Scheduled c/s and feel unable to go into labor naturally

Jessimurph

Has anyone that had a previous scheduled csection feel like maybe they aren't capable of going into labor naturally or giving birth vaginally?  My body never showed any signs by 39 weeks last time which shouldn't worry me because it was early, but every day I get closer to my due date the self doubt creeps in.  I'm not sure what is going on in my head,...I've done so much reading on how my body is meant to do this and natural childbirth. I maybe dealing with some extra hormones that are making me go a little crazy.  I'd just like to know that I'm not the only one that has felt this way.

MAprincess

I didn't have a scheduled c/s with my first but I didn't have ANY signs of labor with him until 41 1/2 weeks (when I actually went into labor).  Some people have longer pregnancies and don't show any signs until the baby is about to come.  I know it is tough but don't let it get to you.  Your body will eventually go into labor- that baby can't stay in there forever!

penguinem

I completely felt like that. I had a scheduled C/sect at 39w 1d due to footling breech presentation with my first, and I felt like I could have been pregnant forever! I'd never had a contracion, not even BH, she was high up, and I had zero progress. This time I had so many questions and obsessed about if my body could do it. It did! I woke up in labor at 39 weeks with regular contractions; it was so cool to experience it working the way it is "supposed" to. It can happen for you too! I didn't have signs leading up to it, it came out of nowhere. It's hard to imagine but when it does happen, it's great.

cchill01

I have the same fear.  I was induced at 42 weeks, with absolutely NO progress.  I was high and completely closed.  With this baby, I have a 41 week cut off, which makes me crazy nervous.  I know I'm going to be a complete wreck come 39 weeks, so I totally understand what you're going through.

Have you considered induction accupuncture?  I've heard so many great things.  They won't do it until 39 weeks, but it's definitely worth a try.

Also, try to remember that every labor is different and maybe you would have gone into labor at 39wks 2dys.  You can't say what the future held.

Harper'smom

I have a different variation of that fear. I actually went into labor  a few days before my due date but a c-section was called while everything was still fine with me and the baby. I wasn't "allowed" to labor and see what would happen. So I'm afraid that since my body did everything right and I "allowed" the c-section to happen that out of some deep rooted fear my body won't go into labor this time.

iris427

I was induced at 41 weeks with my first and I just could not believe that my body would be able to go into labor on its own.  I worried about it so much as I approached my due date.  I think the last few weeks of pregnancy are just a mindfvck.  I remember coming home from my 39 week appointment feeling so discouraged.  I was never going to go into labor and even f I did, surely I would just have another c/s and then everyone would laugh at me and say it was my fault for caring about VBAC so much in the first place.  Well, that night I went into labor and was holding my baby in my arms less than 6 hours later.  I had had some increased BH but really no signs that labor was imminent.  It came out of nowhere.  I never would have believed my second delivery could be so completely opposite from my first.  But it was.  Hang in there!

Saltina11

You can do this!!!