I'm 27 weeks pregnant and had an emergency c section for my DD after lots of different interventions including epidural, augmentation, ventouse. Despite the fairly drawn out labour I am happy with the outcome of the c section and I recovered well. I'm now jumping through hoops trying to get an elective c section rather than a VBAC because I don't want all the long drawn out labour process which ended up in a CS anyway. I'd rather have a postive birthing experience this time as it will be my last. Except because there's no clinical reason I'm having to have multiple psychologist appointments to get one and quite frankly the one I saw for the first appointment made me feel attacked and was totally unsympathetic. I've had hyperemesis since 6 weeks and continue to take medication. I've not had the smoothest of pregnancies so far and despite feeling slightly better now I do still feel sick and all this battling is making me feel negatively about the rest of the pregnancy. At least with my Dd and the sickness there I didn't have all this battling to do. My next appointment is next week and I've been tasked with looking at the risks, which I had already done but didn't have all the facts and figures at my fingertips when she was challenging me. I have a research background so am able to interpret journal or academic articles.
My first question is does anyone have any links to research findings I could read to prepare myself with sufficient facts and figures of the ELCS vs VBAC risks please? I've looked at NICE guidelines, NHS and RCOG so far. The second is does anyone have any advice as to how I can articulate my position in such a way that I can put an end to this stressful battle and enjoy the last few weeks of my pregancy as much as possible? Thank you for your help.
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Stressful process to have ELCS after EMCS
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DancingHat · 20/03/2015 21:54
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