VBAC after 2 sections anybody?
i have had 2 emergency sections, one due to failed forcepts and one due to fetal distress during VBAC, i was told following my last delivery that i would be advised to have a section with my next child, i am still gutted that i have failed to have a baby naturally, just wondered if anyone had a successful vabc following 2 sections?
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Sorry you ended up with a section for your second one. I remember being on here about a year ago and you talking about wanting a vbac.
I don't personally know anyone who has had a vbac after 2 sections, but have read numerous birth stories from women who have had vbac after up to 4 c sections, so it is definitely possible.
Can I be nosey and ask - during your attempted vbac was your labour induced / augmented in anyway? I'm pregnant again and hoping for a vbac, and have been reading up and it seems that vbac labours can naturally take longer, and that can make hospital staff twitchy so there is a tendency for intervention which can then have a knock on effect. I'm seriously tempted to go for a home birth so I can just get on with my own thing and let my body take the time it needs, might even consider an independent midwife if I can't get an NHS one to support me. Will see what happens at booking though.
Hope you're OK and recovering well from the section, and enjoying your little princess
xxx
my labour started after a second sweep after 3 weeks of slow labour! my waters broke on exam at the hospital when i was 4cm, unfortunatly her heartrate was really fast and they wouldnt risk my labour progressing, if she wasnt in distress i may have been able to have her vaginally as things were moving well?
i would think you would have a fight on your hands for a home birth although i was told i could stay at home as long as i felt comfortable unless my waters broke. as VBAC are more risky they like you to be near a theatre, there was some thought that i was onthe verge of rupture but on opening my scar was ok.
hope all goes well and you get the birth you want!
i have heard of people having VBACS after several sections, infact there is one woman near me, she had 5 sections, then had a normal birth, then shes just had her 7th, tried for a VBAC, failed (down to fetal distress and nothing to do with previous sections) and had to have the emcs, which actually threatened her life as they aren't too keen in people having more than 3 sections, the hospital advised her to go for a normal birth as a 6th caesarean carried more than 3 times the risks, but little man had other plans xx
I am hoping for a vbac following an emcs with my dd who is nearly three.Whilst I am hopeful and positive for a successful vbac and the birth I want I also know that the threshold for sections on vbac ladies at my hospital is about 37%. Whereas first time mums its 24%, and goes even higher when the mother has been induced. The trouble is that as the pp said hospitals are a bit twitchy with vbac ladies and I think can/ will intervene possibly too early or when things dont progress as they 'should'. I have been told that I will have no longer that 1 hour from full dialation toget the baby is born, or its section time and I will be terribly disspointed, especially after all that hard work
But in answer to your question I know a lady who had 2 sections, 1 vbac and 1 hbac! So it is possible. She had a very understanding midwife and also a doula who she says helped her immensely.
Good luck and I hope you get the birth you want x
thanx ladies, still pondering no3! good luck with no7 earthmama!