8 days overdue, anyone had induced VBAC?

ok so today I am 8 days overdue, I know my dates are correct as we were moving house and had sex the last night we were in our old house and I got my BFP ten days later, always have 28 day cycle. Also baby was measuring 2 weeks ahead at my 36 weeks growth scan, so I don't think it needs to grow anymore! I want my VBAC not only for me but as my partner now only has 10 more days off work and a c section would be so hard to deal with as I have a 2 year old this time round and not on good terms with my mother and have no other family besides MIL and SIL who live 2 hours away. Goin to ob this arvo and want to ask for an induction as my pelvis is so sore, have horrible hemis down south! and can barely breathe and walk not to mention my mental state is starting to get a hit, I have lost faith this will happen. Do some women just NOT dialate? I was a failed induction with fetal distress last time so have never had a spontaneous labour, have had no show and no "real" contractions. So anyone here have an induced vbac, how was it done? I would only want to try the cervical catheter and AROM. If you did have one was it successful? thankyou, i'm clutching at straws here!

hello!!!

Perhaps ask for a stretch & sweep? My friend is also 8 days over and she had this yesterday. It seems to have ramped things up a little for her. I hope your bubba makes his or her entrance real soon and that you get your much wanted VBAC. All the best hun :hug:

ETA - She is actually in labour now and on her way to have her bub! Definitely try the S&S hun :)

A close friend of mine had a sucessful induced VBAC a week ago. She was started with the gel than onto the Synto.

Have you tried any of methods to start labour? ie Accupuncture/Accupressure, Sex/Orgasm? Is there anything you need to "let out"? ie Any fears or anxieties about the birth?

thanks guys, I will ask for a S&S this arvo, tried most natural induction methods except sex coz I am so sore down there! and yeah I am very stressed about other things which I know can affect hormones involved with going into labour but I just can't seem to relax!

Unfortunately the stats show that there is a higher rate of cesarean for woman who are induced. If you really want your VBAC I would wait for it to happen naturally. 8 Days over isn't that much. I was 10-11 days over and had no BH, no real show as such until the morning I went into labour, there was nothing to suggest labour was even close but when it happened it was quick (3.5hrs) and natural. We didn't want to try anything to get bub out either, we wanted it to all happen naturally besides things like scrubbing floors or sex would have been way too uncomfortable! As it turned out his timing was perfect :)

i had an incuded vbac....broke my waters 10 hrs later my boy arrived....

:

---

A close friend of mine had a sucessful induced VBAC a week ago. She was started with the gel than onto the Synto.

Have you tried any of methods to start labour? ie Accupuncture/Accupressure, Sex/Orgasm? Is there anything you need to "let out"? ie Any fears or anxieties about the birth?

---

Someone having a VBAC would not have Prostin gel as it is contraindicated for any previous uterine surgery.

Generally speaking, most obs will go straight to repeat CS rather than use induction, as there is a significantly increased uterine rupture risk due to the previous surgery and the force of the contractions brought on by the drugs.

Your best bet if you WANT the VBAC is to ride it out, maybe a S&S, but you want to go naturally. You will have much greater chance of achieving a VBAC by going naturally.

My ob broke my waters with dd2, but that was all he would do as Limeslice said due to the risks. I was lucky enough to get the vbac, but everything progressed quickly once my waters broke, she was born 40 minutes afterwards.

just got back and my cervix is still shut but he said he could feel the head and bub is totally engaged after having a portable scan, I am booked in tomorrow arvo to give the cervical catheter method a go overnight and then try to rupture waters friday morning and if that doesn't work he said I could go home and wait a few more days. hopefully something happens before then anyway! thanks guys

They are going to let you go home for a few days after ROM?? Where are you birthing? That is very unusual.

Sounds very strange plan!!!

Unusual but not unheard of. Sounds like you have a great ob

That's great that you have a patient OB, who is not watching the calendar :)
I had a VE at 41 weeks, bub not engaged & cervix very high & tight. I went into labour three days later at 10 days postdates. Hang in there! things can change very quickly. Wishing you the best.

:

---

They are going to let you go home for a few days after ROM?? Where are you birthing? That is very unusual.

---

Not sure but think the OP meant if AROM did not work & her membranes did not rupture, she could go home?

Ah, yep, gotcha Fleur! lol Silly me.

yeah sorry guys I meant if i wasn't able to get my waters broken I could go home, once it is I can't leave until I have my baby one way or another! will go in overnight so induction technically doesn't start until tomorrow morning on day 10 so still got another 24 hrs for things to happen on their own. I am not too fussed either way

well back at home, had the induction and it only got me to 2cm and I didnt want them to break my waters then end up with a c section middle of the night, so going back on monday 7am if nothing has happened by then for AROM at 42 weeks, having contractions this morning and one gush of fluid so fingers crossed, so pleased I am waiting a little longer :)

Congratulations for having the strength to wait, it's so hard to when you are so tired and uncomfy. Hugs and labour vibes coming your way

All the best for the weekend and/or Monday. I hope you get your vbac :)

Well done for having patience. I hope everything ramps up for you today


Sent from my iPhone so short and sweet

thanks guys they are mild contractions every 5 mins for 30 seconds since my little "gush" at 6:30 so still 1st stage but better than nothing!

