Normal Delivery after 2 c sections

jules68

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has opted for a normaldelivery after 2 c sections.

I have had 2 but am pregnant and would like to go for a normal delivery this time( well at least try ) However the consultant said that this is not a good idea due to the risks

Any Thoughts?

Alikay

No, but I'm not medically qualified. However your consultant IS, and has advised against it.

rhianna99

It is possible to have a normal delivery after 2 sections, but you will get different opinions from different doctors and also different hospitals. After my second section I asked about a normal delivery and was told that it was higher risk but that it wasnt completely out of the question, I was told they routinely allowed women to do it at the hospital in the next town, but that they did not routinely encourage it at my hospital but it was open for discussion. In the end I decided to have a repeat section, and have now had a total of five sections.

fluffnutter

I guess a lot depends on why you had the sections.

browneyedbazzi

Some people do have vaginal births after caesareans (VBAC) but there are risks involved that you should talk to your consultant about. Everyone and every situation is different so no one on a forum can tell you what is best for you and your baby.

http://www.nct.org.uk/birth/vaginal-birth-after-caesarean-vbac

jules68

My first section was an emergency as babys heartbeat dropped as I wasnt dialating. The second was an elective as at the time I thought that would be best.

Alikay, I am aware that the consultant is the expert but I was just wanting to give it a go this time as previous sections havev left me quite upset and not bonding with the baby.

If mine or the babies life was at risk at any time I would of course not hesitate on a section, but past experience has left me anxious about it all.

BECKIN1507

I had a normal birth after 1 c section, it was a easy quick birth. My sister tried a normal birth after 2 sections but unfortunatly had to have a c section in the end due to a big bleed which they didn't know where it was coming from. She had to fight hard for them to allow her to try and have a normal delivery, different consultants have different opinions. Even though she had to have a c section in the end, she is still pleased that she did it and got to experience most of her labour. If it's what you want do alot of research and if you really want to try fight for it.

Fire_Fox

Listen to your consultant. You pay taxes to ensure you get medical advice based on the latest research, and treatment with the greatest chance of a positive outcome for mother and baby. If you have anxiety or post natal depression issues why not discuss preventative action for this now?

building_with_lego

Have a read of this.
Remember that you make the decisions regarding your maternity care; you are not "allowed" by others, and you are entitled to make an *informed* decision.


If they get sniffy about you having a hospital VBAC you can always claim you're thinking about home birth- that often encourages them to have you birthing in hospital, where they can keep an eye on you

krlyr

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Listen to your consultant. You pay taxes to ensure you get medical advice based on the latest research, and treatment with the greatest chance of a positive outcome for mother and baby. If you have anxiety or post natal depression issues why not discuss preventative action for this now?

If I listened to the first piece of (paid-for-by-my-taxes) medical advice I was given, I'd still be in constant pain now with chronic sinutis caused by a deviated septum, that was supposedly "just a migraine". Then the consultant told me I just had to do nasal rinses (that I'd already been doing for 6 months on the advice of the GPs I'd been back and forth to for a year). And then another consultant told me an operation was totally unnecessary. Another told me I had no sinus problems whatsoever because the CT scan was clear (despite me informing them that, at that particular moment in time, no I didn't have a sinus infection but unfortunately could not book them to coincide with the 3 months or so it takes to get a hospital appointment through). Finally, one actually bothered putting a camera up my nose and discovered the deviated septum, but even after that I was told that it wasn't bad enough to be causing my problems and had to argue further and finally got the go ahead for an operation to file down the turbinates in my sinus. It was only when I was under the knife that they discovered my septum was so deviated that they had to correct it to access my sinus anyway, and after 3 years battling against the paid-for-by-my-taxes advice, I was finally cured of my chronic, near bi-monthly sinus infections.

Nothing to do with child-birth, of course, but a medical degree does not make one an absolute genius who knows the best for every single person.

fluffnutter

jules68 wrote: »

My first section was an emergency as babys heartbeat dropped as I wasnt dialating.

Any idea why you stopped dilating? If this was to do with baby's presentation, it *may* be the case that you wouldn't ever encounter this problem again and a VBAC is perfectly possible. However, you have had a second section and AFAIK, repeated sections can cause the uterus to have a weak point and all that huffing and puffing might not be advised

As others have said, talk to the docs. Out of interest why do you have a consultant? Is your pregnancy high risk for other reasons?