Things no one tells you about a VBAC? / What you wish you knew about a VBAC

[PSL1990]

What are the things no one told you/you wish you knew beforehand about your VBAC?

That it was likely to fail

I did a VBAC course beforehand so knew pretty much everything. I didn't know I can be induced with it, and I was due to IUGR.

I strongly recommend searching for a VBAC antenatal class, it's just so good and gives you all information you need.

I successfully delivered my DD, but she was my third baby, first was natural delivery, second was emergency section. This might be the difference. In my class we were 5 ladies and I'm the only one who's had a successful VBAC.

I had a csection with DS1 and vbac with DS2....DS2 was breech at 37 weeks so they decided to do a version. Fortunately, he stayed head down and was a vbac...tbh, the c-section was a whole lot easier than the vbac...just because I didnt have to go through the labour pains and didnt feel like I'd been hit by a train like I did after both vaginal births...forgot to say that my DD was born first, them had c-section, then vbac. No issues what so ever with the vbac though

Can i ask why is a vbac is deemed different from a vaginal birth?

Doesn’t it stand for “vaginal birth after caesarian”?

@turnedabout...
I don't know for sure what the reason is, but maybe it is to distinguish that you have had a c-section. Years ago (probably when the incision was vertical) I believe it was thought dangerous to allow a mum to go through labour on any subsequent births because of uterine rupture. The incision was huge and didn't always heal very well. With the introduction of the bikini (horizontal) cut, the uterus was not as compromised so women were allowed to 'try' to have a vaginal delivery after a c-section....the procedure was considered 'iffy' back when I had mine so I could have requested another c-section.
That being said, I suppose mums just picked up the term from the medical profession as the staff needed to be alerted that there could be a need for a c-section at some point. To distinguish this, they said patient was going to try having a vbac..The vbac birth is very, very common now unless the mum has internal issues that caused the need for a c-section the first place.....
Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it
Please excuse any typos. Thank you

I just read @PSL1990 OP again and she did say that she was the only one out of five in her class to have a vbac so maybe they aren't as common as I thought...sorry,
I did need to change my story after all.

Boy, I'm on a roll tonight. I'm sorry, wrong again! It wasn't OP who wrote that about her vbac...It was @R2D2abc . Please forgive me @R2D2abc

Not much, really. The continuous monitoring is a pain and eventually the midwife put an internal clip on DS’s scalp to trace his heartbeat, via my vagina, which made mobility a whole lot easier but doesn’t sound too nice for DS

My midwife was also very good at keeping the consultants at bay, and letting me labour in peace - I think it can feel incredibly medicalised, without that kind of ‘guardian’!

For me my vbac was amazing active labour lasted 1 hour no issues, wasn’t monitored any more than normal I had my sons 17 months to the day apart and they do get a bit stressed about you scar opening but I only saw the consultant once told him I wanted vbac he agreed no more said. Induction is a diffrent story my 3rd boy they went to induce me but then because of the c-section cased a lot of should we shouldn’t we was in hospital anyway and decided the consultant would come and discuss the induction they didn’t believe me when I said the baby was coming no one checked and when the consultant walked in she finally checked to see if I was in labour and my son (breach) foot started to come out in her hand was funny but also a fine labour