In your professional opinion...

[oceanemergence]

Hi midwives, birth professionals and anyone else who might know. This is a question for you. Do you think that an ob or cnm would think I was a good candidate for a vbac? My first pregnancy went without a hitch. My son was a cesarean birth due to breech position. Afterwards my Doc told me that I would be a perfect candidate for a future vbac. My second pregnancy I had planned on having a homebirth. I miscarried at 13 weeks at home. Following the miscarriage I ended up in the hospital after passing gigantic black foul smelling blood clots and high fever. At the hospital we discovered that the placenta was still completely attached. It had been rotting inside of me for 9 days and I was completely septic.I also had a nasty uterine infection. I was in the hospital for 3 days. I had never been so sick in my entire life and the whole process was traumatic. About 6 months later I became pregnant again and miscarried at 10 weeks. This one was a blighted ovum but there was still tons of scraping at the midwives office. I was too frightened to do this one at home, after the last time.
So ladies what do you think? Would I be viewed as high risk because of the uterine infection? Would I be laughed out of the room?
I appreciate your opinion and am looking forward to hearing your responses.
Thanks, Dana

[MsBlack]

If I were your mw, I would certainly not rule out vbac because of the things you report.

I would probably want to help you focus on healing from the csec and the traumatic things that have followed, tho--emotional healing, as well as physical. Emotional healing from trauma is different for different people, so I'd try to help you figure out your own best way to work with that element of things. Diet/nutrition/supplements, as well as herbs and exercise are some things I can think of that I would want to work with physically, to promote healthiest possible state of your uterus and immune system (your body generally, of course, but focussing there more).

[lorijds]

It depends upon the practice. Since the infection did not occur in the c-section site while it was healing, some providers would be okay with this. A friend of mine had multiple problems with healing after a section, and her provider still considered her a VBAC candidate.

I'd say that since the infection was due to what was actually in your uterus, as opposed to the uterus itself, most providers would be fine with you as a VBAC.

Good luck!