Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First wouldn't have been medically necessary if I had known a few things beforehand. After 24 hours of labor at home, I went into the hospital, labored for 40 hours. Dilated to 9.5, but baby was asynclitic, head was huge and stuck and unable to mould. In retrospect I had not been sitting properly during pregnancy and didn't recognize symptoms of long labor due to poor positioning. After 40 hours of labor, baby was tachycardic and we ended up with c section.

Second baby (attempted vbac) was emergency c/s due to decels and by emergency, I mean truly an emergency. General anesthesia, no time for an epidural, didn't even sign the consent form until after recovery. Total labor was two hours long, went from 6-10 in ten minutes in the hospital. Pushed for 15 in ER. Apgar score 4, baby went to NICU.

Both experiences sucked.

To the decel PP, as you know there are several different types of decel patterns, since the PPs don't specify, it's probably not fair to assume they were recoverable decels.

Sitting?

Not PP, but yes. Leaning back wiith legs up like Americans tend to do iis bad for positioning, especially OP babies. Check out Spinning Babies.

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe some of you scheduled cs because you couldn't have an epidural. Or that your OB went along with that awful decision. WOW.

Shut it.

I can't believe some of you scheduled cs because you couldn't have an epidural. Or that your OB went along with that awful decision. WOW.

Anonymous wrote:Herniated disc pp, me too! Along with a horrible case of spd. The pain was unbelievable. The c section recovery was nothing compared to that.

Kind of off topic , herniated disc PP here, I am so grateful for the choice of having C section. There was absolutely no way I could even stand up let alone push a baby out. The nerve was so badly injured I lost control of my thigh muscle for 2 week or so before delivery.
I never felt a real contraction, it was just lightning streaks down my leg, like a fireball rolling down. Thankfully my OB had been monitoring me and when I called and was kind of timing the leg pain and how my leg collapsing was getting worse, she got me right in. The pressure from pushing could have done more herniation and rupture with more nerve damage so am so grateful I could have a great delivery.
I am not kidding that they all clapped and cheered, and looked at me and my baby with awe and wonder, genuine kindness and excitement in their eyes even with all their masks and gowns on in that cold ER.
I was probably their 4th out of maybe 6 sections that day and there was nothing special about me or my birth story for that kind of reaction so I can only think they just know how to make a Mom feel relaxed and special and do it every day

Herniated disc pp, me too! Along with a horrible case of spd. The pain was unbelievable. The c section recovery was nothing compared to that.

How do you find out csection rates? I know vhi.org site but the info is 2006-2008 nothing recent. Any other sites?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had a herniated disc which sent stabbing, shooting pain down my L leg that got progressively worse as the baby dropped and my lower back curve increased.
By the time I went into labor, the pain was so excruciating that it felt like being stabbed and on fire from my hip to the bottom of my foot. The pressure from labor made it unbearable and I got an epidural right away after being carried into the hospital by my (poor) husband.
There is no way I could have pushed with a herniated disc that severe and I had a delightful Csection with a team of nurses and MD's who truly made me feel like mine was the very first and most precious baby to ever be born even though I was just One of many .

Sounds painful. Ok with such a raving review of your doctor and hospital please do share their name and location

I was in Raleigh, NC but in case anyone is there it was at Rex Hospital with Dr. Zoe Beatty from Atrium ObGyn

My pelvic bone structure did not allow the baby to get out, and an emergency c-section was performed.

However (vent to follow)....

The whole c-section experience threw me into deep shock, I felt as I did not do enough to have the vaginal birth. When I think about it now, I wish someone would talk to me about a possibility of a c-section. Instead, my prenatal yoga instructor, instructor in the birthing video, the pregnancy book, heck, even my OBGYN - they all talked about the benefits of natural birth, and breastfeeding, and what not. I was young, I exercised, ate healthy, and had uneventful pregnancy -- c-section just did not cross my mind, and I thought was going to be easy birth, because the doctor estimated that the baby would be small (she was not).

Of course, now I am extremely grateful to the doctor that DC and I are alive. However, I think first-time moms need to be made aware that many "best practices/desired outcomes" are not a matter of choice. I strongly believe that at some point during the pregnancy, women should be familiarized with the reasons for emergency c-sections, and talked about how a c-section is just as much of a normal birth experience, as vaginal birth.

vent over.

Anonymous wrote:First wouldn't have been medically necessary if I had known a few things beforehand. After 24 hours of labor at home, I went into the hospital, labored for 40 hours. Dilated to 9.5, but baby was asynclitic, head was huge and stuck and unable to mould. In retrospect I had not been sitting properly during pregnancy and didn't recognize symptoms of long labor due to poor positioning. After 40 hours of labor, baby was tachycardic and we ended up with c section.

