How did your 2nd VBAC compare to your first VBAC?

[bensgirl1222]

I am 37w2d with baby #3. My first was an emergency c/s and I had my 2nd son by VBAC. I never dilated until close to 40 weeks each time and went into spontaneous labor at 40w5d and 40w4d. My first labor started out normal (woke up to full-blown labor, got to hospital 2 hours later at 4cm, then an hour after that I was 7cm, then DS went into distress where I needed a c/s.) My second labor had some complications bc I had an untreated/undiagnosed bladder infection/borderline kidney infection that put me into "labor" from 40 weeks up until I actually delivered him at 40w4d. However, once real labor started and my water was broken I went from 2cm-10cm in about 5 hours, pushed for over an hour when DS2 went into distress that facilitated a vacuum extraction. Not the best experience overall but I had my VBAC like I wanted and evyone was fine.

So now I'm ready to have our baby girl and at 36 weeks I was 1 1/2cm dilated and 0 effacement. Today at 37w2d I was 2cm dilated with 50% effacement (already what I was in "active" labor with #2). So I guess I'm wondering how your 2nd VBAC compared to your first in regards to length of pregnancy, length of labor etc....

And I know being dilated means "nothing" but it's still exciting nonetheless

[channelofpeace]

Personally, it was considerably easier.  That was probably due to the circumstances of the birth as much as it was my second vba2c.  My first vba2c was induced, at 37wks 1d with a foley cath and nipple stimulation due to blood incompatibility.  It ended up being over 40 hours from the time they placed the foley to birth and I got the epidural about 3 hours before he was born.  My second vba2c was a homebirth, went into labor spontaneously at 39wks 6d and she was born about 14 hours after the first contraction.  Really, only the last 20 or 30 minutes were really hard.  I hope this one is easier for you, too.

[bensgirl1222]

Thanks chanel! I hope so too. I also lost alot of blood following the delivery and almost needed a blood transfusion (I had a bleeder that they couldn't find). So I'm hoping for an easier labor and delivery this time around!