sesta
03-01-2006, 10:47 AM
Hi,
I am new here but have lurked in the past and have enjoyed these message boards and found them to be very helpful. I found out a month ago I am pregnanct with number 3. Originally, I was devastated, mostly because it meant a third C-section. :( I've had horrible experiences with both my previous C sections and wondered what you ladies thought. Would I be a candidate for a VBA2C?
My history:
Baby number one was an emergency C-section at 36 weeks. She was in distress, her heart rate plummeted to 40 -50 bpm with no explaination. I stopped feeling fetal movement which concerned me so I went to the hospital for monitoring and that is how they discovered her to be in distress. At this point I was having no contractions and wasn't even dilated. They told me that baby had to come out now, or else I would ultimately lose her. They didn't have time to induce me as they needed to get her out stat, and prepped me for an emerg C-section. As they were prepping me for a spinal her heart rate dropped to zero, they could not locate it. They then opted to put me under general. The last thing I remember is praying to God to please let my baby live. When I awoke 3 hours later I was told I had a healthy baby girl. Of course, I was not present at her birth, neither was my DH so all I know about her birth circumstances is what the Dr's and nurses told me. She was in the NICU for 3 days under observation at the time and today she is a happy and very healthy, bright 4 year old. The only explaination for her distress was the cord possibly being wrapped around her neck snuggly? Because of the urgency of the C-section they cut me vertically as opposed to horizontally. I was told however the my uterus was cut horizontally.
Fast forward to birth number 2, 23 months after birth number 1. I was brainwashed into doing an elective C-section. Because of my vertical incison I had an increased chance of uterine rupture? They scared me into this thinking and of course after the nightmare birth first time around I wanted a more predictable birth second time around. Plus, I didn't want to deal with the possible loss of a baby or leaving my first motherless because I opted for a VBAC with chance of something bad happening. For my second schedueled C-section they used the same incision (vertical) to take my son out. I'm not positive but i'm sure they cut my utuerus horizontally. It was a horrible birth and I was left with an infected incision site and was on bedrest for 6 weeks after the birth and had a home nurse visiting me every day to clean and dress my insicion. I don't want to go through that again!
What do you all think? After all this would i be a good candidate for a VBA2C? Am I fooling myself? I have never been in labour, never felt a contraction, never been dilated. People tell i'm not missing much. Still, that's not that point. The main reason I want to do a natural birth is becasue of my previous bad post op experiences. With 3 kids under 5 I can't afford to be on bed rest after another c-section!
Oh, I've already contacted a midwifery agency and they won't even consider me as a client. In their eyes I am considered high risk (as mandated by the ministry) and can't be considered. :( I'm not giving up though, I have faith that my body will know what to do when the time comes and really want to push for a VBA2C.
I'd appreciate any advice/feedback. :hug
Oh, I am 31 years old and will be 32 when baby #3 arrives.
I am new here but have lurked in the past and have enjoyed these message boards and found them to be very helpful. I found out a month ago I am pregnanct with number 3. Originally, I was devastated, mostly because it meant a third C-section. :( I've had horrible experiences with both my previous C sections and wondered what you ladies thought. Would I be a candidate for a VBA2C?
My history:
Baby number one was an emergency C-section at 36 weeks. She was in distress, her heart rate plummeted to 40 -50 bpm with no explaination. I stopped feeling fetal movement which concerned me so I went to the hospital for monitoring and that is how they discovered her to be in distress. At this point I was having no contractions and wasn't even dilated. They told me that baby had to come out now, or else I would ultimately lose her. They didn't have time to induce me as they needed to get her out stat, and prepped me for an emerg C-section. As they were prepping me for a spinal her heart rate dropped to zero, they could not locate it. They then opted to put me under general. The last thing I remember is praying to God to please let my baby live. When I awoke 3 hours later I was told I had a healthy baby girl. Of course, I was not present at her birth, neither was my DH so all I know about her birth circumstances is what the Dr's and nurses told me. She was in the NICU for 3 days under observation at the time and today she is a happy and very healthy, bright 4 year old. The only explaination for her distress was the cord possibly being wrapped around her neck snuggly? Because of the urgency of the C-section they cut me vertically as opposed to horizontally. I was told however the my uterus was cut horizontally.
Fast forward to birth number 2, 23 months after birth number 1. I was brainwashed into doing an elective C-section. Because of my vertical incison I had an increased chance of uterine rupture? They scared me into this thinking and of course after the nightmare birth first time around I wanted a more predictable birth second time around. Plus, I didn't want to deal with the possible loss of a baby or leaving my first motherless because I opted for a VBAC with chance of something bad happening. For my second schedueled C-section they used the same incision (vertical) to take my son out. I'm not positive but i'm sure they cut my utuerus horizontally. It was a horrible birth and I was left with an infected incision site and was on bedrest for 6 weeks after the birth and had a home nurse visiting me every day to clean and dress my insicion. I don't want to go through that again!
What do you all think? After all this would i be a good candidate for a VBA2C? Am I fooling myself? I have never been in labour, never felt a contraction, never been dilated. People tell i'm not missing much. Still, that's not that point. The main reason I want to do a natural birth is becasue of my previous bad post op experiences. With 3 kids under 5 I can't afford to be on bed rest after another c-section!
Oh, I've already contacted a midwifery agency and they won't even consider me as a client. In their eyes I am considered high risk (as mandated by the ministry) and can't be considered. :( I'm not giving up though, I have faith that my body will know what to do when the time comes and really want to push for a VBA2C.
I'd appreciate any advice/feedback. :hug
Oh, I am 31 years old and will be 32 when baby #3 arrives.