Can’t decide on elective or VBAC

[Polly5678]

I’m pretty sure this topic has been done to death but wanted opinions on my personal situation to help me make up my mind please!!

Due baby no 2 in 4 weeks time after an EMCS with DD1 nearly 4 years ago. Was induced at 12 days over with DD1 with syntocin. Got to fully dilated but my daughters heart rate started to suffer so whisked off for EMCS. Found recovery pretty tough after 24hrs in labour. DD1 brought to SCBU overnight for oxygen and suspected sepsis. She didn’t have sepsis but was hypoglycaemic and we weren’t able to leave the hospital until she was drinking a certain amount of milk. Took me a long time to come to terms with the birth.

Fast forward 4 years later I’m still trying to decide between an elective and a VBAC. Consultant has said I have a 60% chance of successful VBAC but I’m terrified of things going wrong again. I don’t have any desire to experience a vaginal birth and I’m only considering a VBAC because recovery is supposedly better? I’m slightly leaning towards an elective because better the devil you know?! But am I mad to go through major surgery again?!

Trying to make a decision is keeping me up at night and I’m really stressing about it.

What would you do in my circumstances?

@mrssunshinexxx all that does is help push out the fluid, but if you're body struggles to progress in labour then what good is that for the baby

Or like me if you nearly bleed to death after a great vaginal delivery what good am I to my baby dead?

The PP did say if its safer!

Thanks for all the help ladies. I’ve decided to book an elective for 40 weeks and if I go into spontaneous labour before then I will try a VBAC with a view to going straight to EMCS at any sign of distress.

@Polly5678

Thanks for all the help ladies. I’ve decided to book an elective for 40 weeks and if I go into spontaneous labour before then I will try a VBAC with a view to going straight to EMCS at any sign of distress.

Hi, just wanted to say I was in your same position and I will do the same Due in 3 weeks, I have a csec booked for 41 weeks and in the meantime I will be monitored weekly. At any sign of distress, baby will be out with csec, if all goes fine then I am going to try a VBAC.

Finger crossed, I just want a healthy baby 👶🏻

@Hmumoftw0 there's plenty of variables !

@marykitty wishing you the best of luck hope all goes well whatever way you give birth

[quote Polly5678]@marykitty wishing you the best of luck hope all goes well whatever way you give birth [/quote]
Thank you @Polly5678, best wishes to you as well and congratulations for your pregnancy

I thought being fully dilated last time would give you a better chance of a VBAC but this study says otherwise, which is surprising?

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9083318/

If you put much stock in that study I would go for an ELCS as 13% is very low.