next hospital that has failed to support me with my last attempt to VBAC, 11 months ago, so that my desire to give birth in Germany close to my family is much higher than ever. My healthinsurance would only pay 70% of their allowed amount, meaning that I would have to cover a lot on my own in Germany, it would be different if we move there than we can switch our plan completely for Germany, but we are not sure how soon that would actually be, so I am stuck on giving birth here or paying a lot on my own over there.
The provider I am having now mentioned that they would section me at 39 weeks since I had 2 c-sections, and like I said I was not concidereing a provider hunt in the area 1-2 hr away from here since I thought we move any time...now my time is running out and I got no peace of mind that I can do things and have a solution that would make my plan on VBA2C at all possible.
I even concidered Homebirth, but again I am 1-2 hr away from the next big hospital that has the equipment to react and treat me and my child in case of an emergency...the local hospital is "bad" and understaffed VBAC ban etc...no NICU etc...plus my husbadn better be on TDY when I give birth cause he will never be on board for a homebirth even under drugs LOL!! under those circumstances I am very scared of it a HBA2C too, to be honest.
Not sure where to start what to do, should I hunt for a provider here again knowing that the 1-2 hr drive will haunt me just like last time, knowing that they are mostly not supportive enough anyhow, or should I fly to Germany and "hope" it will not be as expensive all goes well and I will not have to pay has much, but what if I end up with a c-section or my child needs special care this could get expensive??? I am trying to crack this problem for the last month and just can not seem to find a solution that seems right....I am praying he gets a job in Germany in time for us to move and settle over there, but if not I am stuck here with no clue what to do?? Help?
so I am not thrilled having to worry about my baby if my blood pressure rises again, but having no other option here than getting another c-section, which is insane...In Germany I would live within minutes from 3 hospitals that all allow VBACs so if I need to be watched cause my blood pressure rises again I can go there and go back home if all is well no c-section needed and have time to go into labor on my own...I just do not know how they stand for VBA2C, the guidelines in Germany state it is not "much" more of a risk than after just one c-section, but the docs won't answer me by email when I ask them so who know what I will run into, I just know they are much more against c-sections than in the states.
