Has anyone had a vaginal delivery after 2 c sections?

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I am I think firmly in the c section camp. I wanted a home birth with my first but alas I was very poorly and ended up with a c section with a GA. Second I didn't want to even hear about a VBAC and I went right for a planned section which was the most wonderful experience, tbh.

Pregnant with third baby. This pregnancy has been the pits like my first one with horrific kidney issues and it really hurts in my flank most days. Have been to hospital a lot.

I struggle to get a speculum in and usually bleed after and I'm also 5ft.

I don't know why I've just been wondering about a vaginal delivery. I think it's because this is my last baby and I wondered about that experience of having a vaginal delivery. I don't think I would be physically cut out for it, I'm shit with pain, But just wondering really if anyone has any experience of it?

Thank you

Little bump in case anyone can help

Hey , there is a group of Facebook ‘VBAC support Group U.K. ‘ if you search there for VBA2C you can see some stories .
I have had a vaginal / forceps delivery followed by an elective section . As this is my last I wanted to try have another vaginal birth as the recovery can be quicker . The chances of intervention needed on your third is very low worse case ventouse so that makes me feel better. Also consultant said as I’ve had 1 V birth my odds are higher for successful VBAC .
It’s certainly a hard decision. I think if I had 2 c’s I would just go for a third but know that you can always try and just go naturally and see how it goes. If you start to feel poorly you could always say let’s go for section at the first Sign of something going wrong . You can have sweeps from 38w and if your cervix is favourable as for your waters to be broken and take it from there ? At least you might feel better that you experience some sort of labour etc based on your post of wanting to have that experience …

PS I’ve booked a tentative date for an ELCS at 39+6 to give myself an ‘out’ as I think for me it makes me feel less anxious. But I’m secretly hoping I’ll go spontaneously after sweeps / water breaking . And if I have the willpower I can delay my section a week nearer time . But I refuse to be induced chemically as scar rupture risk higher

Crikey me, don’t mess up your bits as well as your stomach muscles. Go for the C section. For sure you can recover in the short term from a bag delivery but it’s never the same…!

Thanks all some helpful info here

Yes I have to admit I did literally go home the next day and walk on the beach (small) walk the day after that. Did not have any moments of despair with the pain after second c section. I've also got no lumpy bits around the scar/ no ledge I am very slim and the line even though I had two sections is literally a whitey silvery faded mark.

One of the reasons I've been keen to not have a vaginal was basically destroying my pelvic floor and I had a urine bag in my first pregnancy and existing kidney issues so don't want to mess around with that aspect. I don't know why I was thinking about the labour so much it's just I guess a life experience isn't it?

Why risk:

• bad tearing or episiotomy
• forceps
• emergency c-section
• urinary and fecal incontinence
• painful sex for year because of scar tissue
• prolapse
• ptsd caused by the pain and perceived lack of control
• etc?

When you could have a nice calm planned c-section where you already know what to expect?

@HacerSonarSusPasos

That's how I feel, if you look at my history you'll see I always advocate for a c section

I'm also tiny set so don't know if I'll do well with a vaginal delivery and I could nearly guarantee I would tear (badly) It's because I was thinking about a life experience more then anything. Which I know sounds crazy. I feel a bit emotional as this is my last baby and I won't have had that experience of a vaginal delivery.

The risks of VBAC seem quite low in relation to scar rupture and outcomes for the baby verses a repeat vaginal delivery, not any particular increase. But that doesn't account for the risks for me really as someone tiny with a totally intact pelvic floor and also no issues with my bowels

I think you're right and I am glad I got to just throw the idea around a bit here because I spoke to my husband and got a sort of "whatever you want to do darling I'll support you" answer

Consider very carefully the post from HacerSonarSusPasos . I had a uterine rupture, lost major amounts of blood and was in critical care for two days following the birth. PTSD followed ad it has taken me years to get sorted.

The way we sell natural childbirth to women as "magical" "empowering" "superpower" etc just seems like a huge load of bullshit to me. Sure there's women who have easy deliveries and come out feeling that way, but how about all the women who come out of it scarred forever both physically and mentally? And cherry on top they will guilt themselves because their bodies have failed the very thing "it was designed to do". I think there's a very toxic rethoric in support of natural deliveries as superior. So I would question where you fear of missing out on this experience is coming from and how much of it is social conditioning.