OHbaby! Forums : VBAC and inducing? https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:31:33 +0000 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:30:32 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=24756 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : Interesting to see all m/w&#039;s...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=636098&title=vbac-and-inducing#636098 Author: baalamb
Subject: 24756
Posted: 14 March 2009 at 6:30pm

Interesting to see all m/w's have their different ways! Mine has said that she'll let me go 10-12 days overdue to trial labour, then if nothing happens, I'm going straight in for a c-section (my first was a failed induction and an awfully uncomfortable experience so I'm quite happy to be told that they'll skip the induction!).

I can't believe I'm saying this but it would be nice to see what labour is all about so I understand your feelings towards the whole scenario. But in the end, for the safety of everyone involved, if a c-section has to be done, then I'll be happy with that.]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:30:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=636098&title=vbac-and-inducing#636098 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : pomikiwi wrote:But I am bummed...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=634748&title=vbac-and-inducing#634748 Author: busymum
Subject: 24756
Posted: 12 March 2009 at 8:07pm

Originally posted by pomikiwi pomikiwi wrote:

But I am bummed that I'll never ever know what it's like to go into labour myself or have a vaginal birth


Don't be!! The c/s can be hard work to recover from but at least your girly bits haven't been torn or cut! Hey, in all seriousness, don't be too hard on yourself. A birth is a birth and they are all quite different. Just look at that little bub and remind yourself that you worked hard and have not let you or her down at all.]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:07:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=634748&title=vbac-and-inducing#634748 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : Most important thing is that you...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=634518&title=vbac-and-inducing#634518 Author: toniellis
Subject: 24756
Posted: 12 March 2009 at 3:16pm

Most important thing is that you are happier with how it went and that you & Bubs are safe, healthy & happy ]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:16:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=634518&title=vbac-and-inducing#634518 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : Well I ended up getting induced...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=633944&title=vbac-and-inducing#633944 Author: pomikiwi
Subject: 24756
Posted: 11 March 2009 at 8:56pm

Well I ended up getting induced and yep I had another section. Alot happier with how it all went though, I just wasn't progressing and the when they took baby out he had the cord wrapped round his neck, so maybe it was meant to be, who knows!!

But I am bummed that I'll never ever know what it's like to go into labour myself or have a vaginal birth

Edited by pomikiwi]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:56:05 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=633944&title=vbac-and-inducing#633944 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : Hoping that labour gets started...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=625434&title=vbac-and-inducing#625434 Author: toniellis
Subject: 24756
Posted: 01 March 2009 at 3:11am

Hoping that labour gets started for you before then! Fingers crossed.
BUT if it doesn't, then try positive thinking positive affirmations etc. I know it sounds silly but it really does help. Get your Hubby/support person to tell you how well you are doing throughout your labour.
You CAN do this hun! ]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:11:24 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=625434&title=vbac-and-inducing#625434 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : Good luck, I hope something happens...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=624931&title=vbac-and-inducing#624931 Author: LeahandJoel
Subject: 24756
Posted: 28 February 2009 at 8:37am

Good luck, I hope something happens before Monday. At least at the end of it you will be holding your baby and it will be all over.

]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:37:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=624931&title=vbac-and-inducing#624931 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : Well if this baby doesn&#039;t...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=624895&title=vbac-and-inducing#624895 Author: pomikiwi
Subject: 24756
Posted: 28 February 2009 at 5:49am

Well if this baby doesn't some by sunday, i'll be induced on Monday monring :-(
Had a scan and the fluid is low so they don't want to leave it much longer!

Now i'm totally cr@pping myself, all the thought of having DD are coming flooding back

Edited by pomikiwi]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:49:09 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=624895&title=vbac-and-inducing#624895 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : LOL Pomikiwi, you should tell...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=622495&title=vbac-and-inducing#622495 Author: toniellis
Subject: 24756
Posted: 25 February 2009 at 11:54am

LOL Pomikiwi, you should tell your midwife about my birth then. 4.5 hours from FIRST pain until pushed out.... Nothing erratic about those labour pains at all they just hurt like a mofo until I got to the pushing stage & then ahhhhhh what a relief! Hahahaha ]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:54:20 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=622495&title=vbac-and-inducing#622495 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : Maybe if it gets that far down...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=622297&title=vbac-and-inducing#622297 Author: lilfatty
Subject: 24756
Posted: 25 February 2009 at 7:41am

Maybe if it gets that far down the track you can ask for a cs INSTEAD of being induced.]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:41:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=622297&title=vbac-and-inducing#622297 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : ^^ I so dont want to be induced,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=622220&title=vbac-and-inducing#622220 Author: pomikiwi
Subject: 24756
Posted: 24 February 2009 at 9:55pm

^^ I so dont want to be induced, and i'm willing to wait another week and hopefully baby will come on it's own before then!

It's funny the different things MW's say. Mine is totally against me taking pre-birth or 5W as she said it can cause erractic contractions which isn't good with having a previous section - so who knows, lol!
I've been taking EPO and raspberry leaf tea.

