baby got stuck? (long) xp from csection

Re: baby got stuck? (long) xp from csection

• MAprincess member

  July 2012

  This didn't happen to me but there are PLENTY of people on this board that were told they were not going to be able to deliver vaginally that went on to have successful VBACs.  I've never heard anyone been told specifically that a baby couldn't fit through the cervix- usually they say pelvis (the moulding on his head was from your pelvis).  Either way, your baby was on the small side so I am betting he wasn't in an ideal position and would have been a vaginal birth had he been (or had the doctors moved you around more to try to shift him).

  Every pregnancy is different- everyone on this board had a c/s for one reason or another and many of us were able to VBAC the next. 

  

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• nosoup4u member

  July 2012

  Well, I dilated completely with DS1, but I pushed for 4+ hours without him coming out or descending very far. He had a huge bruise on the top of his head for a week after he was born. My second son was a VBAC, and was 2+ pounds and inches bigger than his brother. My first was OP (sunny-side up), whereas my second was anterior for most of my pregnancy.

  It took me about a year to process my c/s and my son's birth. There was a decent amount of time during that year when I would have had a RCS, had I been pregnant. Even when I was pg with DS2, I worried a lot about history repeating itself with his birth.
  

  Could you possibly have cervical scarring? Or he was in a bad position, like MA said. Start looking around and interviewing providers and see what they say about VBAC, hopefully you can find one who is supportive.
  

  DS1 - Feb 2008

  DS2 - Oct 2010 (my VBAC baby!)

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• erin922 member

  July 2012

  I've just started lurking here, but I wanted to let you know I had almost the same issues with DD with 2 failed vacuums before they finally brought me in for the c/s.  At that point, I was so incredibly exhuasted and had so much medication running through me I could not hold DD for over 2 hours after delivery because I had no control over my arms and my BP was so dangerously low.  Up until about a month ago, there was no question that I would put myself through that again and had planned to have a RCS.  I'm not sure what changed my mind, but I've been thinking more and more about a VBAC and talked with my OB about it last week.  She was awesome in explaining the pros and cons of both, but is very pro-VBAC.  She reassured me that there was no true medical reason why I needed to have a c-section again-  DD was OP and just not in a good position from the get-go.  She said I would likely be more closely montiored and they would maybe be more quick to resort to a c-section, meaning it would not come to the point of deciding to use the vaccum again and letting me get to that point of semi-coma!  I am ok with ending up with a c-section, but I do want to give the VBAC a try as long as I don't end up the way I did with DD. 

  

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• iris427 member

  July 2012

  I dilated completely and pushed for two hours with my first, and ended up with a c/s because she wasn't descending.  My OB told me I would never be able to deliver vaginally unless I had a preemie because my pelvis was too small.

  I switched doctors and had an easy, uncomplicated VBAC with my son.  He was two ounces larger than my first baby.

  Do you know what position your baby was in?  A malpositioned baby can lead to failure to progress and cause the baby to get stuck.  That was the issue with my first child--she was sunny side up (OP position).  My second child was facing the correct way (OA) and it made all the difference. 

  
  

  
  

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• Aloe0l member

  July 2012

  iris427:

  I dilated completely and pushed for two hours with my first, and ended up with a c/s because she wasn't descending.  My OB told me I would never be able to deliver vaginally unless I had a preemie because my pelvis was too small.

  I switched doctors and had an easy, uncomplicated VBAC with my son.  He was two ounces larger than my first baby.

  Do you know what position your baby was in?  A malpositioned baby can lead to failure to progress and cause the baby to get stuck.  That was the issue with my first child--she was sunny side up (OP position).  My second child was facing the correct way (OA) and it made all the difference. 

  This.  Get ahold of your records or ask your OB what position your LO was in.   Poor positioning is not something that tends to repeat itself and is usually something that makes you an excellent candidate for a VBAC. 

  
  
  

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