Hi everyone,
With my first baby I had to have an emergency c-section under general anastetic after 21 hours of labour due to her being back to back and having a short umbilical cord.
It was such a traumatic experience for both my husband and I (and bubba). It affected me greatly after as I didn't want pain relief and was determined to have a vaginal birth - I felt as though I had failed.
2 and a half years on we are planning on baby number two, but the subject of the birth has already come up between my husband and I, of which we disagree.
I would very much like to try my hardest to have a vaginal birth this time round, but my husband is petrified of going through what we went through before.
Being under GA meant I missed the first 4 hours of Belle's life, let alone her birth - I'd hate for that to happen again! But I don't want to put the next baby under the stress, trauma and distress that Belle went through.
Has anyone experienced having a c-section under GA due to a short cord before?
If you produced a short cord the first time is it likely it'll happen again?
We were told at the time it's rare, with only 5% of births having to be delivered by c-section due to the cord being too short - but will it happen to me again? Is it my body?
My husband would much prefer me to opt for an elective c-section but I really want to experience giving birth.
It angers me when people think having a c-section is the easy option, it's not, especially if you had no choice in the matter.
Any advice on the subject of short cords and having a vaginal birth after already having a c-section would be much appreciated!
Kindest
Shell
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Short umbilical cord
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TheMummyBean · 10/01/2013 14:26
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