C-section for me again

[Wombles]

Thankyou all so much for your replies. With my first son Benjamin (who will be turning 11 on may 9th) i had the emergency c-sec. They told me i was in jeopardy of losing my baby and even myself.

The reason they are inclined to think i will suffer pre-clampsia this second time around is it is a different dad so it's like starting all over again. I am hoping and praying that i don't get it as severe or don't even get it at all to try and prove them wrong lol, but i know it is on the cards, so i am taking a day as it comes. My next appointment at the royal women's hospital in melbourne is on the 16th june. They are going to do more blood tests plus i have to do a 24 hour urine sample (which is going to be great fun lol)... the doc told me that if i am going to suffer from the pre-clampsia there will be signs then of it occuring. At my appointment on monday (28th april) my blood pressure etc was absolutely perfect.

I remember all the signs i got with pre-clampsia with my son, so i am aware of the changes in my body if it does start to occur, but i am desperately hoping it doesn't. When i had the c-sec with my first son, they cut me from my belly button down to my private and it was terrible, it was a very awkward scar and it was a longer recovery than being cut the normal way. The doc has assured me she will not be cutting me the way they did with my first c-sec. I think what frightens me the most about another c-sec is the recovery process and how it makes it harder to enjoy the little things that matter with your new little bundle of joy. You have to rely on the help of family and friends.

Anyway i suppose i will just have to take one day at a time and see what happens and just hope and pray that everything goes well and i don't get it as severe as i did the first time i suppose you could say it has put me in a paranoid position now.

[didispunk]

I had Peclampsia wiht MY DS who is now 15 months i am now 15 weeks pregnant and want to know if i can have a natural birth or not.. ..

I have heard about having a trial of scar... I am not sure when you have this done.. But this pregnancy i am much healthier then i was with DS and i am lighter in weight.. and exercising.. so Do i have any hope of a VBAC?

[~mamaspice~]

Wombles. I had PE with my first preg so I've done a lot of reading up about it since. There is a 10-20% chance of getting it again with subsequent pregnancies. So really, you've got at least an 80% chance of having a PE free pregnancy this time around. If your latest BP readings have been normal then that is a good sign
if your BP does begin to elevate I recommend seeing a good acupuncturist.

Didispunk, like I said above you have a good chance of not getting PE again so if you don't, there is no reason why you could not have a VBAC this time round

[bon]

I am another one who had PE with my first and with my next 2 absolutely no signs of it. All have been vaginal births - although I will admit that I came close to having emergency c/s with my first and I am so glad that didn't happen.

Wombles - like you said, take each day as it comes, but it seems to me that the midwife has jumped the gun a bit my booking you for a c/s already. There is no way she can be 99% sure - there is not even that high a probability of PE happening again.

[~Kim~]

Wow Wombles, no offence hun, but they sure don't sound like they know a heck of a lot....I didn't develop a single solitary sign of PE until 6 days AFTER birth (which is the same day as your son's BTW). I had a c sec for other reasons, but 6 days after she was born I developed all the HELLP signs. At 21 weeks I certainly had no woraning signs.

[Wombles]

When it all boils down to it, they put it down to having a "New Partner/Different Dad" that is why i find it confusing lol... why should a different dad make a difference ???

The Doc in Melbourne said it comes down to the dad having a different Gene/DNA.. that is why it is like starting all over again... i just hope that you are right and i don't get it again or if i do, it's only very minor.

I am overweight, i am fully honest with that...

[SamanthaP]

New paternity puts your risk factor back to what it was when you were pregnant the first time. I'm assuming there's a genetic reason for that.
It all does sound a bit full on but hopefully things will work out well for you.

[Ozziehoffy]

A friend of mine had PE for 2nd pg but not first or 3rd.. with 3rd she had GD though. So, there's no definite that you will get it because you've already had it. Fingers crossed you don't get it and you go into natural labour before the c/s date...hehe. As you get closer and if you don't have it, maybe you can talk to them in more detail about a natural birth

[shorty]

Didnt i read chocolate was good for keeping it away?

[Trish]

Wombles as your incision is a classical scar I "think" they won't allow you a VBAC anyway due to the damage they would have done to your uterus.

As for you have PE second time around, like the others said I think they are jumping the gun there.

The reason you will be having c section again is because they damaged your uterus first time around. I am so sorry that this has happened to you.

Unless it is an emergancy c section you will have a lower segment caesarean.