| Birth Story of my daughter 2009 blog |
This is a little late and I'm a little rusty on the details but I wanted to put it out there that you CAN have a successful VBAC delivery and I'm proof! My son was a long hard labor that ended in C-section. In my case I knew there could be a good chance I would end up with another c-section but because of my stubborn self and after reading and researching it turns out successful VBACs are ACTUALLY safer in most cases then a repeat c-section. Mainly it is because a c-section is major surgery and for most women the odds of tearing your scar line is VERY slim. So onto the story. Its not nearly as exciting as my son but that is a good thing. I was one day past my due date and scheduled with my doctor to come in to be induced as I was tired of being pregnant, I could hardly walk because it felt like my daughter was going to fall out of me. I also found out that a friend of mine (albeit happy for her) went into labor and had her son on my due date with a 3 hour labor and was about 2 weeks BEHIND me. That was the last straw. I had been resisting any intervention like pitocin and managed to avoid it with my son, so I was hoping to do the same with my daughter. When I was checked by the nurse before the induction started the nurse told me she could stretch me to 5 cm however I was in no way in labor. Knowing that, I managed to convince my doctor to, instead of inducing, to just break my water to see if that would get things moving along. Well it did. I walked for as much as I could (you must be monitored more when you're going for a VBAC) and really only had about 15 to 20 minutes of almost unbearable contractions. I did not get the epidural so this was all natural minus the water being broken. My labor lasted a total from my water breaking to having my daughter almost 6 hours in total with about 45 minutes of pushing. While I still had a cervical lip hindering my daughter to come out, similar to my son, it was not swollen so my doctor was able to push it out of the way and voila! My daughter was born. She was healthy and happy and I was happy to get my VBAC. The lesson I learned in all of this was I thought for sure a vaginal birth would be far easier then a c-section. Yes, in some cases it was, however in some cases it was not. I did tear with a 2nd degree rip so I had to be stitched up and later I had to be cathed so I could finally pee again. I also almost passed out a couple of times trying to get to the bathroom because I lost a lot of blood during labor. Because of the stitches down there, the recovery did seem to take longer and I was uncomfortable for much longer than with the stitches from my c-section. I guess I just don't have the "easy" births that some women are lucky enough to get. My mom always thinks I have to do everything "the hard way" but its because I like a challenge and always have. If someone tells me "you can't", I tell them "watch me". So the moral is while I'm happy that I overcame my challenge. I'm more happy that I have two healthy children no matter how they came into this world.
6.14.2012
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