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Intro: hopeful, but realistic
Hi all! I should probably introduce myself since I am a lurker on this board. I am around 10 weeks pregnant with my second. I have a beautiful 2 year old daughter who was born via c-section. I was induced for signs of pre-e/low platelets at 40 weeks. She was failure to descend and was 7 lbs. I am a fairly average size to tall and thin. We could see her head, but she would not budge after 4 hours of pushing, med-free. Unfortunately, my water broke very early on its own as part of the induction which I have read makes a baby harder to turn. My daughter was sunny side up in some sort of wacky position obviously. I switched doctors and hospitals to VBAC this time. Despite switching to a practice that does do VBAC's (they are very few) my doctor has sat me down and talked honestly with me and is not too hopeful because of how long I pushed with a small baby and the complications I had possibly reoccurring. He basically said he didn't want to give me false hope, but okayed giving it a go. I'm going to try: thinking I may see a chiropractor this time. I'm definitely watching these boards for success stories for other failure to descend mammas. I do know all women in my family have this problem, but I am the first to need a c-section because they no longer use forceps in my area. However, I am also a little smaller than some of the other women in my family. Anyway, hi!
P.S. Iris, I know you are the moderator here and also were a failure to descend and are on my birth month board so I'm hoping I can follow in your footsteps!
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Re: Intro: hopeful, but realistic
I had a successful VBAC w my second son, and he was significantly larger, but was in an ideal position. I was never given a hard time w my plans to VBAC, my MW had more faith in it than I did, quite honestly.
I had regular chiropractic visits and massages with my second, and I made a point to stay more active and aware of my posture.
I also stayed home as long as possible during labor, which I think really made a difference, bc I stayed upright and active for a long time. Consider refusing sizing u/s if they are already worried about your chances, and maybe think about looking around for other providers, or a doula, if those are possibilities.
Good luck, plenty of women w FTP/FTD have gone on to have VBACs!
DS2 - Oct 2010 (my VBAC baby!)