Hi Girls,



Mummatotwo, I am on the Gold Coast also. Do you mind whether I ask which hospital you are having your baby in?
Even if you go into spontaneous labour and end up with an emergency CS they can still lower the screen so you can see bub being born and they can still give you skin to skin straight away so make sure you fight for that.
I have to say that I also think that what they are telling you about not being able to have a VBAC because of the length of time you'll have between births is a crock. If you are by any chance going private at Pindara (where I had my DD) all but 2 of the OB's there do not allow VBAC's at all. The only two that do are Penny Isherwood and Alwyn Dunn. I really wish you all the best for your next birth.

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hi and welcome
I actually had my private antenatal care with dr dunn, he was brilliant, but i birthed publicly. I have replied to your pm about the maternal assisted cs, but gold coast tell me that they can only comply with that as long as its elective once again more stooopid hospital policies!


It doesn't sound at all like something QLD Health would have a regulation on. I just went to the site and searched - nothing. You can do that, go look through the site and see. That particular hospital might have a "policy" or a recommendation but that's different to a regulation. Next time you're going to your hospital why don't you ask to see a copy of their regulation, just for your own interest?
sorry if i came off blunt, i am just really trying to get evidence on all these "facts" that people are telling me (i mainly mean the midwives etc at the hospital) they all tell me of the risks associated with my vabc, but wont produce evidence.
I think its all a crock. I mean, whats 4 months really? as i was telling dp today, its going to cost them at least 10k for me to have a cs, thats including obstetric care afterwards, why wouldnt they want a vbac? i mean its the better option both for mother and baby. I am not silly, i have researched i know what i am talking about, surely they must know better then an uneducated member of the public... ahhh vent over.

But I am in the space now where i am trying to embrace this birth and spend the rest of my pregnancy happy with a choice, rather then with a sense of angst about it all.