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Anonymous wrote:It sounds like you are leaning toward a C-section.

I had two VBACs. The epidural worked great the first time, and didn't work the second time. First labor was long, second was short. Recovery time was FAST -- much better than with a C-section.

Op here. I’m sorry about the second birth. That sounds rough. My epidural wasn’t great but I was told it’s better to feel pain so you can push. Mine my second was relatively short. I think on was only in the room for less than an hour.

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds like you are leaning toward a C-section.

I had two VBACs. The epidural worked great the first time, and didn't work the second time. First labor was long, second was short. Recovery time was FAST -- much better than with a C-section.

Op here. I’m sorry about the second birth. That sounds rough. My epidural wasn’t great but I was told it’s better to feel pain so you can push. Mine my second was relatively short. I think on was only in the room for less than an hour.

It sounds like you are leaning toward a C-section.

I had two VBACs. The epidural worked great the first time, and didn't work the second time. First labor was long, second was short. Recovery time was FAST -- much better than with a C-section.

Anonymous wrote:The poster who said a scheduled c is the civilized way to give birth — yep, that. I would personally take the scheduled c and never look back. Vaginal birth recovery …never happened for me. My pelvis will always be screwy in many ways because of the baby that got exploded through it. No thanks.

Op here. Good points! I will probably have joint pain after no matter what I do. With my second birth I developed unexplained joint pain and still deal with it and that was the vbac. I haven’t been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease or anything.

Anonymous wrote:The poster who said a scheduled c is the civilized way to give birth — yep, that. I would personally take the scheduled c and never look back. Vaginal birth recovery …never happened for me. My pelvis will always be screwy in many ways because of the baby that got exploded through it. No thanks.

Yes, I loved my scheduled C section. The most civilized way to give birth! My horrible vaginal birth gave me a severe prolapse and horrible scar tissue and I can’t poop normally or run anymore because of my prolapses. Now I get to look forward to a full pelvic floor reconstruction surgery because of it. Surgery sucks but I loved that baby was out in 15 minutes after I entered the OR and the peaceful, joyful environment in the room. Music was playing, it was calm, all the providers were focused on caring for me and my son, and it was the total opposite of my other delivery which was insanely painful and traumatic. If I could do it all again I would have done 2 scheduled C sections - and I say this as someone who was gung ho about having an unmedicated vaginal birth a la Ina May before I gave birth for the first time. I Learned the hard way.

The poster who said a scheduled c is the civilized way to give birth — yep, that. I would personally take the scheduled c and never look back. Vaginal birth recovery …never happened for me. My pelvis will always be screwy in many ways because of the baby that got exploded through it. No thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do a planned induction. Get the epidural pretty early on. You should not have any pain.

I had this and it was extremely painful because my epidural only worked on one side.

Op here. I wonder why? During my emergency c section I could feel nothing but during my vbac I could definitely feel pain. I had an epidural with both but emergency c it was a spinal. I wonder if you get more of it during emergency surgery?

Op here ah it looks like if you already had a epidural during labor and go for the emergency c section it complicates things. That wasn’t the case for me and I believe they gave me meds to fall asleep right after c section or I forgot everything that happened. The next morning I woke up and was very confused how to got to my room etc but my husband said I was awake and talking a lot. I forgot who I called and called them back later to let them know the baby was here for a second time and that I had surgery 😊

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Anonymous wrote:Do a planned induction. Get the epidural pretty early on. You should not have any pain.

I had this and it was extremely painful because my epidural only worked on one side.

Op here. I wonder why? During my emergency c section I could feel nothing but during my vbac I could definitely feel pain. I had an epidural with both but emergency c it was a spinal. I wonder if you get more of it during emergency surgery?

Anonymous wrote:Do a planned induction. Get the epidural pretty early on. You should not have any pain.

I had this and it was extremely painful because my epidural only worked on one side.

I had a scheduled c section for my second. I was driving to see the baby in the NICU the second week. I have tons of stairs in my house and was able to walk up and down. Recovery is wasn’t bad really. My favorite part is that my vaginal area was all intact with no pain. Sex was it easier to get back into. I’m considering just doing that again instead of a vbac if we have a third.

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Anonymous wrote:A scheduled C is an almost civilized way to give birth. If you don’t go into labor, nothing is damaged down below, and you walk into the hospital, and I found the recovery not bad at all. They can time it so you don’t go into labor.

There’s no great way to have a baby, but I’d take the scheduled C.

Op here thanks. I was expecting everyone to say no to the c section. This is refreshing. I fell asleep shortly after my emergency one and the next thing I know I was in a different room asking DH if I wasn’t pregnant anymore and asking him where the baby was. That was the next morning and baby was in the NICU. It was probably hard for him. I was delighted to learn I wasn’t pregnant anymore. I think I was okay with baby in NICU too because I was assuming all babies go to NICU after c sections and I’m sure the drugs made me feel less worried. After my second child went to NICU I got very depressed and I was convinced we would lose the baby. My second child actually stayed longer in NICU even though he was almost born at 38 weeks due to low birthweight and breathing problems.

Op here. First child was not was 34 weeks and 5 days and only stayed 3-4 days in NICU. Second child born vbac stayed 11 days and he was born just before 38 weeks.