Hi All
So I was adamant I wanted Vbac after dd 3 years ago but then half way through found out I had Gestational Diabetes (GD) and after growth scans was told ds is on the big side and as induction is high risk for me due to previous csection scar rupturing my only option is another csection.
They said If I would naturally go into labour then I would be allowed and I was proactive in researching natural methods for induction etc
However last time around when I was pregnant I never got any side affects of being pregnant and so I never even got BH and didn't know what they were like.
On Xmas day I started getting period like pains which I didn't notice as they were coming and going and I was busy... I noticed them late afternoon and early evening but they stayed constant level of pain but they came and went and this went on until 4am.... Basically I think this just bought back all the memories of the previous long labour and pain which I must have blocked out and I have just frozen as to what I now want!
There's now a big part of me that has major stress about labour which I wasn't aware I had. Originally stress was not being able to have a vbac as was worried about recovery with a newborn and a toddler. Now I'm thinking everything that can go wrong with a vaginal birth such as tearing and forceps etc that will probably give me same level of pain afterwards aswell as pain during labour and I'm trying to rationalise it but heads all over the place.
As I'm GD I have been told to express colostrum which I was also told can bring about contraction but I daren't do it (until last night and it did start contracting stomach area slightly). I didn't get more than a few drops from each side but that's ok as I am supposed to do this a handful of times each day.
It may not happen but I don't know whether to be proactive with other things that I have bought for inducing labour naturally for the next 5 days or not?
Any advice would be grateful