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Successful VBAC after 2 c-sections?

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DH and I are thinking of having a third child and I really want a VBAC. I've had 2 sections and just wonder if anyone has had success after more than one section.
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Re: Successful VBAC after 2 c-sections?

  • Aloe0lAloe0l member
    Lots of people have!  I know a woman who had one after 3!  The tricky part is finding a provider who is on board with you and turely supports it.  The was a recent study I believe that said it is still less risky for a woman VBAC after 2 or 3 than a RCS was.  I wish I could remember where I read that though, maybe someone else will have a link.
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  • HarrietNJMommyHarrietNJMommy

    imageAloe0l:
    Lots of people have!  I know a woman who had one after 3!  The tricky part is finding a provider who is on board with you and turely supports it.  The was a recent study I believe that said it is still less risky for a woman VBAC after 2 or 3 than a RCS was.  I wish I could remember where I read that though, maybe someone else will have a link.

    Did the woman after 3 have a home birth? I'm not allowed to VBA3C. At least not in a hospital and not with an OB.

    For the OP, I wanted to VBAC with my #3, but the guidelines hadn't changed at that point. The guidelines changed to allow VBA2C about a year after my 3rd was born.

    GL to you! 

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  • UrnAshUrnAsh

    imageAloe0l:
    Lots of people have!  I know a woman who had one after 3!  The tricky part is finding a provider who is on board with you and turely supports it.  The was a recent study I believe that said it is still less risky for a woman VBAC after 2 or 3 than a RCS was.  I wish I could remember where I read that though, maybe someone else will have a link.

    I actually came across a couple of articles last night while googling things I shouldn't be looking at. :(

     

    OP I'm hoping my Dr will at least let me attempt it, but we shall see.

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  • LFLawsLFLaws

    I have talked to my doctor about at VBAC after 3 csections. One of the office doctors is against it but the other is at least requesting my surgical history to see how much scar tissue ect was in my uterus during the previous deliveries. I've been doing a lot of research and the conclusion I've come to is  that you have the right to refuse the surgery.

     This is taken from the Winter 2006 - Number 76 issue of Midwifery Today:

    "The federal Emergency Treatment and Advanced Labor Act (EMTALA) requires
      hospitalsto admit women in active labor and to abide by their treatment wishes
    until the baby and placenta are delivered. The act was originally passed to
    prevent hospitals from "dumping" patients who can't pay, but its since been
    applied in all sorts of other ways and includes specific provisions that apply
    to laboring women."

    If your doctor refuses to allow a VBAC know that he/she cannot by law drop you from the practice without a 30 day notice. So if they refuse the VBAC, you can wait until just a few weeks before your due date to tell them you refuse the surgery and hopefully by the 30 day mark you will have already delivered. 

    Whatever your decision, best wishes to you! 

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