I know I still have weeks to decide ultimately, but I have just come back from the vbac clinic and i feel so let down as to how little choice i will have about how to give birth: they do not allow HBAC in this area. you HAVE to go to hospital, you HAVE to be constantly monitored - this means being on the bed in all likelihood as there are only 2 'handsfree' monitors in the hospital - and you HAVE to have a cannula fitted immediately. They will also induce at 41 weeks, if you dont want an ELCS. Our hospital has a vbac success rate of between 70% (at its highest) to 21%. You will of course be sharing your midwife, and there are only 2 rooms with birthpools, IF you are allowed to labour in there (becasuse of the monitoring).
It all sounds so negative. why the bloody hell would someone want to give birth in these conditions? i KNOW that the safety of the baby is paramount (mothers health and happiness secondary) and so i can see why a home birth / birth centre may not be ideal. even though i have the same chance of a 'normal' delivery as i did the first time around (i have had one VB, one ELCS for breech presentation). and iwould have a midwife with me constantly but with only intermittant monitoring.
of course i am going to wait and see how this baby is lying nearer the time and take it from there but i thought that you were supposed to have some kind of choice in all this birthing palava. it seems that there isnt really much choice at all and i dont really know where to go from here. the thought of surgery isnt ideal and scares me somewhat - it may not be as straightforward as last time - but at the same time the thought of being strapped to a bed for x hours ending up with an assisted delivery / EMCS doesnt fill me with delight either.
has anyone had a VBAC? is it really that grim?
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VBAC appointment - feeling really disappointed now and not sure what to do
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shelley72 · 06/02/2013 15:03
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