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facing difficulty going ahead with a Vbac
I had my DS via c/s after pushing for 5+ hrs. Found out during the c/s he was (sunny side-up). He was 8lbs 11oz 20in. I am hoping for a Vbac this time around. My doctor is pro-Vbac, thank goodness. I am facing difficulty going ahead with it, I keep thinking this baby will be the same (sunny side-up) and being over 8lbs again. My hubby don't want me to have a Vbac because he don't think I can't birth big babies and he said because I am short 5'1 . I don't know if what he is saying is making me think the same.? I had a dream about 2 months ago I was in labor and was at the hospital,and I was having the same issue as I did with DS (back labor) for me meaning sunny side-up. Someone please tell me there is hope for me to #1 have a Vbac and #2 baby will not be sunny side-up this time around..
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Re: facing difficulty going ahead with a Vbac
A bigger 8 lb baby, but an 8lb baby is still NORMAL! That is NOT a "big baby".
My DS1 was posterior and 9lbs, 13oz.
I do NOT credit his size to my failed induction. I blame the induction, being forced on my back in a hospital bed, and not being given enough time. I progressed to 7 cm before my water had been broken too long and they said I had to have a csection. I shouldn't have consented, but I was exhausted.
I've had a dream that I delivered a 10lb 5oz baby boy. I pushed him out very easily in the squatting position with no tearing. I have managed my weight gain carefully this time, and I'm hoping for a smaller baby, but I do believe I can birth a big baby, if that is the size of baby my body created!!!! If you do not have GD, if you eat right and exercise, I do not believe your body grows a baby it cannot birth. Being truly too small to give birth is an EXTREMELY RARE condition, almost completely extinct (that diagnosis came around when women weren' developing properly because of rickets).
BTW, I am only 5'1 and 120lbs prepregnancy.
There is definitely hope for you! I had my c/s after a very similar scenario--pushed for several hours, had a cesarean, found out baby was OP (sunny side up). I am only 4'10" and weighed around 90 lbs not pregnant, so I had lots of the same fears you and your husband have. I ended up having a wonderful VBAC and my baby was actually a little bigger than my first.
You probably won't have another OP baby. But even if you do, there are options. You can labor in positions that encourage the baby to turn, like hands and knees. Your OB can try to manually turn the baby. You can push in positions that open up your pelvis more, like squatting.
GL!
I will tell you this... My mom is 5'1" and had four babies vaginally. Three were over 8 lbs, one was over 9 lbs.
My VBAC baby came out facing my right leg (he was 8 lbs, 7 oz... although my primary c/s was for FTP, so that is different from your situation). You can do it. Make sure your provider supports pushing without time limits (as long as baby is okay) and lets you move around. Ditto hanging out on your hands and knees.
You can definitely do it!
I recommend checking out spinningbabies.com
https://spinningbabies.com/more-info/for-pregnancy/daily-activities
They have all kinds of things you can do to prevent/fix an OP baby and get them to turn!
DS1 was OP with brow presentation and I had an emergency c-section with him after three hours of pushing. I just delivered DS2 after a two-hour labour from start to finish and he was positioned perfectly. Story here, if you are interested: https://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/63333110.aspx