Birth 18 months apart - c section?

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Hi ladies I had a c section with my first and will be due my second exactly 18 months after my dd1. Will I automatically be allowed a c section? Does anyone know? Thank you!

Yes. But they'll encourage you to try vbac, which is well worth looking into. I had 2 sections 20 months apart (1 emergency and one failed vbac) and it was fine.

Congratulations

I had an em section with dc1 and a vbac with ds2 12 months later.

There's no guarantee you'll be offered a section but it's certainly worth talking to your midwife/consultant.

I had two sections 18 m apart with no problem on the second one.

They should allow you a cs this time no quibble if that is what you want.

Thank you for your quick responses. Good to hear some of you were allowed.

We were invited for a discussion about delivery after an emergency section for first baby. This took place about 19 weeks. I shall be having a planned section for the second - they were fine with whatever I chose but the risks of a planned section versus emergency are lower, plus my consultant said as there is a smaller age gap a VBAC is slightly more risky than if I had a longer age gap. Weighing it all up and what seemed like quite a high chance of another section anyway I am very happy with the plan. Be warned I was surprised that I found it upsetting to go over the facts of the first delivery even though I thought I'd accepted that both baby and I came out healthy and that was that - the midwife was nice and said it's a pretty common reaction. And come to think about it my health visitor had said early on it may be sensible to get a debrief before I got pregnant again....life got in the way of that though! Good luck and congratulations on your pregnancy.

Ps I don't think there should be any question of whether you should be "allowed" or not.

Depends what the reason for the first section was. If it was for something that is not repeated in the second pregnancy, there is no clinical reason for a cs, and you will probably be encouraged to vbac.

(No, I wasn't allowed a CS)

Depends on your consultant, but you can always ask.

I really think it is wrong to say that you can't be "allowed" another C-section. Google for Nice guidance VBAC and RCOG

I had two ELCS 19 months apart. No concerns were ever raised, no-one tried to convince me otherwise, and recovery was absolutely fine. Go for it!

Sorry posted too soon, look at "RCOG Birth after previous Caesarean birth".
Hope this helps. You should be offered an unbiased discussion with all the facts - the VBAC clinic we attended gave out a really good leaflet with pros and cons and I felt absolutely no pressure to go for VBAC. Not should you studentvera.

Thank you all for your replies so helpful really appreciate