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VBAC(atural birth) after caesarean

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Lilly11 · 29/06/2021 14:55

hi 18 months ago I had a cesarean at 42 + 3 because the baby was breach position .. now I want to try to have another baby but with natural birth. do you think it is possible after caesarean VABC ?? Anyone had the same experience? after how much better new pregnancy to have more chances of natural childbirth? thanks

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sparemonitor · 29/06/2021 14:57

honestly I'd just go for a 2nd section. having had both, recovery from the section was much easier than from a forceps delivery.

brushlaptop · 29/06/2021 14:58

Hey, I'm going to a vbac in October 22 months after a c section for breech position. Who knows what will happen but I will let you know!

candycane222 · 29/06/2021 14:59

My second was vaginal after emcs for first. Wasn't an issue.

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Fitforforty · 29/06/2021 14:59

I had a VBAC with a 3 year gap, a large baby and I was high risk. I found recovery from
VBAC to be significantly better than recovered from EMCS but I had complications after my c section.

BramblyHedge · 29/06/2021 15:02

Mine isn't very positive. Emergency cesarean section with my first. Second was VBAC. It was traumatic, he was in distress (and huge), I had to have a blood transfusion. Had prolapse. Had an elective cesarean with my third and that was the best. However I have friends who had very successful VBAC and I think there is just no way of knowing how it will go unfortunately. I wish I hadn't but that is the benefit of hindsight.

cloverleafy · 29/06/2021 15:16

I had homebirth, EMCS for footling breech, then home VBAC. So I'd say go for it as long as all other risk factors are good.

irregularegular · 29/06/2021 15:24

My daughter was breech and I had an elective caesarean (19 years ago). I had my son VBAC 17 months later. To be honest, I didn't consider any other options. I don't think they were really discussed. I was induced because I was quite late and starting to show possible signs of pre-eclampsia, and needed to be monitored more because of (small) risk of rupture but it was a perfectly straightforward, gas and air only, birth. I much, much, much preferred the experience of birth and recovery to the caesarian.

I think that some reasons for a caesarian may be likely to repeat, so it might make sense to elect for caesarian second time. But if you have a caesarian because of a breech presentation then I don't see any reason not to try VBAC and it is generally safer. A caesarian is a major operation!

GreatBigBird · 29/06/2021 16:04

I had VBAC. So glad I experienced it. The recovery (for me) was easier.

superduster · 29/06/2021 16:32

I had a VBAC after emergency section. Recovery was much quicker the second time which was much more important with a toddler as well as a new baby. I did plan for it to possibly be another c-section though, and it would have been easier to plan childcare with an elective section so I don't think there is a right answer.

Deadleaf29 · 29/06/2021 16:33

Not only is it very possible to VBAC, you probably won’t be given an option not to if your pregnancy is straightforward- unless my NHS trust is a total outlier. My first baby was born by elective c section for medical reasons that were unlikely to recur - and indeed they didn’t during my (textbook) second pregnancy.

I wanted a second c section but was told by midwives and consultants I couldn’t have one and it wasn’t needed. It was only when I went very overdue but refused an induction (due to the added risk) that I was allowed to opt for a c section. If I’d gone into spontaneous labour it would have been a VBAC (which with the benefit of hindsight and knowing what they found when they operated, would have ended in an emergency section, but they and I couldn’t have known that at the time).

oneglassandpuzzled · 29/06/2021 16:35

Both I and a friend had VBACs. Mine took a bit of time and took a ventouse but I was glad not to have another section. Like other posters, we both had toddlers at home and needed to be up and running again quickly.

pandora206 · 29/06/2021 16:36

My first was breech and I ended up with a c section after a long 'trial of labour' that didn't progress. My subsequent two were born vaginally with no intervention or drugs (just use of a TENS machine). The recovery was so much easier and quicker.

NeverDropYourMoonCup · 29/06/2021 16:36

I did. It was great actually being able to function as a parent, carrying shopping up and down five flights of stairs, doing the schoolrun and everything else the day after she was born. More to the point, no emotional trauma 2nd time round from having the epidural fail so that I felt the first incisions and rummaging before they hastily sedated me and denied it happened, either.

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Lilly11 · 30/06/2021 10:03

Thanks dear

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Lilly11 · 30/06/2021 10:11

For THIS reason i want natural Birth.. for this I would like to avoid c-section ... for me it was painful and trauma that I still dream about it ..
thank you

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nolongersurprised · 30/06/2021 10:27

I had 2 vaginal, the 3rd was a LSCS and I wanted (and got) a VBAC for my 4th. He was probably my easiest delivery. My LSCS was fine and uncomplicated but for me, there was no comparison with the recovery after a vaginal birth.

BogRollBOGOF · 30/06/2021 12:32

DS1 EMCS after a long spontaneous labour.
DS2 was a VBAC but went into distress at the awkward point of either being a rough forceps or difficult EMCS. My pelvic floor lost.
It was another hard recovery but different to the EMCS. I was stronger but in more pain and struggled for 3-4 months as my SPD was aggravated and didn't leave the house for a month.
I would go ELCS if I had to choose again and medically it's 50:50 as it did count as sucessful VBAC, but also the physical trauma of 3rd degree tear and EMCS.

ELCS is a more predictable bet. Recovery tends to be better than EMCS.
VBAC can be the easiest recovery but can also have the risk of EMCS and indtrumental delivery/ birth injuries.

wendz86 · 30/06/2021 12:37

I had a vbac after an emergency c section (they think she was just in the wrong position to come out).

Went well and was glad i went for the vbac. Recovery was so much quicker and better.

Dyingflowersagain · 30/06/2021 12:57

I had a VBAC 13 months after an emergency CS. No problems and I was on my feet same day. Much better experience

Babyroobs · 30/06/2021 13:18

I had 3 natural deliveries after a C-section for my first, so yes it's perfectly possible. I only have 18 months between my first two children and was told there is a risk but all was ok.

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Lilly11 · 01/07/2021 09:34

Thanks a lot..your experiences give me a lot of courage

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Fitforforty · 01/07/2021 10:25

@Deadleaf29

Not only is it very possible to VBAC, you probably won’t be given an option not to if your pregnancy is straightforward- unless my NHS trust is a total outlier. My first baby was born by elective c section for medical reasons that were unlikely to recur - and indeed they didn’t during my (textbook) second pregnancy.

I wanted a second c section but was told by midwives and consultants I couldn’t have one and it wasn’t needed. It was only when I went very overdue but refused an induction (due to the added risk) that I was allowed to opt for a c section. If I’d gone into spontaneous labour it would have been a VBAC (which with the benefit of hindsight and knowing what they found when they operated, would have ended in an emergency section, but they and I couldn’t have known that at the time).

A ELCS is every women’s right. Unfortunately in some trusts you have fight for it.
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