*UPDATE... VBAC VS REPEAT C-SECTION, PRO'S & CON'S. PLZ HELP (THX 4 NOTHING! COMPLETELY USELESS)

stormyparadise

OKAY, SO FOUR YEARS AGO THIS MONTH I HAD A C-SECTION DELIVERY WITH MY FIRST CHILD. NOW, IM DUE WITH MY SECOND CHILD IN SEPTEMBER AND IM TRYING TO WEIGH THE PRO'S AND CON'S ON VBAC VS C-SECTION ... IVE DONE PLENTY OF RESEARCH ONLINE BUT I THINK ITS REALLY GOING TO BOIL DOWN TO PERSONAL EXPERIENCES ... I WASNT A FAN OF THE C-SECTION AT ALL BUT I DONT REALLY WANT TO START A VBAC THEN HAVE TO IN THE END HAVE A C-SECTION ANYWAY. DOUBLE THE PAIN?! NO THANKS!!, NOT TO MENTION I LIKE MY VAGINA THE WAY IT IS. ANYHOW ANY ADVISE FROM SOMEONE THAT HAS GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE?

stormyparadise

when i talk about stupid shit like shaving my vagina or sex fantasies people are more than inclined to post a comment. when i need real advise not one god forsaken comment... thanks for the help, this site is becoming more and more useless everyday!!!!

momof22be

Idk I did have a csec too with my first 7 years ago and I'm due in September too I want to try for vbac but my doc says we will see at my 37 week appointment but I hope I can push that appointment back a week just to give my body more time I ended I'm a c Sec with my first due to failed petocin and a friend saying it was good to get started but I feel like if I get to try I will even if I might end up in the same boat as before I just wannabe feel like I tried and I don't wannabe be asleep for 2 1/2 hours after she is born like I was with my son good luck on ur decision

blueberrysmom

The site is becoming more and more useless because you didn't get an answer to one post? Sorry, hun. I' ve never given birth before so I'm sorry I can't help. Maybe @homebirthadvocate can assist you.

bwhite55019

I've never gave birth so I have no idea... and I haven't heard of many women having a vbac so maybe nobody knows from personal experience...

momof22be

Someone was talking about it earlier

huneybee

I wish I could help... I no nothing bout c birth tho..

huneybee

wat is a vbac?

MrsStanley_x2

I didn't answer for the same reason. These are my first babies, so I don't know :-/ I hope someone can answer you soon though!

Jensensmommy15

There is another thread about both. I think its called I can only have 3 c sections. They debate both in that discussion I think. This is my first so I have no idea about either. Sorry

stormyparadise

@momof22be thank you glad someone has some insight... i feel you i hated being so groggy for the first couple hours and the pain meds keep you that way for the most part too.

@praying4our3rd thank you i will give it a try ... its just so frustrating i can talk about stuff that is primarily dumb insignificant stuff and i get tons of responses now when i could really use the advise barely anything. i do the best i can to help anyone that truly need it in the forum i really just wish i could get the same help.

Kindell

This is my first soo sorry im no help but no one answers my questions either

PrincessB

Well I've had a natural vaginal delivery w/ my 1st nd it went fine nd my vagina still is bomb. (= nd that was 4yrs ago. I'm due in 5wks nd ima try vaginal again w/ no meds again. Nd after this 1 my vagina still will b bomb (=

breewashington08

I had a successful vbac!!! An I got pregnant immediately after if that makes any difference. My kids r 10months apart. I had a cesection cuz my sons cord was wraped arnd his neck an it was keeping him from goin into the birth canal. I hated hated hated the csection expierence, I felt a million times betr aftr a vaginal delievry. I say from my expierence that its always worth a try wish u luck

KalikoJenie

Never had a c section.. only vaginal can't help I'm sorry

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@huneybee vaginal birth after c section.

