WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 1999: Re: VBAC with vertical incision?

Re: VBAC with vertical incision?

From: JHC (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 14 Nov 1999 15:23:04 -0600 (CST)

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The type of incision that you are descrbing is called a "classical" incision. The choice to perform a classical incision is usually made in the event of an emergency. The physician is usually able to deliver the baby faster this way. If your baby was in distress the doctor, more than likely, made this type of incision to protect the well being of your baby. To my knowledge, and others that are out there reading this message, correct me if I am wrong, with that type of incision, VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) is not usually indicated. There are different types and severity levels of "emergencies" in childbirth. Your friends may have had different reasons for having C-Sections. A doctor's goal is to deliver a healthy baby, it sounds to me that your doctor did what he had to do to achieve that goal. Maybe you should schedule an appointment to speak with him face to face. Best of luck to you. JHC, R.N.

At Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Jackie wrote: >
>My doctor performed an emergency C-Section for the birth of my daughter
>because I was only 2cm dialated and her heartbeat was decreasing during
>my contractions. They were worried the cord was being constricted in
>some way so they performed the C-Section. I hadn't had any problems
>during the pregnancy that indicated I would need a C-Section delivery,
>so I hadn't discussed this with my doctor. After I left the recovery
>room I was horrified to discover that he cut me vertically, from my
>belly button down to my pubic bone. I had assumed that, like everyone I
>ever knew that had a C-Section, he would have used a bikini cut incision
>horizontally along the hair line. I knew that this was not normal, even
>in the case of an emergency, because a few women I know had emergency
>C-Sections and they had the bikini cut. I asked the nurse at my
>follow-up, when I had my staples removed if there was any reason why he
>cut me that way. They said. "Oh, that's just his preference, it heals
>faster this way." I found that strange since it's a much larger
>incision. I have called numerous times to speak to the doctor about
>this and he never returns my calls. I read that I will now have to have
>a C-Section for every delivery after this because of the type of
>incision he made. What reason could there possibly be for having cut me
>like that? And is it true that now I will have a C-Section every time I
>have a baby after this? Thank You.
>
>--
>Jackie
>

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