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New to the VBAC board~
Hello ladies! I am back on TB with #2! I was "forced" to have a c-section with my first, mainly because it seemed like the Dr did not want to come in after hours (neither DD nor I were having any difficulties). I had GD, but my daughter (who was born only a week early) weighed only 7lb 1 oz, which IMO is average and not a humongous baby like the Dr said I was going to have. I did what i was supposed to regarding diet and exercise, but the Dr never intended to let me deliver naturally. I am now with a new Dr and am praying that 1. The hospital allows VBAC, and 2. He does them himself. The one thing I have always wanted to experience is natural childbirth. plus, now that i will have 2 little ones to take care of, I would like the recovery to be easier~
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Re: New to the VBAC board~
Welcome and good luck
What did the doctor say was the medical reason for your c/s?
Welcome! There are posts from time to time about questions to ask an OB/midwife about VBAC. I definitely went in with a solid list of questions and interviewed several providers (4 actually) before I selected my midwife. There are also certain red flags to look for --- unfortunately there are providers that will pull and bait and switch on VBAC hopeful moms.
Congrats on your pregnancy and stick around - I've learned a lot from everyone here, just as PP also said.
he broke my water at 7am, and by 4pm, he was pulling the failure to progress card...knowing what i know now, thats a load...baby and i were doing just fine...
That's kind of what I figured. How many cm were you when you had your c/s?
I was induced at 8AM and sectioned at 6PM... same diagnosis. Another OB has since told me he thinks it was a convenience surgery. Not all women dilate 1 cm/hr - especially for first babies and during an induction, where your labor is articifically stimulated. It's an arbitrary timetable lots of women get put on...me included.
I was 4cm dilated. i know it was a convenience thing...when i spoke to his nurses at my follow up appointment, she alluded to the fact that they all knew i was going to have a c/s