If you had vag delivery with #1 but c/s for #2

HisBetterHalf

why did you end up having a c/s for #2?

I keep convincing myself that there is no way that I'll need to have a c/s this time but then I snap back to reality and realize that its always a possiblility.  Anyone care to share experiences?

sunshiny79

I did b/c DS 1 was so big, got stuck and needed the vacuum.

Long story short, DS 2 was even bigger and I'm glad my doc offered to give me a c-section.

juniper19

My good friend had a placental abruption.  But I think you have a normal vaginal delivery for your first, you're likely to have to same for the second (statistically speaking).  Don't spend too much time stressing about it.

sooosie

I did because #2 was stuck sunny-side up.  He wouldn't turn and I pushed for an hour and he was going nowhere fast.  Had he been facing the right way she said he would've fit just fine.

lsufan

I had an emergency c/s with #2. ?His heartbeat dropped off the monitor about 15 minutes after I arrived at the hospital. ?Glad I was there when it happened (I had no symptoms of anything wrong, just thought I was in labor) or else we would have had a very different outcome. ?He was without oxygen for several minutes as it was.

I'm planning a VBAC for this one.?

asianbymarriage

My neighbor had the placental abruption the second time, so she had to deliver even though the baby was preterm... by about 6-8 weeks... he's doing well. But she had 2 really difficult pregnancies.

I know what you mean, though! I had such an easy delivery the 1st time, I'm usually optimistic. But this baby is measuring big, and when I told that to MIL, she said DH was the same way. And she had a c-section. And some other complications I won't get into b/c I don't want to scare you. But that was the early 80's - they've come a long way w/c-sections since then. GL!

LizLovesJason

My second was a C-section because he was transverse--sideways in my uterus. I tried all sorts of techniques to try to get him to turn head-down, and the doctor did an external version, where they try to manually turn the baby through your abdomen. DS would turn but then immediately flip back to sideways. The doctor was willing to let me go a few days past my due date to give him more time to turn, but after I was a day or two past my due date, I decided to go with a C-section. I was reading scary things about the dangers of going into labor with a transverse baby.

Since he never turned, the only option was a C-section. Believe it or not, my C-section was MUCH easier than my vaginal birth. The recovery was much faster. I had a third-degree tear with my vaginal birth, and also an infection from gauze left inside me (ugh)--I was in pain for months. After the C-section, I was only in mild pain for a week or so and then I was fine.

It was more than a little weird to be awake for the C-section, but I ended up with a healthy baby and that's all that matters! Now I'm pregnant with #3 and considering a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesearean)--even the doctor who did my C-section recommends trying for one.