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VBAC
Not ideal, but wish me luck
Due to the stupid midwife vs OB war going on at my hospital, I need to give birth by Thursday. The "evil" OBs are on call Friday through Sunday. I really wanted to wait the full 41 weeks (Sun/Mon), but I don't want to risk going into labor over the weekend and not being able to have my midwife there. One of the OBs doesn't do VBACs at all, so I'd be walking into a minefield.
So, tomorrow morning, I'll be drinking castor oil and later giving induction accupuncture one more shot. If that fails, I'll go for my medical induction on Thursday. I'm pretty disappointed about not going into labor on my own. I really thought it might happen this time. I just hope that this induction doesn't fail, because my body is really not ready. I'll be so ticked if stupid restrictions destroy my chances at a VBAC.
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Re: Not ideal, but wish me luck
I've been waiting for your update, and I'm so sorry you've basically been given the "eviction notice" without getting to 41 weeks. But it does sound like they're trying to give you the best chance possible by having you avoid the non-VBAC supportive providers over the weekend.
I will be sending you major T&Ps for labor to start on it's own before the induction on Thursday. I see you're having another acupuncture session, but can they try another membrane sweep as well?
GL and praying for a safe delivery for both you and baby!
~Sweet Girl *8/18/08* c-section ~ Sweet Boy *12/2/10* VBAC ~ Sweet Boy *8/14/12* VBAC~
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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)
Thanks, I'm trying to get in to see the midwife for another sweep tomorrow. But, she's at the hospital with another induction tomorrow morning. So, there may not be time. I have to hope her other patient goes quickly.
Okay, well hopefully the midwife can get another sweep in before your induction. Try not to stress too much, and get those natural labor inducing techniques going
BTW, if you haven't seen the gentle labor inductions site I usually post about... it's worth a shot checking it out IMO https://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/natinduc.html
HTH and again GL!
~Sweet Girl *8/18/08* c-section ~ Sweet Boy *12/2/10* VBAC ~ Sweet Boy *8/14/12* VBAC~
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Have your midwife do a dilation check and "stretch" you a little bit -- worked for me and my friend!
And that is so crazy that the birth will be scheduled around providers not getting along. What is wrong with these people? Aren't they supposed to be focused on helping women? Sometimes I just don't get it.
Have you read Born in the USA? Expose of the birthing business by (of all things) a male OB very critical of his own profession. He thinks midwives should do most births. The "war" you describe reminds me of that book. I was going to say read it while you are eagerly waiting to go into labor, but that depends on whether you think getting fired up will make you feel better or worse! Maybe better as postpartum reading. But really good book.
Will be checking the board just to hear how it goes for you -- best of luck.
That stinks! I'll be sending good thoughts your way. As you know, I survived my induction there with flying colors and a VBAC baby. I'll be hoping for the same for you.
Why wouldn't R be able to be there over the weekend? I thought she had back-up Midwives now? I didn't see any OB's at all at the hospital when I was there. I hope they stay away from you so you can have a good experience!
It's all gone to pot over there. There are 3 original OBs who have been delivering at Montgomery for years. There are 3 new OBs who came over when Mercy Suburban shutdown their maternity ward. The three newbies sent a letter in April to all midwives delivering at Montgomery saying that they would no longer back them up. As you know, the midwives must have an OB backup. It's now become a big battle, which unfortunately is yet to be resolved.
So, if you're not a VBAC, 'R' can just take you to the Bryn Mawr birthing center and all is well. But, if you need to be induced, or you're a VBAC, it has to be planned for when one of the "good" docs is on call. Unfortunately for me, there's a string of the bad docs on call this weekend leading up to my due date.
It will be really interesting to see how things evolve as Montgomery shuts down and the Medical Center opens up. We may all end up driving out to Reading for our next births.
That's terrible! How can the hospital allow doctors to refuse to help people like that? I am so discouraged. It was such a wonderful hospital to deliver in. I guess we'll see what the medical center has to say about it when they move over there. But doctors like that should not be allowed to practice. And their self serving demands should not overshadow hospital policy. They can go somewhere else. So sorry that is going on.
FWIW, I wasn't a very favorable induction but it was sort of a hail Mary attempt to avoid the RCS that happened to work. I was barely a fingertip dilated and 70% effaced. When they hooked me up to the monitors I was apparently contracting every 10 minutes or so but didn't feel anything. It was a tough 18 hours on pit, but baby came out. If the crappy OB comes in to see you the next day, kindly give him the finger for me for destroying a woman's right to choose her own care.
Good luck!
DS2 - Oct 2010 (my VBAC baby!)