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[quote=Anonymous]Congratulations on your baby.  That is too bad that the doctors told you that you'd be incapable of having a vaginal birth.  I've had doula clients who were told this after their first cesarean, and then they switched providers for subsequent babies (to providers who had high VBAC rates and were skilled at VBACs) and had VBACs after all.  I know it's tempting to trust a doctor's assessment of your pelvis during a cesarean, but I think it's important to know that there are women have been told that they'd never be able to have a vaginal birth who then go on to do so.  There are so many factors that go into whether a baby comes out vaginally -- size of baby, position of baby, how pelvis is positioned and moves during labor and pushing, patience of provider, etc.  And if providers are telling women after a first cesarean that they will never be able to have a baby vaginally, and then those women just schedule cesareans for their next baby, no one will ever have the chance to find out that that second baby may have been able to come out after all, so everyone just continues to believe that the pelvis was the issue.

[quote=Anonymous]I just had a c section Monday night for the same reason after pushing for three hours.  I even let the epidural wear off almost completely for the last 45 minutes (ouch). I am a medium sized (medium hipped person) who had a 7 pound baby. On my way out of the OR, I was told that this would be the first and last attempt at a vaginal delivery. It made me feel better that hidden measurements  of my pelvic opening caused the failure to descend, not any lack of effort or effective pushing. I am continuing to follow your responses to the OP. A c section after a failed vaginal delivery is rough. I wonder if a planned c section is much better.[/quote][/quote]

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