Labor was horrendous, just when I thought it couldn't be worse than last time. 3 days labor, 1st one stop and start prodromal. After over a days "real" labor and no sleep in 2 days I went to the hospital. I gratefully accepted an epidural (ok, demanded it) and caught a short catnap. When I arived it as midnight and I was 5m. Took til noon to be complete. Once complete I started pushing. 3 hours later the baby was still at +1 and the doctor suggested changing positions, which I did many times. Still +1, because my pubic bone was holdingthe baby up and in. Doc said she could not move my bone. I said get the vacuum. She said, can't, baby not low enough. She was trying to gently steer me toward the realization of a repeat c/s. Whn it dawned on me I pretty much had a temper tantrum. I cried, screamed about the unfairness of it all, cussed like a sailor and then insisted on trying 2 more positions. Nothing worked. Baby was never in distress so that was good. Just after 4pm I had a repeat c/s. Troy David was 7 pounds 14.5 ounces and 19.5 inches long, born 4:07 pm 01-10-07.
I'm glad I did every possible thing to try to birth vaginally. I know I didn't have another surgical birth because of medical interventions (there were none that I didn't request, mainly the epidural) or because I was induced (I was not) or because I somehow chose it or wimped out. The fact is that my bone structure will not allow a baby to pass through. If I had somehow managed to get the head out there would have been shoulder dystocia and serious complications for the baby.
I'm recovering fairly well. I think that not having the emotional turmoil that I left the last birth with is really going to help me heal faster. I had to have a vertical uterine incision because there were unknown adhesions between my bladder and uterus and the doctor had to decide to damage one of them to repair the other or to give me a different incision. I already told dh I'm not doing this again.
I hope the rest of you have quicker easier births.
I'm glad I did every possible thing to try to birth vaginally. I know I didn't have another surgical birth because of medical interventions (there were none that I didn't request, mainly the epidural) or because I was induced (I was not) or because I somehow chose it or wimped out. The fact is that my bone structure will not allow a baby to pass through. If I had somehow managed to get the head out there would have been shoulder dystocia and serious complications for the baby.
I'm recovering fairly well. I think that not having the emotional turmoil that I left the last birth with is really going to help me heal faster. I had to have a vertical uterine incision because there were unknown adhesions between my bladder and uterus and the doctor had to decide to damage one of them to repair the other or to give me a different incision. I already told dh I'm not doing this again.
I hope the rest of you have quicker easier births.
I'm so sorry you didn't get the birth you wanted, you really went through a lot and I'm sure made the best decision for baby in the end. Things could really have been bad if baby had gotten stuck - at least he didn't have to deal with that trauma!
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