Violet's birth- a successful vbac story
Wild_flower25
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I went into labor on Monday night right after dinner and it came super fast. My contractions were a few minutes apart by 9 pm and the most horrible pain I had ever experienced, so we packed up Will and dropped him off at my parents and headed to the hospital. When I got there I was 4 cms, then 6.5 a couple hours later when I finally was able to get the epi. After 3 failed attempts at it, they finally succeeded, other than the fact that my left leg was completely numb and the other not at all. But I was feeling so good, I was able to nap for a couple more hours. I woke about 3 am and was at 9.5 cms. They told me I could push whenever I felt the urge, my water broke on its own around this time. About an hour later I started, and 45 minutes later she arrived! Coolest thing ever, I'm so glad I did the vbac.
My doctor had told me I would have internal monitors and such, but when I got to the hospital, I got the on call doc and she was totally laid back, no monitors or anything special for my Vbac. I loved her. The hospital stay was awful though, and it was just stressful to be there with people in and out all night, so we went home Wednesday morning.
Violet Mae born 1/15/13
Re: Violet's birth- a successful vbac story
Congrats - it's great to hear a great VBAC story - especially those in hospitals. It gives great hope.
I have friends who turned to at-home births b/c they really wanted the vbac and maybe felt their c/s were pushed on them in the hospitals. I felt more comfortable with the hospital environment - and too was successful, and hope/expect to have a 2nd vbac this summer.
Congrats again! I love the name Violet!