Fighting for my Right to VBAC - UPDATE -Decision Made

[rhoda_bruce]

That was an amazing story and it all turned out for the best.....I can tell you that C-section is the easiest delivery, but a longer re-cooperation, so Mom got the better delivery in my opinion, but what I am most impressed with is that she and the baby didn't get killed in a head-on collision in route to the hospital. There was really no reason to drive like a bat outta Hell. Better to be born in a vehicle than die in the womb. But alls well that ends well.

 

[miss_thenorth]

they are Chistians too, and I know the caesarian that they had last time was quite a traumatic occurrence. Point is,God knows what is best. So, pray asnd trust HIm to know what is best.

 

[miss_thenorth]

That was an amazing story and it all turned out for the best.....I can tell you that C-section is the easiest delivery, but a longer re-cooperation, so Mom got the better delivery in my opinion, but what I am most impressed with is that she and the baby didn't get killed in a head-on collision in route to the hospital. There was really no reason to drive like a bat outta Hell. Better to be born in a vehicle than die in the womb. But alls well that ends well.

I know Luc Quite well, and he is not the daredevil he proclaims to be. I am sure he slowed down befor he ran the red lights.

 

[ORChick]

I gather this was in Canada, so the numbers aren't as high as we, south of the border, might think. Kilometers per hour v. miles per hour.

 

[PamsPride]

A hospital is a place of business and businesses are in place to make money, while offering services and products.
For my last child, I learned that a c-section would cost over 5,000 dollars while a vaginal delivery would cost just over 2.000 dollars. The risk of uterus rupturing is real, but has to do with the previous cut....not on the abdomen, but the cut on the uterus, which may go in a different direction than the one on the abd. If it does rupture, their will be no contraction, but sever, horrible, pain and iimmediate emergency c-section, without time for annestesia. But its rare. Most women are cut in a way to allow for a VBAC. There are a few other considerations too that can lead to the problem, but they are avoidable. I don't blame hospitals for not allowing a BVAC, because I do have a business mind, in a sense and I can do the math, and I'd want the bigger money too. But when you like to do everything natural and suddenly you can't, it messes with your mind.

$5K???? My last baby was a c-section and it was OVER $30K!!!! My naturals were around $8K!

 

[miss_thenorth]

I gather this was in Canada, so the numbers aren't as high as we, south of the border, might think. Kilometers per hour v. miles per hour.

exactly. 1oo km per hour is about 65 ( 62 really) miles per hour.

 

[emilosevich]

they are Chistians too, and I know the caesarian that they had last time was quite a traumatic occurrence. Point is,God knows what is best. So, pray asnd trust HIm to know what is best.

Where's my like button for this!!

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Had a great doctors appt. Everything looks good, & can I just say I love my Doctor! She was so supportive, listened to my concerns and fears, & even said she'd work with me to refer me if I felt that strongly about trying to VBAC. We discussed risks to both VBAC's & RCS, & she assured me that if I choose to refer, she will still be my Doc, I'd just be on referral until after Baby Girl is born. I LOVE THIS DOCTOR.

I also told her my concern that they changed my due date just because baby girl was smaller at my last ultrasound. I reminded her that all of my babies have ran on the smaller side. Yes, by changing my due date to later, that does give me more of a chance to go on my own, etc. But, I also am more fearful of an emergency c-section than a scheduled one. I asked her if we could possibly have another ultrasound (she usually only does one unless there's issues) to check on Baby Girl's size, because it would just help me to feel better about everything. She said absolutely, so she wrote up the paper work for me and I have an ultrasound scheduled for Thursday evening at 7:45 pm YAY.

I cannot say enough how wonderful my doctor was today - or every time I see her for that matter. I was so focused on talking to her about the c-section and my fears and concerns, I didn't even pay attention to baby girl's heartbeat - dummy me! Nothing was wrong with her hb, but I just missed hearing it - because I wasn't thinking about listening. So that made me a little mad at myself.

It was a slow day in the office, and she didn't rush me when in the exam room. She sat with me and let me get it all out, really took her time with me and listened to everything I had to say. When I admitted I was scared to talk to her about it because there was a fear she would stop seeing me as a patient, she said I should never ever worry about that. That she wouldn't stop being my doctor just because I was scared, had concerns, or wanted to make my own choices.

She's VERY supportive of my right to make my own choices. She has offered to refer me to a high risk pregnancy clinic (because I guess if I choose to try to VBAC I'll be considered high risk for delivery) and she said if I want to go there, they'll want to start seeing me by 34 weeks. This would allow me to try to VBAC, and still be in a setting incase an emergency arises.

She assured me that how I'm feeling is normal, that lots of women feel the same way I do, and that I shouldn't ever worry about bringing up my concerns or fears to her and that she'll work with me on what I decide.

 

[Kala]

ETA: Nevermind! I was thinking of something else!

 

[big brown horse]

That is great news! She sounds like a great OBGYN!!