VBACS and what I may have to watch out for.

[Ange80]

So i have been booked in to have C/S no: 2 on the 5th January and I will be 39w and 2 days.

I want to prepare myself just in case I go into labour and have to have a VBAC. So any advise on what could happen if I give birth naturally after a c s would be great as I do not know much about VBACS at all.

My CS with my last daughter was 23/04/08 (19months) ago.

[Arimeh]

Hi

If you don't want to have a VBAC I'm sure you will be taken for an emergency c-section if you go into labour beforehand. In my experience, hospitals are more than happy to perform a second c-section if that is what you want - rather than make you have a VBAC.

Remember - nobody can make you do anything you don't want to. If you don't want a VBAC, thats cool

However if you are undecided as to which avenue to take, start reading!! Read some books on labouring, Silent Knife is a great VBAC one - if you were interested in reading it. Read birth stories on here, both c-sections and natural births, and see which one appeals to you.

FWIW - my recovery from my second c-section was better than my first as my body didn't seem to be in as much shock from the surgery - perhaps because it had been through it before?