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faith194

What was the reason for your initial c-section?

 I am not pregnant, but I am worried as I had PROM, and never went into labor. It took 10 hours to go from 1 cm to 5 cm on pit.  DS was head down, but ever so slighty turned so he wasn't really helping me dilate.  As my OB stitched me up, she said I was a good candidate for a VBAC.

MAprincess

My water broke on it's own afte rabout 8 hours of contractions.  When I got to my midwives, I was not even 2 cm dilated.  DS was head down,. but like yours, turned slightly so he wasn't helping th dilation.  He went into distress which caused the c/s.  They determined that part of his cord was caught under him.

For my VBAC, I was induced with pit and it took over 10 hours to get me to 5 cm, so don't worry about that!  It was about 18 hours of labor and I was still at 5 cm at hour 16.  Sometimes it takes a while to get that baby out:-)

babyike

With DD:  My water broke before labor at 39w6d, so I also ended up being a c/s due to PROM/failed induction according to the operative report.  I never got past 4 cm on max pitocin after 22+hours.  My OB felt it was "best" to have a c/s since I was nearing 24 hours of ruptured membranes.... ::shakes fist in hindsight::  DD had also turned OP and was at an angle, according to my OB.  She also said I'd be a good candidate for a VBAC.

With DS:  Switched to a hospital midwife group.  Went into labor on my own at 41w1d.  I had a long 30+ hours of early labor (likely due to exhaustion and a pulled back muscle).  After a "whiff" of pitocin I went from 4-10 in two hours.  Pushed for 13 mins while upright and squatting, and DS was out!  He was OA and in optimal position according to my midwife.  

HTH and GL! 

 

shunt1983

1 she was breech that dr refused to consider a vbac, so i switched biggest indicator of vbac sucess how dr feels. 

ds #2 prom at 7am 2 hours later contractions began 4 min apart then 2-3 i didnt need pitocin, because by noon i was a 7.  i progressed easily but it was a hard labor. everyone is different every baby is different.   i will be doing another vbac this time.

MrsVictoriaB

I had a c-section because DS1 was breech. I never dilated or went into labor when I was delivered at 39 weeks 4 days

 I then went on to have a successful VBAC with DS2

maplehearts

I was pre-e and small for gestational age. Both were misdiagnosed.

With my VBAC I was foley/Pit induced at 39w 5d for gestational hypertension. I had a diagnosis of gestational hypertension from 28 weeks on. Gestational hypertension doesn't usually affect the baby, but I wanted to avoid having mag. So once my BP was over 150/100 the Dr. felt it was best to go ahead and induce. And I am glad we did. Everything went great!

mbear511

I was induced at 40w4d because the doctor was worried that baby was getting too big. I responded well to pitocin and actually started to push. I pushed for over 3 hours but DS was still at 0 station. I believe my c/s was due to being induced too early and then pushing too early when there was still a bit of a cervix lip present. My VBAC has been 100x better! GL!

annabelle.27

malpositioning. DS1 was OP with brow presentation. I pushed for three hours before getting the c-section. I just had my vbac with a whopping two hours of labour from start to finish- this baby was positioned perfectly and wanted out.