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stormyparadise

@everyone i understand if you havent gone through it before but there has to be at least one person of the hundreds on this site. anyhow thx for the people that did take the time to comment.

ghettobetty

I tried vbac with my second unsuccessful. Ended in another emergency csection for same reason as first. I'm doing scheduled csection this time. Its my last baby I want it to go smooth! Also getting tubes tied.

angelsmommy

Sorry i havent had any personal experience this is my first. I hope i dont offend anybody by saying this and im not trying to in any way but i always felt if i did have to have a csection with this one that i would want to try vbac for the experience of it if there were no medical risk factors. But thats really just an opinion and probably doesnt help. Either way you'll have your sweet baby!!! Good luck!!

momof22be

I know it sucks and its a scarry position to be in well it was for me I think I would be ok with it if it was absolutely needed but when its unexpected it sucks did u look up the other post

stormyparadise

@breewashington08 thx love it means a lot

sands3

Wish I could help. I had a c section 3 years ago and afraid of a vbac for the same reason. I decided to stick with another c section because I know what to expect and because I'm getting my tubes tied at the time. I wish you luck with whatever decision you make.

PEsMommY

I'm having the debate of vbac vs csection myself. I'm due june 23rd. Had an emergency csection 6yrs ago with my son and he was 29wks. The dr I have now don't do vbacs and I'm already so far along I'm finding it impossible to switch drs. I had a bad experience with my previous csection, and the more I read about em on articles, journals, studies and forums the more afraid I am to have one. my dr wouldn't discuss my birth plan with me, and when I brought it up he basically said only csection see you in 2 weeks. I hope you have better luck then me

azmom

I would and have done only c cection...with my second I wasn't as groggy or out of it..this will b my. 3rd n im excited c cection any day over pain

azmom

Ps. I only. Just now saw it otherwise I would have posted

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I had my first 3 natural. My 4th was an emergency c-section. Since it wasn't due to her size but due to my illness (H1N1 & pneumonia) they had to separate us immediately. I was cut side to side & it will be more than 18 months from it, so I am a candidate for a VBAC which I am going with. I have pain in my incision site, the actual scar is numb but the rest hurts; odd. If you are able to try for a VBAC I would definitely do it. What was the reason you had a c-section before?

Mnbaby3

I had vaginal with first and emergency c with my second. I much preferred natural vs c section. I'm hoping I can have a vbac this time around tho. I know both sides and I'm willing to risk the vbac not working then to never try at all. Don't know if this helped but I wish you luck whichever decision you make :-)

kalasthename

I had a c-section with my first 2 1/2 years ago. I would love to try for a VBAC but my dr isnt really giving me an option...Im trying to get him to let me at least try if everything goes as smoothly as it is going now...I had gestational diabetes and severly high blood pressure with my 1st but this pregnancy i have none of that...

Sorry I cant give you any advice, Im in the same boat you are really...

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mommyo3soon2b4

I have only had c-sections...3 going on 4. I was also commenting on the post yesterday. I was never offered a v-bac but if I had been I think I would have tried. That's me personally!
I think you have to ask yourself some questions and also if you could comment on why you had to have a c-section the first time.
1.How was your recovery after your first c-section?
2. Think about the differences between vag and c-section and those do vary from mom to mom...but think about what happened after your last delivery. Were you able to hold baby soon after, nurse baby, were you able to get up and walk around, did you need pain meds?
I will tell you from my experience of having been induced that led to c-section, having an emergency c-section, and having a planned c-section. My first one was after being in labor and they finally decided that it would put both baby and myself in risk to deliver vaginally...so I was prepped for c-section. Given more of the epidural and also stadol(SP). Stadol is a drug that is used in patients before surgery that helps to calm them and will also make them not remember everything about what went on. This med plus my daughter being put in nicu caused me to not be able to hold my daughter for several hours. 2nd daughter...I was rushed in to an emergency c-section 3.5 weeks early. I was very sick with a high fever and some kind of inection in my stomach. I had a birth plan set up w my ob stating epidural or spinal, no stadol, it went out the window. I was put under general anestetic and didn't get to see my baby for a bit as she went to the nicu. I was however up walking around within an hour or two and got to go to see my baby in nicu. #3 our son...everything was planned...same birthplan and it all went great! I was back in room holding and nursing my baby within 30 min and up walking around within an hour.
I think a planned c-section goes much smoother but its just like natural delivery...sometimes things come up. Talk it over with your doctor some more and see what his thoughts are. But ultimately it is your decision. Good luck!