My unsuccessful vbac

nicole&chris6311 · April 2014

I used this group for motivation for my vbac, the purpose of this post is to share my experience with you all, not discourage you.
I woke up on Monday at 3:00am with contractions every 5-10mins. I had very frequent bowel movements and felt most comfortable on the toilet. I stuck it out all day and waited for my weekly ob visit that afternoon. Sadly I was only 1cm, 90% effaced, -1 station so it was called early labor. I went home and labored that whole night, the pain was bad enough that I still had not slept. At 12:30 I woke dh up and told him it's time to go if we get sent home, we get sent home. I was cursing through contractions every 5-7 mins and starting to shake. On our 45 min commute they picked up to every 3 mins. The ob checked me and I was 3-4cm so it was go time. I got an epi and was checked about 6hrs later, 8cm. I was so excited, I was getting my vbac. A couple of hours later still 8. A couple hours after that 9cm, 100%, 0. 6hrs later the exact same. They upped my pitocin at this point and I started to have back labor. 2hrs later and my cervix started to swell so they called it an 8. At that point they said that I had to have a section for failure to progress bc they couldn't use a stronger dose of pitocin bc I was vbac. 40 hours into labor, 40 hours of no sleep, 1cm from getting my vbac and I was wheeled to the or. 15mins later I heard sweet baby cry.
I do not in any way regret trying for a vbac. I am so proud of how far I got and how long I labored. So even though my vbac was unsuccessful, I was successful in giving my body the change to labor. Now I don't feel so cheated in the experience. Good luck ladies.

Ceefome · April 2014

Congratulations on your new squishy! Thanks for sharing your experience. Even though things didn't go the way you wanted them to, I'm glad you had a positive experience.

Mama-Bear · April 2014

Congrats on your new baby and congrats on getting so far.

alexpierce88 · April 2014

Out of curiosity why did you have a c/s on the first? Sorry things did not go as planned but congratulations on the new baby

emeraldJ17 · April 2014

Thanks for sharing! Sorry you didn't get your VBAC. Do you mind sharing why you had your first c-section? With my first baby I got stuck at 9 as well and had a c-section. I wish they let me wait longer but they didn't. This time I'm hoping they let me wait as long as I want!

cecilyandgautam · April 2014

Congrats on your new baby! I'm glad you got the chance to labor and gave it your all and that baby's safe. I think that's what most of us want more than anything - just a chance. Sounds like you had a good team. Congrats again!

ehpope · May 2014

Thanks for sharing your story, glad to hear you didn't regret your decision! I'm looking into having a VBAC and an glad to have read your experience!

fsumom · May 2014

Congrats on your baby! May I ask why you had Pitocin at all? Pitocin increases the chance of having a c-section. My OB will not give me Pitocin so my body has to do its own thing.

byrne15 · June 2014

Congrats on your baby and sorry you weren't able to have you VBAC.

Foutzie44 · June 2014

Thanks for sharing, and congrats on LO! I attempted a VBAC in October and also ended in repeat c-s...I will post my story soon!

ladyleeann · August 2014

Thank you for sharing. I am hoping for a vbac as well, but at the same time I know that there is always the possibility of being unsuccessful too. Like you, I am hoping that if nothing else, I get the opportunity to labor. Hearing your story is encouraging that even if it all doesn't go exactly the way we want, there is still a positive experience to be found in trying.

My first was overdue when they induced me. Despite being on Pitocin labor, I feel like I didn't experience labor the way it was suppose to be and I sometimes wonder if the failure to progress and consequential ceasarian wasn't because my daughter just wasn't ready to be born.