Going for a VBAC here. My last birth was a long labour, she was almost out, we changed positions even attempted a ventouse extraction, but she had to be born by c-section. I do not feel bad or attacked by articles which highlight the risks of c-section births, the information needs to be known and I am pretty sure that the journalist is not thinking of deliberately hurting my feelings when they wrote it. I am thankful the information is getting out there. No one should be denied knowlege to save the feelings of someone else.
Too many ob's run on auto pilot, the ob at my last appt even said that too me. We need to speak up to tell them what we want and to no be afraid of reminding them, for most it will not hurt their feelings (her words). My last birth I did have the auto pilot ob who threw my notes in the corner and went on her merry way of assaulting and belittling me. It was her way only. Having experienced that is it has made me very aware of educating oneself and speaking up not matter how hard it is.
As for the uterine rupture, I heavily discussed this at my last appt. The ob has witnessed one in her time (she looks to be late 30's) and they managed to save the uterus due to monitoring (the bubs hb dropped dramatically). So she admits she is cautious with VBAC and insists on monitoring. She will allow an epidural (I do hope to avoid one though) as there is monitoring in place. I am willing to risk the small chance of uterine rupture for a VBAC as I really believe in the benefits of a natural birth. We are not planning on a large family, so this will most likely be the last time my uterus gets to do its job. If it ruptures I will deal with the possible consequences. There are risks with everything, it is up to us to weigh up the odds for our situation.
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