PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for June, 2002: Re: C-Secton after 2 VBACS? For Dr. Kelly Shannon or anyone

Re: C-Secton after 2 VBACS? For Dr. Kelly Shannon or anyone

From: Cindy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 29 Jun 2002 12:43:41 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 28 Jun 2002, M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG wrote: >
>At Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Cindy wrote:
>>
>>Currently I am 13 weeks pg and have had my regular checkups. Dr says
>>that change in protocol says that I can't be induced because of first
>>child C-Section. Reason for my being concerned is that with the last
>>two vanginal births,(the last one being 5 years ago)I had to use pitocin
>>to even get my labor to progress after days of labor on my own. Dr.
>>said that the reason being is chance of uterine rupture.
>>Is this right? I don't want to have another c-section as vb's are so
>>much easier even with the days of labor.
>>Any advice would be helpful.
>>Thanks ,
>>Cindy
>
>many hospitals now no longer offer VBACs, mainly due to the legal
>climate (the rupture rate of 1 - 2% hasn't changed over the years,
>although the risk is a bit higher if labor is induced)
>
>since you have successfully VBACed before, you may want to transfer care
>to a facility that is equipped to do VBACs (bascially a larger hospital
>with 24 hour a day in-house ob AND anesthesia AND a staffed and aready
>operating room in case the proverbial you-know-what hits the fan)
:)

I was actually wondering why I wouldn't be able to be induced, you see a person can only take so many days of unproductive labor before she wants to pull her hair out. They will let me go VBAC, but they won't induce me, that is the reason that the c-section might be the answer. No pitocin, and Cindy may get divorced, because her husband won't be able to stand her! Any helpful advice to get labor to work for me without it? I did the walking and it did make them stronger, but still never got me where it should have been. Doc did say that she would break my water if it was possible, it took 7 hours of pitocin to even get my son 1/4 of the way down the birth canal and dialated to 1 cm, which the water was then broken and he was born 45 minutes later. That was after 5 days of really unproductive labor. See my dilemma? First c-secton 16 years ago. Cindy Seattle WA. >
>--
>M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
>S. Lake Tahoe, CA
>

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