Kirsty, as you know I had a VBAC and even with 9 days of strong prelabour, hardly getting any sleep over this time then 8 hours of labour which ended in a forceps delivery and a 4th degree tear up to and including my anal area I don`t regret my VBAC, then I went on to have a severe post partum haemorage(spl) and now an infection in my stitches, it was still the birth I wished for even though I do regret some things which I didn`t do during labour which I should have done but I put it all down to being totally exhausted due to very little sleep for days on end.
At times I do worry how will things be down in that area once it`s all healed (will take 3 months post birth to heal) and I do think maybe I should have had a c/s (especially if things don`t work how they used to) but if I did I still would have felt ripped off that I never knew what labour felt like, I know you`ve been in a position where you know what labour is like whereas Adrian`s birth was a first for labour for me.
Adrian will be my only VB baby as Dr`s have advised I can`t have a repeat VB due to my 4th degree tear, it apparently will just tear right down there again with any subsequent births, so he`s my VBAC baby and I feel very proud about that
All in all Kirsty you have to do what IS right for YOU.
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