And one thing we should never forget , is , that ANY uterus can rupture . I personally know of a case , first pregnancy , uscarred uterus , induced labor , that didn´t speed up enough for the doctor , so they pumped some stuff into the mother and guess , what....
Complete rupture , heavy blood loss and even though , mother and baby survived , that child is irreparably brain-damaged and the mother lost her uterus .Â
It makes me really angry , when people throw themselves at the "oh a vbac is the most dangerous thing in the world , blablabla..." and at the same time fail to mention (or realize) , that a cesarean is MAYOR abdominal surgery with a lot of short- and long-term risks and side effects . My mother had to have us by cesarean , unavoidably in her case due to an old pelvis fracture , that was healed so poorly , she couldn´t fit a 6-month preemie through there if she tried , but she had to have surgery because all the scar tissue inside her was causing her so many problems .
And that was 15 years after the last c/s !
Of course , there is a risk involved , but right now , it seems , that the only two choices women have is , to do it at home or in a hospital , where they don´t get any support and it seems like the doctor is standing there with a scalpell waiting for his chance to slash her open
But really, all we want , is to deliver our child in a safe surrounding , where we have all the options available to us SHOULD THE NEED ARISE!!!!
Not because the baby before the one we have now , was taken by surgery .
That´s why I hate the words trial of labor , hell , any delivery is a trial of labor , strictly speaking , since you NEVER know , how it may go , whether it´s the first or 10th time .
And the argument , that doctors like to use , we are not equipped to perform an emergency c/s in this hospital . Well , then you shouldn´t let ANY women deliver here , because you NEVER know , when you may have to perform an emergency c/s
The fact remains , vbac or vbamc is safe , it´s an option , that we should at least be allowed to try and that´s another thing I hate "you won´t be allowed to do that"
Says f...who ? I am an adult , I make that decision based on the research I did and nobody can tell me , what I am allowed to do or not , after all , I am not 5 .
My mother (who is a radiologist , by the way) once said , that if ob/gyns would have their patients best interest in mind , they would not be doing half the stuff they are doing now .
A rcs is not the safest option for the mother or baby , when it´s performed only because the others were cs , it´s the easiest option for the doctor . after all , once he did the surgery , he doesn´t live with the aftermath of it , so why should he worry
Sorry , I really needed to vent that !!!
