Previous labour question

[*star*]

I had an ob appointment this morning (although i will be going midwifery care for pg and labour - they require you to have one ob appt for VBACs)

She was great - very positive, etc.

She mentioned that because I got so far in my previous labour (fully dilated, pushing 2 hours), there was a better chance of VBAC success than someone who had only dilated, say 1cm.

Is this true? Is it backed up by any studies? Or was she just trying to encourage me?

I thought I had read in Silent Knife that this wasn't true? Maybe there is something more recent out there?

[black_rose]

Everyone and every pregnancy is different. C sects are started at different times too so I guess she is talking about when someone who has labored for a long time and hasn't dilated.

I had mine due to my waters breaking and dd being breech, I was 8 cm dilated when we got to theatre. However when I had a vbac with dd2 they didn't consider that.

I managed a vbac with a fast labour, (45min) even though I was told it would be a lot longer as it was my first time.

[krisp]

I'm really not sure. I only got to 7cm last time in 14 hours of hideous full on labour first time around but still got my VBAC with number 2. Any kind of encourgement is good. All the best.

[Laranna]

My waters broke first with DS so my planned c/s became an emergency one due to placenta praevia. I had 5 minute contractions within half an hour of waters breaking and within another hour I was being wheeled into theatre. No idea if or how much I dilated.

Had no problems going into spontaneous labour with DD and it was a successful 5 hour VBAC.

[kyliealysha]

I hadn't heard that but I hope it's true! I was fully dilated last time but never got to push, she was too high I'm hoping this time round I know more baout getting babies moving. I knew nothing last time.