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Canadian RCS Moms

alizabethannealizabethanne member
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I am not TTC baby #2 yet but probably in a few months and this question keeps weighing on me! 

I hope some Canadian RCS moms can help me out!

After your first CS were you given the option of a RCS?Or are you required to have a trial of labor? Is the decsion made for you or do you have a choice?

If you are interested in VBAC did you find a lot of support from your Dr or OB?

My first I had a rough go of laboring and ended up with a CS after 30+ hours. They told me during surgery I was told I had a very small pelvis and the baby couldn't descend and due to scoliosis I had some other problems at delivery.

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Re: Canadian RCS Moms

  • CourtimilkCourtimilk member

    If I had not moved and been able to keep the OB I had the LO1 my answer would be based on her clinic. She had a 12% CS rate and had told me that I would get my trial of labor OR we could schedule a RCS for 39 weeks during my next pregnancy. It was to be my choice unless there was a medical reason to push for the RCS (like another frank-breech baby).

    With my new (family) doctor we will attempt a VBAC but it's highly unlikely that she'll be delivering LO2. I'll be recommended to another doctor later on in the pregnancy to better debate VBAC vs RCS.

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  • RayRay007RayRay007 member

    From what I hear, having had a c/s is an indication for having a rcs. So if you want to go straight for a rcs you can ("medically necessary"). You can make your own decision re: rcs or trial of labour. You always have a choice w/r/t your medical care.

    I had a MW who is of course supportive of a vbac.

     

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  • sytomsytom member

    I've had my second cs only fifteen months after the first one.  My doctor would have been respectful of my choice, but I opted to go with a RCS because I didn't wait 2 years between cs. I didn't want to risk it and frankly, I was really scared of something going wrong with a vbac. 

     Now that I am pregnant again, doctors didn't offer me a choice.  From my first appointement, I've known that I am going down that road again. 

     

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  • NickisiebertNickisiebert member
    I wish I could try for a vbac! I would if I were you, IF you are comfortable with it because there are risks. If your doc says there isn't any harm in a trial of labor go for it!! Small pelvis really isn't a great reason for not trying, lots of women with small pelvises deliver vaginally just fine, and lots of women with large pelvises have to have a Csec for other reasons, like myself! I can't have a vbac because when they were removing DS from the horizontal incision His head was quite low, and I tore vertically as well. If you have a T scar or a vertical incision they won't want you to go into labor at all because the risk of Uterine Rupture is too great.
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