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VBAC Induction?

valeivegasvaleivegas member
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Does anyone have any stories to share about being induced for their VBAC?  I've been reading up on it and that it can be risky.  I talked to my Dr last week briefly about it & he said he wouldn't want to induce a VBAC.  I'm worried that if I do choose to do a VBAC, what if I don't go into labor, or what if my labor isn't progressing?  Isn't it worse if your labor doesn't progress and then I would end up with an emergency c/s anyways (vs. just scheduling it)?

With DS I went into labor the night before my c/s was scheduled (he was breech) - that was at about 41 weeks.  I know my contractions were about 4 min apart, hurt like hell but I don't think I was really dilating.. not that this is any indication how it could go this time but who knows....

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Re: VBAC Induction?

  • skioskio member
    How do you know you weren't dilating with your first labor?

    Don't doubt yourself. Labors always progress. Using drugs to speed things up is a hospital's way of getting you out sooner and has nothing to do with whether you or baby will be okay
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  • MAprincessMAprincess member

    I had pit with my VBAC.  My hospital had a strict 41 week limit for VBACers so at that point my option was to schedule surgery or induce.  My CNM was awesome and knew that I wanted to avoid unnecessary surgery. 

    My induction took

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  • valeivegasvaleivegas member
    Thanks for all the info. I'll talk more with my Dr to get his input & see how long I could wait, etc. I'm not sure if I was dilated with DS - I know I wasn't that far if anything, but I had the c/s within 4 hours of going into labor anyways...
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  • cchill01cchill01 member
    imageMAprincess:

    I had pit with my VBAC.  My hospital had a strict 41 week limit for VBACers so at that point my option was to

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  • holly321holly321 member
    My water broke and I didn't go into labor, so I was given pitocin. I was started on the lowest dose possible, which ended up being enough.

    I was told that I was allowed to be induced as long as I had some progress.
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  • LLB430LLB430 member
    I was induced at 39w2d at 4cm.  He had not dropped at all.  At 10:30 am I received the pit (a low dose), 11:30 they broke my water, at  noon contrax started, starting pushing at 2:15 and he was born an hour later.  It was a great exper
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