starrysky - thanks and i hope you get your vbac as well

Miss E - thats interesting as when i got to 6-7cm dilated i needed to push as well! Never got told why that was the case but it was the most excruitiating pain i have ever felt having to push and not being able to!
I had the exact same pushing urge at 6cm or so! It is so painful trying to ignore that urge! I remember with DS, I went from 3cm dilated to wanting to push in just over an hour, and I kept trying to ignore it to begin with as I assumed he was posterior and it was way too early to push! I couldn't believe that I had gone from 3cm to fully dilated so quickly after my experience with DD.