Vbac?

[becka]

When I had DS, I ended up with a c-section due to failure to progress. When I got pregnant with DD (#2), the Dr. that delivered DS had just come back from a conference discussing this matter. He said that studies had shown if the 1st c-sec. was due to failure to progress that the 2nd was likely to be as well. He said had the baby been breach, he would urge me V-bac, but failure to progress - csec. C-section was scheduled, I went into labor 2 weeks early, I didn't think I was in labor until contractions were about 2 min. apart. When I got to the hosp., they checked me, contraction were less than 2 min. & I had dialated to a 1. No choice for me - c-section. With this, my 3rd, they told me there would not be an option. Having had 2 c-sections already, I risked my uterus rupturing & since I didn't progress with the previous 2, no point in trying.

Point is, they told me that it depends on the reason for the 1st c-section. I friend of mine just found out that she's preg with #2, 1st was c-sectin due to breach, they told her with #2 the choice was up to her.

My doctor is also of the same mind. She was willing to let me VBAC with this baby but she has told me that because I was a "failure to progress" the last time that I am statistically much less likely to be successful with a VBAC. With all that said she was still willing to give me the choice if I wanted it but she wanted me to have a full understanding of the risks and the potential success rate. She did say if a first c-section was because the baby was breech or some other reason not likely to repeat that she would encourage the VBAC.