Hi,

Just wanted to say first hand that previous cervical surgery doesn't mean things will go wrong.

I have had a couple of biopsies (?spelling), laser surgery to remove CIN3 from a large area of my cervix as well as an operation to remove a ovarian cyst that meant I have a 4 inch scar (like a c-sect scar) as well as only half an ovary.

None of this was considered to be a problem by my hb midwife when I was planning the birth of my son. In the end we didn't have a homebirth as we transferred after a couple of complications.....However!!! without my hb midwives I would have ended up with a very different birth to the one I had. I had an augmentation at the RWH but with no other intervention. My baby was birthed vaginally with no other drugs, forceps, epi's etc. She did an amazing job of keeping all the other stuff at bay so I could get on with birthing the baby.

You cannot go past the experience, knowledge and support of an independent midwife. Even (or maybe especially??) if you birth in hospital they are invaluable. Hospital was telling me one thing based on their policy....and she would give me the evidence and then protect my decision.

HTH