Sounds really promising, all the best xoxo

Yay! How awesome!
All the best, I really hope you get your VBAC :D :hooray:

Good luck!!! That's awesome news!

I was allowed to go home with my waters broken. Well, leaking anyway. I waited it out for 3 days at home. Was that wrong for them to let me go home? When I commented to the MW starting my induction about having partially broken waters, she said 'no such thing. If they're leaking, they're broken.' Then she proceeded to break my waters, wtf?! lol. The joke was on her. It went eeeeeverywhere lol.

FX for your VBAC hun!!

Awesome! Good luck for your VBAC!

Sending natural labour vibes your way

forshelby, there is no evidence that waiting up to three days with ruptured waters being harmful as long as you avoid VE's and are aware to seek help in case of fevers or signs of infection. Even after that there are no studies so it could also be safe, no one has looked for evidence either way.

Me+him+bub, good luck love. I hope your birth is empowering :)

xx Bella

still here! they died down about 3 hours into it and just been getting them on and off, have tried my electric breast pump for half an hour and still nothing, will just keep waiting til monday morning, at least I know I gave it a shot if I do end up with a c section.

try to relax a little MHB. go have a nap and don't try to force it. you will often find that when your adrenalin peters out that your oxytocin has a chance to work. I well remember a sense of panic that my labour hadn't started and furiously tried to force it at 42 weeks. I took labour inducing natural herbs and then wondered why I was in exhausting prelabour for 24 hrs and by 36 hrs ended up with a c/s for FTP. So my advice after my experience is to be kind to yourself. nurture yourself. Watch a funny movie, but get your mind as much as is possible off labour and let the tension in your body go away.

Chin up sweet heart. the end of pregnancy is it's own special form of insanity. don't do anything you will regret (like I did) in a panic to get your baby to start labour. have a glass of wine if that helps you relax too.

xx Bella

Hey MHB, I just found this thread today and thought of you. https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...mammas-159540/ I hope having a read might make you feel better. My favourite quote is by Gloria Lemay..

Lovely blossoms open when they’re ready
“Attending births is like growing roses. You have to marvel at the ones that
just open up and bloom at the first kiss of the sun, but you wouldn’t dream
of pulling open the petals of the tightly closed buds, and forcing them to
blossom to your time line. ” -Gloria Lemay

Thinking of you today love. hope you are relaxing and enjoying your last days of pregnancy.

xx Bella

Just a thought- yoghurt eaten or put inside (plain pref) can help ease the imbalances you can get while preg.
And- check with your ob but evening primrose oil oral and or vag can help ripen cervix
You prob know all this, but...
Thinking of you :hug:

thanks girls I am still riding it out, been contracting all day but they aren't increasing in time or strength, haven't cried today and am trying to relax, been in and out of the shower and sent my little one off to his grandmas today so have time with DF. I just want this so bad as my DF only has 7 more days off work and a c section is totally out of the option in my mind! plus I am an RN studying to be a midwife next year and I couldn't imagine trying to do that job with no experience of my own, plus my heart would break a little every time I attended a natural birth so I feel I have a lot riding on it plus my own need to heal from my last experience. I haven't given up hope yet!

bella: thanks for the link I loved it :)

Goodluck hope you get the birth you want. Could you try acupuncture to get things moving I've heard that helps.

If not I hope things ramp up soon for you, I remember mine being slow during the day soon as tea time hit things started to get moving. I bounced on the fit ball and vacuumed in the hope it would get things going lol

well good for you MHB! Taking time out with your DH could be really good for you.

Remember that you dont have to have your waters ruptured tomorrow. Just like your OB could change his mind and choose to use a different induction method with you, so too could you decide you will give this bub the chance to choose it's own due date. I believe that you and your baby together can do this. SO I hope that you can trust your body and trust your baby to choose and let nature take it's course.

A recent study showed that in australia if there is no induction methods used whatsoever, the rupture rate for VBAC mums is 0.1% it was a study of 30,000 women I think between 2000-2008. Anyway the point is that you and your baby are safest if you are left alone. Your body may just want a slow start for this babies entrance. :clap::clap::clap: for you that you have been strong so far, and I hope you keep doing what you feel is best for you and your baby. :hug:

xx Bella

Hope your contractions pick up today sending smooth labour vibes