I will do a few question's asking hun, but I'm pretty sure that at hospital I would have been reaching my limit. Oh BTW the only reason my labour went on for so long was because I had a bowel obstruction. I was so blocked up but couldn't move down past it. An enema soon fixed it though.
Nope, was not worried at all about my scar. It was perfect the whole way through, and with uterine rupture, apparently you really feel it.
My advice for you would be to stay at home for as long as possible if you want to avoid intervention. Walking is great to get bub into a good position on you it to put pressure on your cervix. Shower's and baths are great for pain relief too.
I think it is totally unreasonable the time limits doctors put on labour. 'Apparently' a normal woman is supposed to dilate 1 cm an hour, or else it is failure to progress. As long as mum and baby are doing well then there is no reason why labour can't take much longer(and often does, especially in vbac because it is considered a first labour), and if you labour in the comfort of your own home with no stress etc. then that can help speed things up because you aren't worrying.
I am planning a home vbac in August, and have hired a private midwife so any problems will be picked up much faster than in a hospital, where they rely on machines to tell them everything, rather than closely watching the woman. Standard protocol for vbac's is constant foetal monitoring, so you are unable to move freely which is extremely important. Alot of places will induce with the drip, but I don't think the gel is used much. The chance of uterine rupture is very small, and even if it does occur is not usually a full rupture, and no symptoms will even be detected because it doesn't have any effect on bubs(in a tear, not a full rupture). Actually almost as many uterine tears(sorry can't remember the proper word) are detected in women who go in for an elective 2nd c/s, as those in women who do vbac.
This is a very emotional subject for me. After an awful experience with my first, I have done so much research and am appalled at the pressures, and limits that hospitals place on healthy women, just because they have had a c/s.
Min, have you thought of hiring a doula to help you minimise your need for pain relief??
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