Of course you had a section, there's no WAAAAY you'd be able to give birth - Page 2

mightyspu · Mar 2nd, 2012, 01:56 AM

And now I've been diagnosed as having gestational diabetes, I have an increased chance of another section if he's big..... I still have a chance at a VBAC, but hey I'd challenge anyone to try and give birth to a huge shouldered baby.....

Six · Mar 2nd, 2012, 08:48 AM

ooohh yes!!
everybody seems to think that a c-section is the easy way out, the non-painful way to give birth. Especially those who never went through an emergency c/s!
one of the midwives i talked to during my 18hrs of labour told be that i was too little to give birth naturally and that the baby was too big and thats why i didnt dilate enough to give birth vaginally. now i am convinced i didnt dilate because too many ppl around me kept on saying i couldnt do it on my own...

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ps: i was induced tho, which i believe is another of the reasons i eventually got a c/s.

mightyspu · Mar 2nd, 2012, 11:06 AM

I didn't dilate either, but I was put on the drip after my contractions stopped, so I don't think that helped me either

Six · Mar 5th, 2012, 10:09 AM

mightyspu, are you trying a vbac this time?

mightyspu · Mar 6th, 2012, 12:26 PM

Yes hopefully, but I also have GD, so I may be induced at 39 weeks. Am feeling very determined though

do you think you will go for a VBAC?

Six · Mar 7th, 2012, 08:37 AM

That'd be my dream! C-section left me too many insecurities and paranoias which I hope I'll be able to win through a vbac. Right now my new paranoia is: c/s has reduced my fertility. Of course I have no real reason to actually think my fertility is in any way reduced but when it comes to that i'm totally illogical.
Well, I really hope you can succeed in what you desire this time around!
xxx

Six · Mar 7th, 2012, 08:39 AM

sorry again, did they explain to you why you didn't dilate? were you induced the first time or did your labour start on its own? Just wondering bc, in my case, they just didn't give me any reasonable explanation as to why i didn't dilate more than 5 cm after 18 hours... *sigh*

mightyspu · Mar 7th, 2012, 08:52 AM

There is no logic to our worries is there? If it helps, I conceived on cycle 2 of ttc #2, 13 months after my section

Spent quite a while in shock at how quickly it had been, was expecting to ttc for much longer!

Annie77 · Mar 7th, 2012, 10:29 AM

My mum is 4ft 11, weighted 90lbs and gave birth to four children weighing in at between 9lb4 and 10lb9 (though not at same time!) She has wide hips, didn't dislocate any hips and didn't require any stitches, no tears and only used gas and air.

Me on the other hand - 2 x c-sections, 1 elective turned emergency and 1 elective.

I have taught manual handling to midwives and they have me well schooled in labour positions (not that I ever used them). If you have problems with hips or supra pubic dysfunction then giving birth on your back with feet in stirrups or pulling legs up towards you when pushing is an absolute no-no. For these people kneeling or standing facing back of bed is much better and causes less residual pain.

I do depise people who assume you are too posh to push or just incapable to giving birth naturally.

mightyspu · Mar 7th, 2012, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Annie77

My mum is 4ft 11, weighted 90lbs and gave birth to four children weighing in at between 9lb4 and 10lb9 (though not at same time!) She has wide hips, didn't dislocate any hips and didn't require any stitches, no tears and only used gas and air.

Me on the other hand - 2 x c-sections, 1 elective turned emergency and 1 elective.

I have taught manual handling to midwives and they have me well schooled in labour positions (not that I ever used them). If you have problems with hips or supra pubic dysfunction then giving birth on your back with feet in stirrups or pulling legs up towards you when pushing is an absolute no-no. For these people kneeling or standing facing back of bed is much better and causes less residual pain.

I do depise people who assume you are too posh to push or just incapable to giving birth naturally.

Congratulations on your

!

I was born with displaced hips, all is resolved now, however I have been left with reduced mobility and would not be able to pull my left leg up towards me. Thanks for this point, will put it in my birth plan!

Mar 2nd, 2012, 01:56 AM	#11
mightyspu Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 14,006	And now I've been diagnosed as having gestational diabetes, I have an increased chance of another section if he's big..... I still have a chance at a VBAC, but hey I'd challenge anyone to try and give birth to a huge shouldered baby.....

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Mar 2nd, 2012, 08:48 AM	#12
Six Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Italy Posts: 14	ooohh yes!! everybody seems to think that a c-section is the easy way out, the non-painful way to give birth. Especially those who never went through an emergency c/s! one of the midwives i talked to during my 18hrs of labour told be that i was too little to give birth naturally and that the baby was too big and thats why i didnt dilate enough to give birth vaginally. now i am convinced i didnt dilate because too many ppl around me kept on saying i couldnt do it on my own... ( ps: i was induced tho, which i believe is another of the reasons i eventually got a c/s.

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Mar 2nd, 2012, 11:06 AM	#13
mightyspu Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 14,006	I didn't dilate either, but I was put on the drip after my contractions stopped, so I don't think that helped me either

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Mar 5th, 2012, 10:09 AM	#14
Six Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Italy Posts: 14	mightyspu, are you trying a vbac this time?

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mightyspu Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 14,006	Yes hopefully, but I also have GD, so I may be induced at 39 weeks. Am feeling very determined though do you think you will go for a VBAC?

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Mar 7th, 2012, 08:37 AM	#16
Six Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Italy Posts: 14	That'd be my dream! C-section left me too many insecurities and paranoias which I hope I'll be able to win through a vbac. Right now my new paranoia is: c/s has reduced my fertility. Of course I have no real reason to actually think my fertility is in any way reduced but when it comes to that i'm totally illogical. Well, I really hope you can succeed in what you desire this time around! xxx

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Mar 7th, 2012, 08:39 AM	#17
Six Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Italy Posts: 14	sorry again, did they explain to you why you didn't dilate? were you induced the first time or did your labour start on its own? Just wondering bc, in my case, they just didn't give me any reasonable explanation as to why i didn't dilate more than 5 cm after 18 hours... sigh

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Mar 7th, 2012, 08:52 AM	#18
mightyspu Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 14,006	There is no logic to our worries is there? If it helps, I conceived on cycle 2 of ttc #2, 13 months after my section Spent quite a while in shock at how quickly it had been, was expecting to ttc for much longer!

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Mar 7th, 2012, 10:29 AM	#19
Annie77 Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,744	My mum is 4ft 11, weighted 90lbs and gave birth to four children weighing in at between 9lb4 and 10lb9 (though not at same time!) She has wide hips, didn't dislocate any hips and didn't require any stitches, no tears and only used gas and air. Me on the other hand - 2 x c-sections, 1 elective turned emergency and 1 elective. I have taught manual handling to midwives and they have me well schooled in labour positions (not that I ever used them). If you have problems with hips or supra pubic dysfunction then giving birth on your back with feet in stirrups or pulling legs up towards you when pushing is an absolute no-no. For these people kneeling or standing facing back of bed is much better and causes less residual pain. I do depise people who assume you are too posh to push or just incapable to giving birth naturally.

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