1. Kelley Sasur, Three Rivers MA
one daughter- Madeleine. Posterior baby, born via C-section after 24+ hours labor and 5 hours of pushing. I'm pregnant again!!! :)
2. I "feared" it as my mom had 3 and so did my grandma. I knew it was going to happen when my OB came back to visit after all the pushing and said "she has not moved in the past 2 hours".
3. We never discussed C-section but she did openly say during one of my visits "you know, Kelley, 5% of women can't deliver vaginally". I thought she was a-okay tossing out such a low number!
4. Hard to say, I asked for an epidural as I had been awake for 3 days prior to labor. Epidural went in at 8cm and then labor SLOWED. Then I needed pit... and so the story goes. I would have skipped the epidural and walked more. Might have helped.
5. Hard to say; she was a "high need" colicky baby. We had trouble w/ latch and nursing. I believe the epidrual and fentanyl had some to do with this.
6. Stay active and keep hydrated. Move, if you can, through labor. Know that many woman can push out posterior babies, I just wasn't one of them.
7. Ask for it.
8. I did have a doula for my previous birth. I have a new OB as my prev. one said she did not think I ought to try VBAC since I could not push out my small 6.14 lb baby. I hold to the fact that she was posterior. There is no saying what might have happened if she was not posterior.
9. You are NOT obligated to listen to any stories- good, bad or indifferent. Simply say "I can't listen to your story".
10. I have a friend who just had an "accidental VBAC"!!! Also many other friends have had normal births and I look to them for encouragement.
11. Well, going to try for a VBAC. THis doctor is very open and he feels a trial is a good idea. He acknowledged to me that he's seen women push out bigger babies than they were sectioned for and that was great for me to hear.
12. Helping my family get past the fear that they have in their hearts.
13. This pregnancy the first trimester was a doozy but oh, the gift at the end is so worth it all.
14. My biggest concern about this upcoming birth is related to my anesthesia experience. I've let go of the anger and hurt. I understand I may not succeed with a vaginal birth again. I'm not electing for a c-section but I don't have to be angry over one either. I am trying to be very careful about meeting with an anesthesiologist prior to this labor, however. Last time I ended up w/ too much drug, no memory of my daughter's birth and a spinal headache that I was told "was not" a spinal headache. My first week with my daughter was marked with intense pain with standing and misery on my end.
By Kelley (not verified) at Wed, 10/24/2007 - 10:46am |
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1. Kelley Sasur, Three Rivers MA
one daughter- Madeleine. Posterior baby, born via C-section after 24+ hours labor and 5 hours of pushing. I'm pregnant again!!! :)
2. I "feared" it as my mom had 3 and so did my grandma. I knew it was going to happen when my OB came back to visit after all the pushing and said "she has not moved in the past 2 hours".
3. We never discussed C-section but she did openly say during one of my visits "you know, Kelley, 5% of women can't deliver vaginally". I thought she was a-okay tossing out such a low number!
4. Hard to say, I asked for an epidural as I had been awake for 3 days prior to labor. Epidural went in at 8cm and then labor SLOWED. Then I needed pit... and so the story goes. I would have skipped the epidural and walked more. Might have helped.
5. Hard to say; she was a "high need" colicky baby. We had trouble w/ latch and nursing. I believe the epidrual and fentanyl had some to do with this.
6. Stay active and keep hydrated. Move, if you can, through labor. Know that many woman can push out posterior babies, I just wasn't one of them.
7. Ask for it.
8. I did have a doula for my previous birth. I have a new OB as my prev. one said she did not think I ought to try VBAC since I could not push out my small 6.14 lb baby. I hold to the fact that she was posterior. There is no saying what might have happened if she was not posterior.
9. You are NOT obligated to listen to any stories- good, bad or indifferent. Simply say "I can't listen to your story".
10. I have a friend who just had an "accidental VBAC"!!! Also many other friends have had normal births and I look to them for encouragement.
11. Well, going to try for a VBAC. THis doctor is very open and he feels a trial is a good idea. He acknowledged to me that he's seen women push out bigger babies than they were sectioned for and that was great for me to hear.
12. Helping my family get past the fear that they have in their hearts.
13. This pregnancy the first trimester was a doozy but oh, the gift at the end is so worth it all.
14. My biggest concern about this upcoming birth is related to my anesthesia experience. I've let go of the anger and hurt. I understand I may not succeed with a vaginal birth again. I'm not electing for a c-section but I don't have to be angry over one either. I am trying to be very careful about meeting with an anesthesiologist prior to this labor, however. Last time I ended up w/ too much drug, no memory of my daughter's birth and a spinal headache that I was told "was not" a spinal headache. My first week with my daughter was marked with intense pain with standing and misery on my end.