oh scooby that is traumatic what you have been through

I will give you my opinion only as I had similar issues to deal with. With my first I was 14 days post EDD with no signs of things moving along, in fact I went in for induction with gels & they couldn't do it as she was no where near the cervix. 2 days later she was and I was induced with gels, overnight I started having small contractions and movement, in the morning I was put on a drip and felt like I was hit by a truck. It was horrid, I wound up with an epidural which dropped my bp really low, they had to turn the epi off and I was feeling contractions but unable to move for hours. Lucky for me, DD1 was going okay. After 4 hours of playing with the epi & sintocin things stopped moving, after 4 more hours I was asked to have a c/s. 4 hours later I had one. The c/s was.... so traumatic after all the issues with an induced labour and the epidural not on, when the spinal went in my bp dropped again. I felt the first 4 minutes of the c/s and went into shock.

What happened to both of us is traumatic, so it obviously sways our decisions. The second time around I fought kicking and screaming for a natural birth. Jovie was 11 days post EDD and an empowered VBAC, not entirely naturalas I had pethadine early on to ward off feelings of panic because of the past birth.

All I can say is research for yourself & get yourself a birth advocate, for whatever you choose.