re: Vbac after Csection

I dno? I dno wat to do??? My last child i was justational diabetic this one day not. I dno?? Wat hes thinking but states this is how he doea it n hes inly doc that will let me do it for miles n miles n hrs away.. wat should i do? I know nothing! I dnt want another c section. Yes was great easy n well! But i was robbes of wat i wanted! A natural birth!! All cause my old doc was csection happy n wanted to! Said my baby was 11 lbs! Came out 8 freaking pounds! I just want to try to have him natural! Ive had complications nor did i with my first pregnancy. People have vbacs all the time? How r they done? Wats my best result? My doc obviously knows more than me n says im a very good canidate to do this! ?? Ill wait if i have too but hes scared baby will be too big im having a boy..n he dnt want him more than 8 lbs or so and im not a very big person.. im not tiny but not big either ..

Stupid t9! Sry ;-(

Quoting Mandy Harle-burge:" I dno? I dno wat to do??? My last child i was justational diabetic this one day not. I dno?? Wat hes ... [snip!] ... big im having a boy..n he dnt want him more than 8 lbs or so and im not a very big person.. im not tiny but not big either .."

doctors aren't gods, lol. I mean obviously, the first one told you your child would be 11 lbs. but nobody can know 100% how big a baby is going to be until it is born.

& breaking someone's water is not even an induction tactic. It doesn't magically send you into labour. No one should break your water unless you are already in active labour & dilated. If you want an all natural birth, your best bet is waiting until your child is ready to come out. There are things you can do to help, like taking red raspberry leaf tea or capsules & evening primrose oil capsules. Acupuncture, sex, etc. but allowing someone to break your water is completely idiotic. Some of these doctors scare me.

Your right what are tactics to get me into labor

I am confused - completely.

Either your Dr is full of crap & saying what he thinks you want to hear so you don't have to argue OR you misunderstand your Dr completely.

You say he is going to break your water on a specified date. For what? That doesn't start labor & induction is NOT considered safe for VBAC - so a woman that wants an induction is not a good candidate for VBAC.
Then you say that if baby is not out in 15 hrs he will do a c-section. What is this random number? I know many places put a 24 hr limit once water is broken - I am unaware of any 15 hr limit...???

Look - what you are saying in this thread makes me, a natural birth enthusiast in general, think you are not a very good candidate for VBAC & I am really pro VBAC. I have no idea what makes your Dr say you are. You don't seem to understand what is required for a successful VBAC & I am not sure i understand why you want a VBAC even.

I really DO understand that you say you need help & you have to have people travel to you to get help - but then that is that. You either choose to deal with the unpredictability of what an actual NATURAL delivery is OR You choose a medical route that likely means a planned c-section. You choose what is more of a priority to you. Lots of people give birth even though they already have multiple other children, without c-sections, when family has to travel to them, etc, etc & they find a way. If this is a priority to you, you will find a way too. if it is more of a priority to have things done *when* you want them to happen, then it likely will be another c-section.

Ok i got prego said look i dnt want c section. I want vbac n doc said he will let me try...wat should i do to become a good canidate? Wat makes u a good canidate? I want to have natural! Wat do i do!

Quoting Mandy Harle-burge:" Ok i got prego said look i dnt want c section. I want vbac n doc said he will let me try...wat should i do to become a good canidate? Wat makes u a good canidate? I want to have natural! Wat do i do!"

To be a good candidate you keep yourself in good health & then wait for labor. When it comes, avoid the use of any interventions such as pitocin, epidural, etc.

Thinking you can plan a natural delivery is like thinking you can choose your child's hair color. You can always dye hair to the color you want, but you can't choose the natural color. You can always have a baby when you opt to - but not if you want a natural birth.

So join one of the websites you have been given like ICAN.org & get yourself prepped if that is what you want. You need to understand that your Dr may in fact be full of crap too & have no intention of giving you a VBAC - especially if he is suggesting he will break your water & then give you 15 hrs. That is weird & not at all what I have ever heard of any Dr suggesting for ANY reason.

I did NOT have a VBAC but I did have a natural birth. I did NOT want a c-sec.
I told my Dr this. My Dr did things that made sense....for instance, he had me get periodoc monitoring while in labor, BUT never once brought up pitocin or ANYTHING & I labored for almost 73 hrs...because I really DID mean it when I said I did not want a c-section. As long as moms' vitals are good & baby's are good, there is no end time on labor. He never broke my water until I was ready to push because he knew once he did there would be a clock on my labor according to his insurance & the hospital policy.

That is the kind of stuff a Dr does when supporting vaginal delivery/ They do things in such a way to avoid you getting unnecessarily pressured into a c-section.

Go to ICAN & get yourself up to speed with what you need to ask your Dr & what you need to do to make it happen if that is what you truly want.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Mandy Harle-burge:</b>" Ok i got prego said look i dnt want c section. I want vbac n doc said he will let me try...wat should i do to become a good canidate? Wat makes u a good canidate? I want to have natural! Wat do i do!"</blockquote>




As my OB told me, the most successful VBACs are when you go into LABOR on your OWN (no induction) BEFORE your EDD. Breaking your water 6 days before your due date doesnt mean youll go into labor. If anything, you may not progress at all. And then have put yourself and baby for the risk of infection... Which would then lead to another c-section. If your life has to be so planned. Go with an elective c-section..

Im beyond lost in wat to do ;-(

<blockquote><b>Quoting Mandy Harle-burge:</b>" Im beyond lost in wat to do ;-("</blockquote>




Well they gave you a lot of advice. Decide what you truly want. & if it is a VBAC, start doing some research. Ican.org, birthwithoutfear.com, birthing from within is a book & a site I believe.

Women who want a VBAC should NOT be induced, as it poses greater risks. Nobody period should have theor water broken a wk beforehand   like... That doesn't do smurf, lol.