Yes Morgan, let's stick together
i could do with some buddies through this.
Morgan - I am so sorry for the horrendous journey you have had to lead you to today, i admire your spirit and think your vbac plan sounds as solid as it can be
hakunamatata - congratulations! And double yay for the vbac
X_amour - i had an epidural for my first ( they had to while they stabilised me ready for emcs) i shook like a leaf i was so nervous about it going into my back. Once in it was fine but i wouldn't choose it as a first option personally.
Afm: just thought i'd share my background. My siggy shows i had heaps of fertility treatments for my little girl, my pregnancy with her was pretty easy and uneventful until 38+2 when with no bp warning i woke up with a headache and within the hour had full blown eclampsia with vision loss and seizures. I had a 911 transfer to the hospital but wasn't stable enough for emcs so they popped my waters, gave me an epidural and pitocin. By 6pm the eclampsia meds had stabilised my bp and fits had stopped so i had an emcs.
This pregnancy has had it's challenges too, i had 2 frozen embryos transferred ( about a 1/3 chance of pregnancy with 1 baby from that) , my clinic had never had a twin pregnancy from 2 frozen embryos.....but one split and i fell pregnant with triplets. Because of the increased risk of eclampsia (30x for triplets plus my poor odds from my own history) this was really stressful news. Sadly i lost both identical twins a few days apart at 12 weeks.
My Dr is really supportive of a vbac, the plan for me is vbac pre 40 weeks ( with c section at 40 weeks). They will support me how i wish to try get things going pre 40 weeks.
