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want to hear stories about successful VBACS :)

ColeyHouseColeyHouse
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Hi!! I just got into my 3rd trimester with my second daughter and as the time gets closer, I'm getting more and more nervous. With my first, I had to have a C-section. I went to the hospital the moment it felt like my water broke (1st mistake) then they gave me pitocin cause labor had, in fact, not started, nor had my water completely broken. then being trigger happy, i got a epidural asap. I dialated to a 9, almost 10 but kept going back and forth from 9-8, which was the reason for the c-section. my daughter was just fine, no trama that made it an emergency to get her out. With my 2nd, I am Desperate to have a VBAC. Recovery after my C-section was horrible, and felt like months til i was back to me. I dont want to go through that again, so I really want to hear others stories about how they got in the position of having a c-section in the first place then how they tried and either succeeded or failed their vbac. any feedback is great feedback :) i want to be as prepared as a mama can be, which we all know is really hard when it comes to having babies haha :) looking forward to hearing your stories!
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  • pepomntpatpepomntpat member

    There are stories on the blog:

    https://vbacbumpies.blogspot.com/ 

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  • Ljd425Ljd425 member
    I'm hoping for a vbac too..my first c section was because I had not dilated past 3 and the heart rate of dd was not doing great with all of the drugs going in..so off to surgery!  Wow..I always assumed that if you dilated that much you'd be able to start pushing? 
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  • A37liciaA37licia member

    I have absolute confidence that you can have a VBAC. No question in my mind because your history and your interest in being prepared.

    I've been LOVING the Birth Without Fear website and there is a category for VBACs with tons of birth stories: https://birthwithoutfearblog.com/category/bwf-topics/vbac/

    I would like to submit my HBAC story to that site. It's on another website, mothering.com...linked below. 

    https://www.mothering.com/community/t/1307192/my-vbac-at-home

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  • ColeyHouseColeyHouse

    Thank you!! I'm super new to this, so if i dont reply the right way to this, please bear with me :) i was so trigger happy with everything, and really thought i was prepared but i wasn't at all. i got any meds when i could get them right away. didn't even know that i could push that far dialated, even now didnt know that. but i the dr i had didn't have rights to the nearest hospital, so i got the dr on call and i nievely trusted her. im trying to get as educated as i can on what i can do to have a successful vbac. if it ends up in a c-section i wont be completely devastated but i dont want to make the same mistakes i did the first time. :) 

    Also, ill definitely check both of those websites out!! 

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  • tiff012982tiff012982 member
    my VBAC went great and I delivered this past week.  Story is a couple posts down
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  • preg_amypreg_amy

    Ditto the VBAC bumpies blog for stories.

    Reading successful VBAC stories really helped me get into a positive place to prepare for my own.  

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  • kegkeg member
    One thing I think is really important is to have a provider who truly supports VBACs.  There are a bunch that say they will, but the closer you get, the more roadblocks they try and put up (have to go into labor by your due date, can't be induced, have to have a textbook labor progression, blah, blah, blah).  I highly recommend seeing if you have a local ICAN group because they are in the best position to know what providers will really be supportive in the end.  I switched providers for this pg because I knew I'd be fighting an uphill battle with my previous group (and if I wasn't with them my first pg, I likely wouldn't have had a section in the first place).  Now, I know that whatever the outcome of this birth, I have given it my absolute best shot.  I am with a provider who truly believes in VBACs and does a ton of them.  In his practice, VBACs are the rule rather than the exception which unfortunately is rare these days. 
    2004-Started TTC; Nov 2007-Lap with endo removed; Jan 2008-Ectopic (mtx); April 2008-IVF #1 (bfp, twin girls); March 2011-FET (cp); June 2012-IVF #2 (bfp, singleton, EDD 3-19-12)

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