Well my ds arrived 26th June at 1.48am and i delivered him myself. Was touch and go but i got my VBAC.
Went to see midwife thursday afternoon she gave me a sweep at 2.30pm and said i was 2cm dialated. By 6.30pm contractions started but irregular, dh was at work on nights so my step mum came over. I carried on doing housework and walking around the garden. By 9pm contractions were coming every 3 mins so decided i better go in to be checked, rang delivery they said for me to come straight in. Sorted childcare for dd etc and got to hospital at 10pm. They put me on the monitor and noticed that ds's heartbeat was dropping with every contraction this was not good at all. After 30 mins of monitoring she checked me and said i was only 3cm dilated but couldn't send me home because babys heartbeat was dropping with contractions. Another 30 mins of monitoring followed by the consultant seeing me and looking at results from monitor, they decided to break my waters and place a monitor on babys head this all got done at 11.30pm. by 12.30am the pains started getting stronger so i asked for something to take the edge off it, they gave me pethadine. Dh had arrived at this point too. All was going along then bang the pain was alot worse so i asked for epidural, they came with it quickly and was explaining everything to me. Then suddenly i said i needed to push, midwife said no you cant, had a look and said oh yes she does. Epidural was abandoned and i started to push was pushing for about 20/30 mins ds kept coming out the going back in again. I eventually pushed out my beautifull son at 1.48am. He had the cord around his neck so was blue and had a bit of oxygen but he was good and weighed 6lb 12oz.
I was really scared about having a VBAC but oh my god i would do that again anyday rather than a c section. recovery is so much quicker and a few days after his birth i was feeling great and driving. My advice is if you get the option for a VBAC please try it.