Hi girls, I was just wondering if anyone had gone on to have a natural birth after a c-section on a previous PG. I know it's early to start really worrying about this, but I want to set my mind on what I want to do.
With DS I was in labour for 36 hours, 5 of which was pushing, he was back to back and was given an emergency cesarean in the end as there was meconium in my waters and he was starting to get distressed. During the first part of my labour I was fine, mostly walking around and using gas and air. I then had a pethadine injection for me to get some rest. After this the midwifes swapped shifts and I had the midwife from hell with me. I barely saw her - she made me lie down and when I wanted to get back up she said 'No, I'm not catching this baby off the floor'!!!!
Anyway, I felt totally neglected for the rest of the birth and she did nothing at all to help - it was only after me screaming at DH to get more help as I knew it wasn't right that a doctor and pediatric team came in - they did their best to help me push but by this point I was just too exhausted and I was taken down to theatre.
I have been told due to failure to progress that I will probably have to have a planned c-section this time, but there is something in my mind questioning if things are different this time, would I be able to go through with a natural birth. I can't see how they can say it was failure to progress last time as I had progressed into 5 hours of pushing, how much further is there to progress????
I don't know what to think - anyway had any similar experiences? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
With DS I was in labour for 36 hours, 5 of which was pushing, he was back to back and was given an emergency cesarean in the end as there was meconium in my waters and he was starting to get distressed. During the first part of my labour I was fine, mostly walking around and using gas and air. I then had a pethadine injection for me to get some rest. After this the midwifes swapped shifts and I had the midwife from hell with me. I barely saw her - she made me lie down and when I wanted to get back up she said 'No, I'm not catching this baby off the floor'!!!!
Anyway, I felt totally neglected for the rest of the birth and she did nothing at all to help - it was only after me screaming at DH to get more help as I knew it wasn't right that a doctor and pediatric team came in - they did their best to help me push but by this point I was just too exhausted and I was taken down to theatre.
I have been told due to failure to progress that I will probably have to have a planned c-section this time, but there is something in my mind questioning if things are different this time, would I be able to go through with a natural birth. I can't see how they can say it was failure to progress last time as I had progressed into 5 hours of pushing, how much further is there to progress????
I don't know what to think - anyway had any similar experiences? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.