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<p>I’m so frustrated!</p>
<p>I moved mid-pregnancy, at about 30 weeks, and have been rotating through the dr’s at the new practice so I can at least meet them all before I deliver. (They won't let CNMs deliver VBACs here). I met the last of them today. They did an u/s last week to estimate size, because my babies are big, and during the u/s the tech noted that there were two EDDs listed on my chart, 1/1/11, which is the date I’ve been going with, based on my LMP, and 12/22. The tech told me she’d go with 1/1, since that was what I thought, but that the dr would have to sign off on one of the dates.</p>
<p>I asked the dr about the dates today, and he said it was listed as 12/22, based on my August u/s (at 20 weeks). I don’t want to be antagonistic (before it becomes necessary) but I went back and forth with him a few times, because like I said, I have big babies. So isn’t it more likely that my dates are right, and the u/s showed I was 8 days further along than I was because my babies are big.</p>
<p>His method of reassuring me was that since I’m trying to VBAC again, they wouldn’t schedule a c/s until at least 41 weeks, and that puts me up close to the 1/1 date. And that when in doubt, they want to make sure they’re not letting me go past 42 weeks.</p>
<p>First of all, which is more likely? That even though I was charting when this baby was conceived AND he’s big like the others AND I had regular cycles, my dates are wrong? Or that this baby was secretly gestating a week before I thought he was? Second of all, if he’s as late as my last baby, I want to be induced, not go in for a scheduled c/s and have no trial of labor at all. This is the first mention I’ve heard about scheduling a c/s for a late baby because of my VBAC status.</p>
<p>Grr! The only good news is that I’ve now met with all the drs, and one of them stood out as being much more laid back, willing to wait until 42 weeks instead of 41 weeks, and said that given my previous VBAC of a big baby, size shouldn’t be an issue this time either. I’m seeing her for my next two appts, so I plan to ask her to validate the 1/1 EDD, and to talk to her about induction should I go past 41 weeks.</p>
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<p>My first was a scheduled c/s due to size (because after two hours of crying in the dr's office and having him tell us scary stories, we gave in), and my 2nd was a 10 lb 10 oz baby born vaginally after being induced at 42w2.</p>
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<p>If they don't change my due date back to 1/1, what are my options? I've already told my mom and my husband that I won't show up for a scheduled c/s, and they back me up. I'll have peace about a true emergency, but scheduling c/s because dr's are twitchy about my big babies is how I wound up having to fight so hard for vaginal deliveries in the first place.</p>
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<p>I’m so frustrated!</p>
<p>I moved mid-pregnancy, at about 30 weeks, and have been rotating through the dr’s at the new practice so I can at least meet them all before I deliver. (They won't let CNMs deliver VBACs here). I met the last of them today. They did an u/s last week to estimate size, because my babies are big, and during the u/s the tech noted that there were two EDDs listed on my chart, 1/1/11, which is the date I’ve been going with, based on my LMP, and 12/22. The tech told me she’d go with 1/1, since that was what I thought, but that the dr would have to sign off on one of the dates.</p>
<p>I asked the dr about the dates today, and he said it was listed as 12/22, based on my August u/s (at 20 weeks). I don’t want to be antagonistic (before it becomes necessary) but I went back and forth with him a few times, because like I said, I have big babies. So isn’t it more likely that my dates are right, and the u/s showed I was 8 days further along than I was because my babies are big.</p>
<p>His method of reassuring me was that since I’m trying to VBAC again, they wouldn’t schedule a c/s until at least 41 weeks, and that puts me up close to the 1/1 date. And that when in doubt, they want to make sure they’re not letting me go past 42 weeks.</p>
<p>First of all, which is more likely? That even though I was charting when this baby was conceived AND he’s big like the others AND I had regular cycles, my dates are wrong? Or that this baby was secretly gestating a week before I thought he was? Second of all, if he’s as late as my last baby, I want to be induced, not go in for a scheduled c/s and have no trial of labor at all. This is the first mention I’ve heard about scheduling a c/s for a late baby because of my VBAC status.</p>
<p>Grr! The only good news is that I’ve now met with all the drs, and one of them stood out as being much more laid back, willing to wait until 42 weeks instead of 41 weeks, and said that given my previous VBAC of a big baby, size shouldn’t be an issue this time either. I’m seeing her for my next two appts, so I plan to ask her to validate the 1/1 EDD, and to talk to her about induction should I go past 41 weeks.</p>
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<p>My first was a scheduled c/s due to size (because after two hours of crying in the dr's office and having him tell us scary stories, we gave in), and my 2nd was a 10 lb 10 oz baby born vaginally after being induced at 42w2.</p>
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<p>If they don't change my due date back to 1/1, what are my options? I've already told my mom and my husband that I won't show up for a scheduled c/s, and they back me up. I'll have peace about a true emergency, but scheduling c/s because dr's are twitchy about my big babies is how I wound up having to fight so hard for vaginal deliveries in the first place.</p>
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I wouldn't schedule the cesarean until 1/15 or later. You control the scheduling they don't. Where I deliver wanted me to pre-schedule my cesarean (I am trying for a VBAC) at 42 weeks which would be 1/15. I didn't feel comfortable doing this at 33 weeks pregnant so I just didn't answer the phone. They haven't asked me about it. </p>
