julesnac: i would suggest tho that with any after section births, it is a good idea to try and find a doc or mw who will allow you to vbac in the hospital. all things considered... if anything would go wrong, you are in a place that can get you medical help asap. if you tried a home birth and the rare complication arose, precious minutes can mean a baby's life and that is the important thing in the end is a healthy baby!
It's hard to find sincere support for a chance at a normal birth, whether there's been a previous cesarean or not, at the majority of hospitals. About 1/3 of all hospitals in the US have VBAC bans. Planning a home birth doesn't mean forgoing access to emergency services. In fact, when planning a home birth responsibly, most families have the same decision-to-incision time as they'd have had they planned a hospital birth. Planning a home birth also means there's much less of a chance of an emergency arising. The important this is a healthy baby, & minimizing the chances of complications helps increase the chances of a healthy outcome. Planned home births with trained care providers have better outcomes than planned hospital births. There's a lot of fear & misinformation surrounding home births. They are definitely something worth looking in to.
julesnac: i wasn't in labor but 3 hours from the time they broke my water. (they did this to induce because i was 9 days past due & doc wouldn't let me go any longer)
This is exactly why I planned a home birth. They do things that *increase* risks in the hospital just b/c of their one-size-fits-all protocol. Induction increases the chances of complications, especially in a VBAC mom. A mom isn't even considered overdue until 42 completed weeks, & the risks of a negative outcome based on dates alone don't significantly increase until 43 weeks (& even then, it's still low- besides, many of these studies ignore the fact that many post-term pregnancies that end up with complications went overdue BECAUSE of a pre-existing complication, & not as a result of being postdates itself). With the midwifery model of care, there's so much focus on prevention that there's rarely the need to induce b/c of concerns of postmaturity, high blood pressure, etc.
julesnac: i was told that because i was attempting vbac i had to have continual fetal monitoring.
I tried to have a VBAC in a hospital with my second, but it turned into another cesarean after being flat out lied to about my progression & my baby's position. When I had a home birth with my third, my midwives monitored me way better than the nurses & OB in the hospital. I had someone right there with me or just one room away at all times, there only for me & my baby. . . instead of a nurse down the hall helping 3 other moms/babies in labor & watching a monitor screen from the nurse's station. There's plenty of monitoring done at home- with a doppler or fetoscope so that mom can move however she needs & not be stuck in bed to be monitored. Because of the individualized attention, potential problems are usually caught early enough to correct them or transfer before they become emergencies, as opposed to in the hospital where once someone finally notices a monitor going off, they have to come in & readjust it b/c those things have such high false reading rates, valuable time can be wasted, & at that point it's an emergency instead of something caught early enough to correct before it became emergent.
Karen3288071: Not sure who you've been talking to but 2 weeks before you can get out of bed????? I have had 2 csections and my third is in 5 weeks. I was up and around in less than two DAYS and successfully breastfed both. DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!
Don't know who she's been talking to? It doesn't sound like she's been "talking" to anyone to draw that conclusion- it sounds like her own experience. That was my experience with my second cesarean as well. My first cesarean wasn't too terribly bad & I was mostly functional within a week. With my second cesarean I spent weeks sleeping in a recliner b/c I couldn't lay down. I was up for hours at night for weeks b/c I was in so much pain. I couldn't take care of my older child or my new baby. Four years later & I'm still in frequent pain due to scar tissue. I'm glad your previous recoveries have been easy but it's not always like that. Everyone recoveries from surgeries differently, & just b/c someone has a good recovery from one doesn't necessarily mean they will have the same experience in the future. . . especially as the scar tissue continues to build up, the incidence of complications to mom & baby continue to rise.
Also, FWIW, I wasn't just a "wimp" with my second cesarean recovery. I had 42 hours of drug-free labor before the second cesarean. When I had my third, I had a 2 1/2 DAY ACTIVE labor with a 9 lb 10 oz baby with both hands by his head, & that was a million times better than the recovery from my second cesarean.
Many blessings to the OP. If a hba2c is what you want, do your research, connect with ICAN, find a positive, honest, knowledgeable support team, & know in your heart that you can do it!