I'm Afraid to VBAC - Page 2

[mom2kay]

Thanks everyone! arrived yesterday

That's alright, onto the next cycle! Each time I don't get pg, I tell myself, Kayla gets to be one month older when this baby arrives and that is good for her. She also is still breastfeeding and I know some kids wean when you're pg. I know my breasts were so sore throughout my whole 1st pg that if they are that sore this time, I'll have to wean her. I want to let her nurse at least until she is 2.

Like I said before, its all in God's perfect timing.

[Chelly2003]

I just got back from my meeting with a midwife, its so comforting to talk to someone who is so "comfortable" with an HBAC.

She's a lovely lady, and I am thinking "she's the one"

Chelly

[TigerTail]

personally, after much reading (including the mothering hbac issue) i felt comfortable doing it w/ an epidural, so in the very rare event of a rupture, no wait time for the emergency anesthesia (one of the valid reasons for an epi, imho- another might be the back labor that wore me out so much w/out an epi that i ended up w/ the c-sec in the first place.)

sure do understand people wanting to avoid medicalizing birth (heck, i read the first 'immaculate deception' 23 years ago), but after trying it my way twice with attempted unassisted a total of 48 ungodly hours, i was willing to have some help . btw, you still can own your birth even if you have a hospital birth- stay ballsy (ovarian? ) & conscious & make your wishes KNOWN (not a guarantee, but it makes a difference.)

good luck- it is absolutely awesome. my vbac rocked!

suse

[crazy_eights]

Originally posted by drytushies
I had it in my head that a rupture occurs in 1 in 200 VBAC's (long story). Well, now after reading LOTS, I see that it is like 1 in 9000.

Where did this number come from ? As far as I know, the rupture rate for uninduced/unaugmented labors is 5 per 1000 (which is 1 per 200). This is the statistic that has been calculated for most of the research done of VBAC's. However, only about 1 in 4 ruptures are a "tramatic rupture" - the majority are "silent" and manifest usually in a failure to progress.

Just as a side note - I saw a case just like this only this week. The mom pushed for 6 hours, fetal heart tones were OK (no decels) and when she went back to the OR, her incision had seperated. THis is not brought up as a scare tactic! Only to illustrate that even the dreaded "rupture" isn't always what people imagine. And that the stats are overwhelmingly in your (and your baby's) favor.

[TigerTail]

hi, chava- i wondered about that cpd diagnosis for my c-sec when my nearly 10 lb (at 37 weeks!) max came out w/ only a small reasonable tear... funny how my pelvis managed to get bigger once i was relaxed and not in hideous pain, lol. oh well, you told me- don't think i was quite ready to hear it then

suse (i'm glad i got to see that birth could be fun! and no, i'm not talking epidural: but the three delightful days of NON-back labor I got to have first this time, I really enjoyed all that rockin' & moanin'! now i'd be happy to pop out another one w/out being afraid of birth again; it's that hyperemesis during pregnancy and the toughness of already having two in diapers that puts me off!)

[crazy_eights]

Originally posted by suseyblue
hi, chava- i wondered about that cpd diagnosis for my c-sec when my nearly 10 lb (at 37 weeks!) max came out w/ only a small reasonable tear... funny how my pelvis managed to get bigger once i was relaxed and not in hideous pain, lol. oh well, you told me- don't think i was quite ready to hear it then

OH, just smack me. Subtlety has never been my strong point! : It's all I can do sometimes not to yell at a patient - "Your OB is a stupid jackass!!!!"

[TigerTail]

oh, definately many obs are jackasses- but i'll give mine the benefit of the doubt in that instance. i was tuckered out long before i went anywhere near the hospital, and i think 'cpd' was a convenient way for him to not say 'you were way beat to sh*t, girl!'... which we both knew i was. back labor BITES.

suse