Hello. I am very early stages of pregnancy and already worrying about the delivery. DS is 2 and was an ELCS due to him being in a breech position. I had always been very scared about the idea of childbirth but during the pregnancy had psyched myself up for a vaginal birth and was really disappointed when I found out I had to have a CS. I'm now back to being scared of vaginal births especially as my body hasn't gone through labour before. I found the ELCS a really positive experience and would happily go through it again, recovery was fine and my scar is minimal. I guess I feel I know what I am getting and have heard all the horror stories of friends who had 3rd degree tears etc. DS was 8lb 3oz at 39 weeks as well so I am imagining that DC2 might be even bigger and I could go to 41 or 42 weeks...
However, I would like to experience vaginal childbirth and I do want to be able to pick up DS1 for a cuddle after the birth and drive around and see people sooner than 6 or so weeks. Does anyone have any experience or advice? Are VBACs generally more medicalised? I would prefer to be in a midwife led unit which is very close to theatre etc. if anything goes wrong. Sorry if this has been done to death and thanks for reading.
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VBAC after an ELCS - what's it like?
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SunsetSongster · 31/01/2013 19:49
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