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Hi ladies,
I'm not pregnant yet but we are TTC our second baby and I'm hoping for a better experience all round this time. With our son I had a 4 week stop-start slow labour because he couldn't quite get into position and ended up with induction at 40 weeks due to sudden high BP, slow progression, pre-e in labour, failed epidural and then spinal damage with the second epidural. The epidural wasn't my choice, it was part of the pre-e protocol. I pushed him out myself in the end but it was 45 hours of hell. He was posterior until the last minute as well. I really want a better birth next time, I want a water birth but I'll be high risk because of last time so that won't happen, but I'm wondering what my chances are of being able to do it without the stupid epidural and without being induced. Anybody had a more positive experience with their second baby?
I'm not pregnant yet but we are TTC our second baby and I'm hoping for a better experience all round this time. With our son I had a 4 week stop-start slow labour because he couldn't quite get into position and ended up with induction at 40 weeks due to sudden high BP, slow progression, pre-e in labour, failed epidural and then spinal damage with the second epidural. The epidural wasn't my choice, it was part of the pre-e protocol. I pushed him out myself in the end but it was 45 hours of hell. He was posterior until the last minute as well. I really want a better birth next time, I want a water birth but I'll be high risk because of last time so that won't happen, but I'm wondering what my chances are of being able to do it without the stupid epidural and without being induced. Anybody had a more positive experience with their second baby?