On Christmas Eve I got my copy of my medical records from my c/s and it was not at all what I expected. Here is what I found out:
The highlights are as follows:
My operative report gave me the following information:
My c-section incision:
My gut is telling me that this was really another unnecesarean and that if I was given more time to allow my DD to move down prior to pushing that this might have not happend. I am wondering what you all think of this. Does a VBAC seem possiable for a future delivery?
I am switching providers and will most likely be going to the doctor that delivered me 28 years ago for my next pregnancy, until he is no longer practicing (he is 63 years old) and then will ask him for his recomendation as to who to go to. I know they say to wait between 18-24 months between deliveries so we are hoping to try again around DD 1st birthday in August. I would love to hear any advise you all have for me.
Re: Got My Medical Records- Not At All What I Expected!
My non-medical opinion is that I don't see a reason why you COULDN'T try for a VBAC. During my successful VBAC, I labored down for quite a bit and let the contractions work DD down farther. I only pushed for 30 minutes or so to get her out. I swear doctors make you start pushing before you really should be. My midwife was super laid back about it and I think it was much better pushing for a shorter amount of time when she was down farther.
I agree with the others, it really seems like they just didn't give you the time you needed to labor before making their decisions. You didn't mention how long you labored before you were "complete", did your water break early into the labor? Did you have the epi early into labor?
They may have felt more compelled to hurry if you had been laboring a long time with ruptured membranes. I would go for the VBAC, the reasons you listed are all things that could have been due to other issues like fetal position, length of labor and also not being descended enough to start pushing like PP said. There is no rule that says those things will happen the next time around. I know my VBAC labor was night and day to my first. Skipping the pain meds also made a huge difference in how much control I felt with everything, especially pushing.
Thank you Ladies! I am def. going to go for the VBAC. I have a list of friendly providers that I am going to look at and interview before I choose one.
I was GBS +. But my water was broke at 9am ish by the on call doctor. Being an uninformed first time mom I didnt think twice about letting it happen. When I got my epi I was somewhere around 4-5 cm. From the time that my water was broke until the time that I was taken for the c-section was 9 hours. I was on pitocin for the majorty of the day as well.
The more and more I think about this I think it was more that really I wasnt in active labor I should have gone home but they decided that since I was "over due" at 41 weeks they would go about it as if I was and induce me. Had someone said "you really arnt in active labor yet. And assured me that the pain I was having while using the bathroom wasnt a UTI (the reason I went in) and that my baby wasnt in danger I would have gone home and slept it off in my own bed." There is so many I wish I would have's, If only I could have's that my now more informed self knows about. I know for sure that if I am lucky enough to get the go ahead with a VBAC that I will not be going in right away.