Comments on: Reader Comments: Pro and Con http://vbac.angelahoy.com/2006/01/20/comments-received-from-readers/ A diary of one expecting family's struggle over the local medical community's refusal to perform VBACs (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean). Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:18:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Janiece Adams http://vbac.angelahoy.com/2006/01/20/comments-received-from-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Janiece Adams Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:00:06 +0000 http://vbac.angelahoy.com/?p=4#comment-678 VBAC is always nerve-wracking! My younger sister was able to do VBAC after her first C-Section....she was going to do it with the third pregnancy with doctors blessings. The OB gyn induced her labor, she progressed too fast, tore and we lost both her and the baby within 3 minutes. I don't wish that hell on anyone! Will be thinking happy successful thoughts for you and your family;)! VBAC is always nerve-wracking! My younger sister was able to do VBAC after her first C-Section….she was going to do it with the third pregnancy with doctors blessings. The OB gyn induced her labor, she progressed too fast, tore and we lost both her and the baby within 3 minutes. I don’t wish that hell on anyone! Will be thinking happy successful thoughts for you and your family;)!

]]> By: Jennifer http://vbac.angelahoy.com/2006/01/20/comments-received-from-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Jennifer Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:51:23 +0000 http://vbac.angelahoy.com/?p=4#comment-4 Yay for you! I wanted to VBAC #3 so badly - #1 was 20 hours of "no drugs, just catch my kid" in the hospital, and we were set to repeat that with #2 when, 11 hours into labor, she "crashed" and was born via emergency (9 minutes from when they called it to when she cried) c-section. My placenta was black, like it had stopped working days prior, and she wasn't getting oxygen during labor. I was all set to VBAC #3 - which my OB had assured me back in 2000 that I could - but the hospital here also has since instituted a "no VBAC" policy. My OB is very supportive and was willing to transfer me to another OB at another hospital where I could VBAC, but a separate medical condition (on my part, not the baby's) has presented itself that makes a c-section a more appropriate option. So, I'm insanely jealous, I wish you the best, and before I had to give up my VBAC dream, I'd spoken to many nurses who all confirm that the incidence of rupture is so low as to be negligible. As long as you and the midwife are aware of the warning signs, I'd have no worry about it. Best of luck to you all. Yay for you! I wanted to VBAC #3 so badly – #1 was 20 hours of “no drugs, just catch my kid” in the hospital, and we were set to repeat that with #2 when, 11 hours into labor, she “crashed” and was born via emergency (9 minutes from when they called it to when she cried) c-section. My placenta was black, like it had stopped working days prior, and she wasn’t getting oxygen during labor. I was all set to VBAC #3 – which my OB had assured me back in 2000 that I could – but the hospital here also has since instituted a “no VBAC” policy. My OB is very supportive and was willing to transfer me to another OB at another hospital where I could VBAC, but a separate medical condition (on my part, not the baby’s) has presented itself that makes a c-section a more appropriate option. So, I’m insanely jealous, I wish you the best, and before I had to give up my VBAC dream, I’d spoken to many nurses who all confirm that the incidence of rupture is so low as to be negligible. As long as you and the midwife are aware of the warning signs, I’d have no worry about it.

Best of luck to you all.

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