What type of birth do you expect to have?

Cara1024 · December 2013

Barring any unforeseen complications, and as far as you know right now, what type of birth will you have with this LO?

Siblynika · December 2013

Since she's head down I'm assuming vaginal, but I'm still slightly in denial at the fact that I actually have to give birth at some point.

CopperT0p · December 2013

Hoping for an unmedicated VBAC home birth. Fully prepared for a RCS should it be in the best interest of babe or me.

PreDempsey · December 2013

But I just got REALLY good at keeping the baby in!

LittleMommaBlueHen · December 2013

Vaginal. The real question right now is whether I will have a vertex or breech birth. Baby is still flipping circles at 37w4d. I have a care provider who will do a breech birth, but I would prefer if baby flipped head down.

ChuggingWater · December 2013

Out of my vajay, and hopefully before my due date!

ksonne · December 2013

Planning for an unmedicated vaginal birth but will do whatever is best/safest for baby.

ashleywiz · December 2013

I'm still in the stork will deliver my baby and my belly is full of rainbows that will shoot out of my vagina upon stork arrival.

Yep.

I'm sticking with that. Until, of course, this LO actually does have to come out of my vagine (the plan, anyway).

Edit: when waiting for my last OB appointment I was talking with H about this, and I said something about vaginally- but instead of it coming out "vagin-ally" it came out "vagina-ally" ...I totally confused myself when I said it and he looked at me SO funny and said, "Really, you HAD to say it like that" Haha...oops.

cpm1223 · December 2013

Siblynika said:

Since she's head down I'm assuming vaginal, but I'm still slightly in denial at the fact that I actually have to give birth at some point.

Same with me!

sugarland726 · December 2013

Is there another side of immaculate conception? I mean if Mary can conceive in a non-traditional manner, can't I expel the fetus in a non-traditional manner?

ChuggingWater · December 2013

sugarland726 said:

Is there another side of immaculate conception? I mean if Mary can conceive in a non-traditional manner, can't I expel the fetus in a non-traditional manner?

I like this answer.

MrsGraham06 · December 2013

After today's appointment, we're talking vaginal still.

erika_sue · December 2013

C/S is scheduled but I would really like to have a VBA2C

MamaP19 · December 2013

LittleMommaBlueHen said:

Vaginal. The real question right now is whether I will have a vertex or breech birth. Baby is still flipping circles at 37w4d. I have a care provider who will do a breech birth, but I would prefer if baby flipped head down.

Those still exist? That's awesome! So hard to come by anymore unfortunately.

edited to tag @LittleMommaBlueHen

bluegreeneyes11 · December 2013

Hopefully/Ideally vaginally. Will find out Thursday if he moved head down which I know won't necessarily mean much as he can still turn but I am hopeful.

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ach298 · December 2013

Hoping for another vaginal birth, without induction this time...

jldubb0626 · December 2013

Hopefully this one follows in his brothers footsteps and come out the vag.

mrsjenni · December 2013

I'm looking at my 4th induction and vaginal delivery at this point. And I'm perfectly fine with that.

nicnique · December 2013

Vaginal. I am hoping I go into labor before January 7th (longest OB will let me go past due date) to avoid induction.

litzo27 · December 2013

Why isn't "magical" a poll option?

waterlily2k2 · December 2013

Vaginally. Induction is scheduled for 12/27, but it's very likely I'll go on my own before then. Hopefully by the weekend! He's been measuring a week ahead, so he'd be measuring 39w.

precious72381 · December 2013

Vag is the plan! Medication is the plan too!! But after my 3 minutes of almost black out , cold sweat IBS bathroom situation today (those are all the details you will want to know). I'm hoping baby will slip out while I'm sleeping.

CarolinaGirl2014 · December 2013

Hoping for vaginally, unmedicated. I never believed women that told me you reach a point in pregnancy that you're so uncomfortable you no longer fear labor. But I'm so there. I don't think it will be a walk in the park, but I have this peace about it and want to get it over with. I'm also praying that I take after my mom's quick and supposedly easy deliveries (her words).

