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[quote=Anonymous]I had a VBAC and do not regret it so feel free to ignore. The first time around, I had a c-section for failure to descend (did fully dilate though). My OB did not deem me a good VBAC candidate, but was willing to do a trial of labor if I wanted. Throughout my pregnancy I just played it by ear. I really wanted a VBAC, but toward the end of my pregnancy things seemed to be the same as my last pregnancy (no signs of labor at all and baby was very high up) so I decided to go ahead and schedule the c-section which was set for right around my due date. Lo and behold I went into labor a few days before my scheduled c-section and thought, what the heck, I'll give it a go. Everything went fine and DS was born the following morning. However, if I had not gone into labor I would have just had the c-section on the day I scheduled it and I would have been fine with that too. I thought the recovery from the VBAC was a little easier, but I had a pretty easy c-section recovery the first time around so it wasn't that much easier. YMMV. Plus, I was not really prepared for the urinary incontinence I had after the VBAC. I didn't have it after my c-section although maybe I would have had it anyway after baby #2, but it was a little rough for a couple of weeks and even now (10 months out) there is still some leaking sometimes when I sneeze or jump/run, etc. My main motivation for the VBAC was that we may have one more child so I wanted to avoid having to have three c-sections if possible. Good luck with your decision! I spent a lot of time thinking about this a year ago when I was in your shoes.     [/quote]

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