When did you go into labor with your second {VBAC} baby?
Especially those of you who never had a trial of labor with your first c-section baby?
I am a VBAC hopeful, with today being my due date. I never went into a trial of labor with my first - scheduled c section at 39 weeks {due to suspected large size}. I feel like a sitting duck with a clock ticking in my ear. My back-up c section date is at 41 weeks....so I have a week to get this girl to move out on her own! I have tried everything except for castor oil, which I honestly don't plan to try.
Thoughts? Inspiring stories? Encouragement? Anything!!!?
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No experience. Just wanted send you labor vibes and say good luck! FWIW I drank a WHOLE bottle of castor oil at 40w5d with DD and it did nothing
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I'm not a success story (yet) and my previous delivery was unexplained preterm labor, but now that the focus has switched from keeping baby in to getting baby out without a medical induction, I'm on a daily regimen of drinking red raspberry leaf tea, walking, and sex (not daily - ha - but when I muster up the energy). I also have an appointment in a week with a prenatal masseuse that is trained in where pressure points are to help start labor.
Castor oil is said to be effective because it acts like a laxative and gets the digestive system moving, which helps start contractions. I've found red raspberry leaf tea to have that effect and isn't as gross ;-)
Good luck and come back and share if you find something that works for you!
TBH baby is going to come when they're ready. You might explore removing the scheduled RCS (unless you have some other complications that do pose a medical risk or something) as healthy babies come past 41 weeks all the time and I certainly wouldn't want the stress of an early deadline looming over my head. That's not helpful!
As far as things to do, I think the best thing you can do is try to get baby into optimal fetal positioning. Things like walking, pelvic rocks, exercises on spinningbabies.com, chiropractic care can all help with that.
I've also seen people have success with acupuncture.
GL!
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I ended up being induced with my VBAC baby at 41 weeks (the hospital wouldn't allow me to go longer). The VBAC was a success.
With my first baby, I did go into labor on my own at 41w1d. He was over 10 lbs but my c/s was due to malpositioning (he was on his cord and we couldn't get him off) and not size. I didn't labor long though. Immediately after my water broke, he started having issues (I was still at home at the time). But everything turned out fine!
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Luckily my dr didn't even discuss the possibility of a RCS until I was almost 41w, then he let me pick where I felt most comfortable. I had it scheduled for 41w6d.
My VBAC baby came at 40w1d after a few days of prodromal labor. My water broke on my due date. I wasn't doing much to try to get things going because I thought it would stress me out and make things worse. I was drinking a lot of RRL tea and doing lots of pelvic rocks though.
Is induction a possibility? I would have been induced at 41w6d if it came to that. I never scheduled a RCS.
I went into labor with my VBAC at 40w3d. I had my 40w appt on Tuesday (40w2d) and was 2cm and 70% effaced, with my RCS planned for 40w5d. I was distraught with my lack of progress, and cried all that day. The dr tried as best she could to strip my membranes. That night/next morning my water broke and my labor started.
I recommend sex, nipple stimulation, and praying for a low pressure weather system.
I went into labor with my VBAC baby the day before my due date. I had been having contractions off and on since 33 weeks. With my c-section baby, I never went into labor on my own and was induced with her at 39w1d due to high blood pressure. I only had a few contractions before that induction. I made it all the way through labor and to pushing with her before fetal distress caused the c-section.
Walking & bouncing on an exercise ball helped me. GL and hopefully all goes well!
BFP #2 7/13/2011 ~ EDD 3/16/2012 ~Aubree Olivia (9lbs 1oz, 21 inches) 3/15/2012 VBAC (39w6d)
BFP #3 5/15/2014 ~ EDD 1/16/2015~Addison Isabelle (9lbs, 0oz, 21 inches) 1/25/2015 2VBAC (41w2d)
BFP #4 7/20/2016 ~ EDD 3/25/2017 ~ Malachi Mathew (10lbs 0oz, 22 inches) 4/4/2017 emergency csection (41w3d)
I've never gone into labor on my own. DD#1 was induced at 42 weeks. DD#2(my VBAC) was induced at 40wks3dys because of hospital restriction. I went out of my way to find a provider who would allow me to have some pitocin, since I don't seem to be able to start labor on my own.
Don't totally rule out castor oil. While it didn't get my labor started, it did clean me out nicely. And it's not as disgusting as some say.
I had a c-section at 39 weeks for presentation. MyVBAC was 40+5.I had a c-section scheduled for 12 hours after he was born.
You can always delay the c-section. I had no progress even 2 days before delivery. My OB couldn't even strip my membranes. My OB said that he would check me the day before the c-section and if I had progress we could delay it. That relaxed me enough. I never made it to the appointment.
You can do it. Just don't put yourself on a deadline.
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Ok this is giving me hope! RCS scheduled for 11:30am on Friday...I have another OB appointment Wednesday so I will pray for progress so they are able to strip my membranes this time. I guess I need to look at it as having three more full days+ an overnight for my body to get in gear. I do think I am coming to terms with the possibility of the RCS on Friday which for some reason has relaxed me more so maybe ironically, I will go into labor on my own in the meantime.
Thanks for your optimism af2004rn!
I had a successful VBAC with my DD2 just a few weeks ago.
with DD1 I was induced at 39weeks for hypertension, and ended up with a c/sect for failure to desend. I think it was mostly because of the induction, and my body just wasn't ready for labor yet.
with DD2 I researched and found a doctor willing to give me a chance at a VBAC. this was very important for me to feel supported by my doctor. at 39w 4d labor started on it's own and the next morning DD was born vaginally.
good luck to you! i was nervous near the end about labor starting on it's own, i walked alot, moved alot, drank tons of water, ate pineapple, drank lots of tea, and lots and lots of sex... i think that's mainly what helped.