Second baby (attempted vbac) was emergency c/s due to decels and by emergency, I mean truly an emergency. General anesthesia, no time for an epidural, didn't even sign the consent form until after recovery. Total labor was two hours long, went from 6-10 in ten minutes in the hospital. Pushed for 15 in ER. Apgar score 4, baby went to NICU.

Both experiences sucked.

To the decel PP, as you know there are several different types of decel patterns, since the PPs don't specify, it's probably not fair to assume they were recoverable decels.

Sitting?

First wouldn't have been medically necessary if I had known a few things beforehand. After 24 hours of labor at home, I went into the hospital, labored for 40 hours. Dilated to 9.5, but baby was asynclitic, head was huge and stuck and unable to mould. In retrospect I had not been sitting properly during pregnancy and didn't recognize symptoms of long labor due to poor positioning. After 40 hours of labor, baby was tachycardic and we ended up with c section.

Second baby (attempted vbac) was emergency c/s due to decels and by emergency, I mean truly an emergency. General anesthesia, no time for an epidural, didn't even sign the consent form until after recovery. Total labor was two hours long, went from 6-10 in ten minutes in the hospital. Pushed for 15 in ER. Apgar score 4, baby went to NICU.

Both experiences sucked.

To the decel PP, as you know there are several different types of decel patterns, since the PPs don't specify, it's probably not fair to assume they were recoverable decels.

Anonymous wrote:HELLP. Bad labs caused trip to hospital. Platelets started crashing about 6 hours after arrival. Got spinal exactly at platelet cutoff. With only 1 cm of dilation from induction after almost 12 hours, I desperately wanted the baby out. Dr. actually suggested 1 more attempt with dilation pill. Nurses thought she was nuts; Dr. husband (not an OB) reviewed data online and agreed with nurses. Nurses got doctor back on the phone for me (it was 3 am and shed left early evening pre-platelets crashing) and I put my foot down. CS went perfectly and platelets fell for 24 hours post-delivery to sub-20,000 (nosebleed at that stage), so was glad I pushed for CS (which I think was inevitable, but sooner was definitely better).

Wait your OB left? Who did the CS

HELLP. Bad labs caused trip to hospital. Platelets started crashing about 6 hours after arrival. Got spinal exactly at platelet cutoff. With only 1 cm of dilation from induction after almost 12 hours, I desperately wanted the baby out. Dr. actually suggested 1 more attempt with dilation pill. Nurses thought she was nuts; Dr. husband (not an OB) reviewed data online and agreed with nurses. Nurses got doctor back on the phone for me (it was 3 am and shed left early evening pre-platelets crashing) and I put my foot down. CS went perfectly and platelets fell for 24 hours post-delivery to sub-20,000 (nosebleed at that stage), so was glad I pushed for CS (which I think was inevitable, but sooner was definitely better).

Emergency c when baby's HR wouldn't come back up. It was a pre-term birth, spontaneous labor that began with my water breaking, but I labored for 12 hours through lots of decel episodes before the emergency c. It had been a high-risk and very fraught pregnancy, and in the end I was just glad my baby was born alive and healthy.

If I ever have another pregnancy it will be a scheduled c, according to my OB. My pelvic/abdominal cavity is too much of a disaster (from endo and prior surgeries - lots of adhesions, bowel fused to abdominal wall) to risk an uncontrolled birth.

Anonymous wrote:I had a herniated disc which sent stabbing, shooting pain down my L leg that got progressively worse as the baby dropped and my lower back curve increased.
By the time I went into labor, the pain was so excruciating that it felt like being stabbed and on fire from my hip to the bottom of my foot. The pressure from labor made it unbearable and I got an epidural right away after being carried into the hospital by my (poor) husband.
There is no way I could have pushed with a herniated disc that severe and I had a delightful Csection with a team of nurses and MD's who truly made me feel like mine was the very first and most precious baby to ever be born even though I was just One of many .

Sounds painful. Ok with such a raving review of your doctor and hospital please do share their name and location

I had a herniated disc which sent stabbing, shooting pain down my L leg that got progressively worse as the baby dropped and my lower back curve increased.
By the time I went into labor, the pain was so excruciating that it felt like being stabbed and on fire from my hip to the bottom of my foot. The pressure from labor made it unbearable and I got an epidural right away after being carried into the hospital by my (poor) husband.
There is no way I could have pushed with a herniated disc that severe and I had a delightful Csection with a team of nurses and MD's who truly made me feel like mine was the very first and most precious baby to ever be born even though I was just One of many .