VBAC SUPPORT

Hello lovely ladies!
I was on here almost 18months ago with my second pregnancy

While all didn't go as I had hoped I just want to encourage everyone in pursuing if you decide you would like a vbac.
First and foremost find a midwife who will support you through all consultations right to the end. They are cheap and lovely.
And then find a hospital / gynae (secondary) who will support your midwife - better yet let her recommend one.
I love my gynae to bits but I put the control in his hands and it was the more 'convenient' option.

I have no regrets now, I have a beautiful perfect baby, but may have done it differently with my first pregnancy if I had had more insight (having said that, c-sec saved her life but that's a story for another day).
So be it first or subsequent pregnancies, remember that gynae's are trained for the surgical route, while a midwife along with 2 detailed scans at a fetal anomaly scan (13 & 22 weeks) is all you need.

Take care lovelies

Hi there ladies!

Lisa, I'm a doula in Pretoria, but will gladly help you in Jhb North. Where are you birthing? Maybe we can arrange to meet up?

Peudo, I'm very sorry to hear about your experience.

Ladies, this is why you need to find a care provider that you can trust 100%. Someone that you know, if they suggest intervention, then it is really necessary and not just convenience. Finding a good midwife who can support you, someone with lots of experience in VBAC so that they can recognize danger signs early and call for a surgeon's help.

Hi Peudo. Firstly, sorry for calling you a troll. I waited with this reply, because you made me feel like the in the end... The way you made your comment actually sounded more like someone who wants to stir than someone who is grieving, so understand my reaction. I suppose that is your way of grieving?

I am sorry about what you went through and the fact that your health care providers did not realise something was wrong (they should have). Please read the other (success) stories so that you can see that VBACs can be successful. The fact that something went wrong is not because you attempted a vaginal birth. Things go wrong in all types of births and it sucks that this happened to you. I don't want to change your view of VBACs, but just want you to see it in a different light to maybe help you blame yourself less for the decisions you made.

I am sorry that your whole life fell apart and I understand why you are bitter. I hope that in time you will be able to cope better with your circumstances.

So sorry to hear Psuedo

Would you please post your story?

Oh pseudo..

obviously if you had explained your own experience with your first post you would have been received very differently.

Your case truly is tragic, but such events can occur with natural birth regardless of it being a first birth, subsequent birth, or VBAC - and these instances are almost always down to medical negligence - the reasons why gynaes pay extortional insurance! I don't believe it would have been caused just because it was a VBAC.

Make sure you do seek help, and whilst your first experience here wasn't great, don't leave - there are so many people here that can help and support

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17 months ago I attempted a VBAC.
Thanks to forums like this I believed gynaecologists were in it for convenience I would be pressured into having a c-section second time around.
During labour we did not realise that my baby was in trouble until it was almost too late. My baby is now brain damaged and as a result divorce followed suit.
Yes I am hurt and I am bitter, had I listened to professional advice I would not be leading the life I am.
Don’t worry, I will unregister after this post and not bother your perfect happy little thread again.
I am seeking professional help now. Ironic isn't it.

Just for Pseudo - last year ACOG (American college of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) published a report saying it is SAFER for a woman to attempt a VBAC than a repeat Casearean. So do some research before you make sweeping statements that offend people
The risk of uterine rupture is 1 in 200, there is a 5 times greater risk of death with a C-section than a natural birth.

I have just had a HypnoBirthing mom have a VBA2C (vaginal birth following 2 Caesareans, so successfully in fact her baby arrived at home before they had a chance to leave for hospital. Yes, the body is made for birth.

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