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lilbit923
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Has anyone taken evening primrose oil to aid in releasing scar tissue from the cervix?
lilbit923
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Kinda long title, sorry.
I'm going to try my hardest for a VBAC and if it comes to the worst case scenario then we'll be doing a c-section again, for the 3rd time.
I just read this article from a doula:
https://www.birthresourcenetwork.org/blog/98-cervical-scar-tissue--a-big-issue-that-no-one-is-talking-about
In the article it mentions taking evening primrose oil to help the cervix release the scar tissue. This was my problem in my labor with Connor...I got to 3cm and stalled. My OB mentioned afterwards that it was due to the scarring on the cervix. With Emma, I was 100% effaced, she was at a 0 station and she didn't mention if I was dilated or not. I think she withheld that information, since if I had known I was dialting I would have said I wanted to try and deliver her.
Have any of you Bumpies had any luck with epo and it releasing scar tissue?
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Re: Has anyone taken evening primrose oil to aid in releasing scar tissue from the cervix?
I am interested to see if the evening primrose has helped for others--I too had cervical scar tissue and during labor with my son the nurse actually broke apart the scar tissue, (as is mentioned in the article), to help me dilate. I was competely effaced but not dilating, and my doctor told me I should tell the nurses to break apart the scar tissue so I would dilate. Had he not told me to inform the nurse of this I'm sure I would have ended up not dilating at all--as soon as the scar tissue was broken I dilated very quickly. Sadly, I ended up having a c-section anyway due to my son being malpositioned, but I was thrilled that I dilated.
I'm hoping for a VBAC this time around too, and my doctor said that since the scar tissue was broken the first time around I shouldn't have an issue dilating this time. I'm already 80% effaced but only about a cm dilated, so I'm nervous that it may be an issue again even though my OB said it shouldn't be. I've considered the evening primrose to help me soften the cervix so I'm able to have a real shot at a VBAC.
When I brought up breaking the scar tissue manually to my OB, she wouldn't hear of it. If I am met with the same attitude this time then I will change OB's all together and move on. I want an OB who is receptive to what I have to say and my wants as a patient. I don't mean that to say I won't listen to my OB's advice but I think my last c-section could have been avoided if she had worked my cervix better.
This time, knowing the nurse can manually massage the cervix to aid in dilation...I'm going to ask for that. Could I ask the OB to massage my cervix a little each time at my weekly internals? Or should I just wait till I am in labor and in the hospital?
This is sad--I don't understand why your OB wouldn't want to do what needs to be done to assist with dilation. What is the harm in doing it? I don't get it.
I'm not sure about the massaging of the cervix at the internals, but I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to ask. Breaking the scar tissue was such a simple thing and did the trick in terms of me dilating, and I would be disappointed too if it hadn't been attempted. I hope we both can get our VBAC's!
I was so upset. She made me feel bad for even suggesting it. Then she told me I had a 1 in 100 shot of having my uterus rupture and "I don't want to be put in a position of choosing which one of you to save." I felt horrible when I left her office. Like I was a bad person for researching what my options were and bringing them up to her. My SIL is a NICU Nursery Nurse and we have the same OB, she mentioned that she didn't know why our OB wasn't letting me labor longer when my body was clearly responding favorably to labor. I feel like she was wanting to rush her patient's deliveries to suit her schedule. I hate even saying that since I've known her for so long but it makes me mad to think I could have tried to deliver Emma and she wouldn't let me try.
Now if I can get a trial of labor and THEN things go wrong...I'm ok with the c-section then. Let's do what we need to do. But not as a rushed decision before other options were exhausted.
I don't blame you for wanting to research all your options--perhaps talking with a few other doctors would be helpful to just get a feel for how other OB's would respond to the situation. I don't know if it's because you've previously had 2 c-sections that is making her hesitate, but my OB didn't give me a hard time at all when I said I wanted to do a trial of labor. I have to agree with your SIL that if you were progressing during labor I don't understand why they didn't work the scar tissue at that time or give you more time to labor before doing the c-section. Good luck to you, I hope you're able to get some more promising answers from some other doctors.