BladeDancer · December 2013

I'm not sure. I'm slightly scared of a vaginal birth but also don't want a rcs.

brideandbreve · December 2013

This sounds crazy, but I said c-section. Reason being, my labor with DS was like the holy grail of inductions. I progressed well, my water broke on it's own 6 hours after starting Pitocin, I pushed for 15 minutes, and that was it. I was up walking around the room with minimal soreness an hour after he was born.

I'm not banking on getting lucky twice.

JaneW2 · December 2013

I clicked C/S. My baby has been persistently breech for at least two months, ever since he's been big enough for me to tell what he's up to. It's possible he could turn at the eleventh hour, but a first baby who isn't even trying, it's unlikely.

Of course, the risks to the baby of natural breech birth are bigger than the risks to me of a nice orderly c/s, so unless he turns, that's what's going to happen!

tesskerr · December 2013

brideandbreve said:
This sounds crazy, but I said c-section. Reason being, my labor with DS was like the holy grail of inductions. I progressed well, my water broke on it's own 6 hours after starting Pitocin, I pushed for 15 minutes, and that was it. I was up walking around the room with minimal soreness an hour after he was born.

I'm not banking on getting lucky twice.

I agree with you, that sounds crazy. You would never be allowed to just have a c section in my country, for the reason "my last birth was perfect".

ababymaybe · December 2013

RCS for me. Not a great candidate for VBAC nor am I really interested in one.

megngregk · December 2013

Hoping he comes out the vag. Although part of me wonders if maybe I'd rather not have my ladybits all mangled on his way out. My stomach is covered in stretch marks anyways...what's another scar?

I'm kidding. Kind of.

RedSaffron · December 2013

Ideally vaginal, baby girl has been locked and loaded for weeks now. I'm worried her body might be too big for my pelvic and we would have to do a c/s since it happened to one of SO's friend. Either way, I just want her to be healthy coming into this world. I do like the idea of her being delivered by Santa or the stork.

MamaP19 · December 2013

KaitiMac said:

"Beam her up, Scotty!"

And then she will materialize in OB's arms.

@KaitiMac - I was thinking of trying, "Accio baby!" Guess I better add my wand to my hospital packing list.

cowscrub · December 2013

@mrsjenni you and I are in the same boat. 4th baby, probable 4induction and hopefully 4th vaginal delivery.

pennstated912 · December 2013

I just assumed that my doctor would knock on my doctor and hand me my baby. Isn't there a home delivery option like with pizza?

In all seriousness, the plan is vaginally. Although, these past few threads about delivery and hospital stay have officially sent me into a state of panic about his arrival. Thanks, gals!

petitmonstree · December 2013

I'm having a repeat c-section. He most likely won't come before than, he seems pretty content in there lol.

quidditchcapn1120 · December 2013

Vaginal. My last was a successful induction. Although it was verrrryy long and I was unable to go with med-free, I thought it was pretty ideal considering the circumstances. Because of the same complication this birth will also be induced unless he decides to come even earlier.

sugarland726 · December 2013

brideandbreve said:

This sounds crazy, but I said c-section. Reason being, my labor with DS was like the holy grail of inductions. I progressed well, my water broke on it's own 6 hours after starting Pitocin, I pushed for 15 minutes, and that was it. I was up walking around the room with minimal soreness an hour after he was born.

I'm not banking on getting lucky twice.

We employed the same logic with having another kid entirely. She is so good and was so easy, surely lightning won't strike twice for us, right?

Galaxy8227 · December 2013

RCS on the 31st.

Rushley · December 2013

We're hoping for a smooth VBAC but am prepared for a RCS

ac1259 · December 2013

@Amylou333- So I thought this was interesting and figured I'd share. A friend of mine had twins and apparently they were both head down but while delivering the first one the 2nd flipped..I'm sure this was not the ideal situation and the doctors would've done something else if possible, but they wound up pulling the 2nd out by her foot. So sometimes they can make it work in a not so great situation...but I agree with you- doing both would suck!

I'm also planning a vaginal delivery but it went so well last time I'm slightly concerned something is going to go horribly wrong this time. So I guess we'll see!

twobluelines · December 2013

@amylou333 that would be horrible! I never even considered that as a possibility for you twin mamas!

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