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VBAC?
Hi,
I am considering a vbac and looking for advice/personal experiences to help my decision. For those of you that have had a successful VBAC, what was the reason for your first c-section?
My first section was at 41 weeks for failure to engage. My gut feeling is the epidural slowed things down and then everything was a snowball after that. I did have a large baby (9lbs 14oz) so maybe that had something to do with it also. Anyway, any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!
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Re: VBAC?
With DD#1, I was induced at 41wks 5 dys. After 60 hours of induction and an hour of pushing, I was just too tired to push properly. At that point, the nurse and doctor applied a ton of pressure to consent to a c-section. I basically gave in. DD was 9lbs 1oz.
My VBAC baby was induced at 40wks 3 dys. After only 9 hours of induction and 45 minutes of pushing, DD#2 made her arrival. It was an amazing experience. She was 8lbs 1oz.
With #1, I had stadol and an epidural. With #2, I ended up going naturally. I don't know if the epidural prevented me from pushing well, but I did like being able to move around with #2. My two births were very different, so yours could be too.
Thanks ladies!