uterine rupture?

[mwah_xx]

has this happened to anyone else? Had my second little boy this morning attempted vbac and needed emcs with discovered uterine rupture during surgery?

Not entiremy sure what that means for me going forward!

 

[Delphine11]

That sounds scary. I'm glad you're ok, and I hope you're recovering well.

I only know what I've read about uterine ruptures, but I would hope your consultant would be able to give you more information about what happened and why, and what it might mean for the future.

Congratulations on your son. I hope he's doing well.

 

[SmartieMeUp]

Oh God, I'm sorry you experienced it! That was my worst fear for a VBAC and my MW and consultant both said it's a rare occurrence, so I needn't worry. It isn't rare at all.
If you were to go for another pregnancy you will need extra care and supervision in case it happens any sooner.

I hope you have a full recovery and hope it wasn't too serious for you or your son.

 

[pinkpassion]

I had a small uterine rupture during pitocin, they kept increasing my pitocin because I wasn't dilating well after my water broke before labor started and since I was GBS+ they said things needed to move quickly.. I kept telling them it hurt so bad and the 3 epidurals they gave me didn't help, I had two epidurals in at one point, one in the normal place and one a bit higher which they told me they never do but to see if it would help.. I was in excruciating pain. literally the worst pain of my life, it took my breathe away, and I was having the urge to push because DD's head was stuck in the birth canal, and my body was instinctively pushing, finally they said something was wrong and rushed me into emcs, and I had to be put under general anesthesia because I could feel them cutting me and then they discovered the tear, which they said was in the place they would have cut my uterus so it was an easy fix but they said DD head was so lodged that between the contractions and me pushing it just ruptured me. So I will be going for an elective c-section this next time around!!! I definitely don't want to go through that again!!!!

 

[Delphine11]

That's scary about the pitocin. I'm probably going to be induced and I did ask if they kept the dose low, but the Drs kept saying "We'll use as much as necessary".

I'd read the stats for a rupture during VBAC but haven't been able to find anything about a rupture during induction.

I'm glad you were ok, and I totally understand why you'll be going for an elective C section next time!

 

[pinkpassion]

Delpine, they do say it is very rare, even when I was recovered and the Dr was explaining exactly what happened she reiterated that is is so rare, even with pitocin inductions.. I just can't believe it happened to me, iykwim!!! Scary stuff it is, although I used to think once you ruptured you bleed out and die and baby dies, that's actually not always the case, they said they usually catch them in time before bad things happen, unless it's from a trauma or something that they can't intervene in enough time!! That reassured me a little bit!!

 

[mwah_xx]

It is really rare. My doctor told me the risks before and said how rare and unusual it was, then it happened!! What was rarer is that mine was "silent" I had zero symptoms!! So doubly lucky I was sent to surgery when I was. Glad it won't stop me if I want another baby! Next step convince husband!!