Sometimes I think it would be easier to to just have another section, but then i'm sure i'd regret not knowing if I could have a VBAC or not, so i'll give it a go even if it ends up being an inductio - i think, lol.
]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:55:37 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=622220&title=vbac-and-inducing#622220 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : Hi Pomikiwi, when I had Blaire...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=622164&title=vbac-and-inducing#622164 Author: toniellis
Subject: 24756
Posted: 24 February 2009 at 9:14pm

Hi Pomikiwi, when I had Blaire I very narrowly missed being induced via Foley's cathetar which I think someone described up the page somewhere (cathetar placed in cervix & blown up etc).
Just before I had my VBA2Cs the OB was VERY determined that if Bubs was overdue then I would be carefully induced & he was pretty bleak in saying that if that happened it was likely I would end up with a c-section.


SO! With that in mind I went down to see my midwife for a stretch & sweep. It didn't go well & she said I wasn't a very good candidate for the S & S so then she did a 1/2 hour session of acupuncture. She also gave me some pressure points to use.
I was also already using 5W, EPO & a homeopathy remedy called Pre-Birth. Midwife recommended another remedy for labour from the same range. I spent all weekend using everything to the maximum doses I was allowed plus some "help" from Hubby..... Went into labour & had Erika on my due date

I was very determined to NOT go overdue, but if I had gone over then I would have stalled my OB on the whole induction issue as everything I have read says that it should be avoided if possible as it is often a reason for c--section & also slightly increases risk of rupture. Best to have plenty of monitoring from your midwife & just let nature take its course with a little natural encouragement.
Best of luck with the VBAC & I really hope it all goes smoothly ]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:14:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=622164&title=vbac-and-inducing#622164 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : Thanks guys! Hope baby comes on...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621881&title=vbac-and-inducing#621881 Author: pomikiwi
Subject: 24756
Posted: 24 February 2009 at 5:01pm

Thanks guys! Hope baby comes on it's own! Still no signs though!]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:01:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621881&title=vbac-and-inducing#621881 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : funny what different doctors tell...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621825&title=vbac-and-inducing#621825 Author: Kazzle
Subject: 24756
Posted: 24 February 2009 at 4:19pm

funny what different doctors tell you, my specialist said if i need to be induced then i would be, and that i would be almost forced to have an epidural.

although given that ive already had failed induction, im not happy to go down that road again]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:19:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621825&title=vbac-and-inducing#621825 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : When I saw the OB at the hospital...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621808&title=vbac-and-inducing#621808 Author: LeahandJoel
Subject: 24756
Posted: 24 February 2009 at 4:01pm

When I saw the OB at the hospital before I had J, he said they would leave me to go 10 days over and only do  a natural induction, ie no gel only stretch and sweep. They said so long as everything was ok they wouldn't intervene. Didn't matter as he was 10 days early so didn't have to go through it.

Hope it goes ok for you.

]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:01:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621808&title=vbac-and-inducing#621808 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : pomikiwi this is my fear aswell!...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621538&title=vbac-and-inducing#621538 Author: Shezamumof3
Subject: 24756
Posted: 24 February 2009 at 11:51am

pomikiwi this is my fear aswell! I went 12 days over due with Caden before I went into labour. Then he wasnt born until 2 days later so yeah lol, hence the reason for my c/s.

Ive been told they wont induce you before a VBAC cos of the intense labour it can cause. I hope your baby arrives very soon for you and good luck for the VBAC.]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:51:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621538&title=vbac-and-inducing#621538 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : eww sounds nasty cuppatea, lol! They...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621317&title=vbac-and-inducing#621317 Author: pomikiwi
Subject: 24756
Posted: 24 February 2009 at 8:27am

eww sounds nasty cuppatea, lol!
They said they would do the gel once, but only very small dose. Then try and break my waters and give me some time to get going on my own if possible then onto the drip, aarrggh! Too much intervention for me. If it's going to end up like my first birth I'd rather just ceasar again, lol!]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:27:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621317&title=vbac-and-inducing#621317 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : They have a new induction method...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621208&title=vbac-and-inducing#621208 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 24756
Posted: 23 February 2009 at 9:51pm

They have a new induction method for VBAC's where they put a catheter in the cervix then blow it up to expand the cervix, they leave it in for either 12 or 24 hours (can't remember which). The idea is that once they take it out they can break the waters and labour will start. Was told it is 50% successful, I forgot to ask them what happens if nit successful and procedure is so new my mw didn't know much about it either.

Good luck, hope things start naturally for you.]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:51:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621208&title=vbac-and-inducing#621208 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : Hi, I didn&#039;t go overdue with...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621160&title=vbac-and-inducing#621160 Author: busymum
Subject: 24756
Posted: 23 February 2009 at 9:00pm

Hi, I didn't go overdue with my VBAC but it was pretty clear that they were going to leave me as long as possible so as to avoid the risks of induction. It almost seems like they would prefer to c/s you again than induce, given the risks to the scar etc! They were talking at one point about using gel on me, as the safest form of induction for VBAC - if necessary.

Hope you have a safe birth, either way ]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:00:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=621160&title=vbac-and-inducing#621160 <![CDATA[VBAC and inducing? : Obviously the more I go overdue...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=620911&title=vbac-and-inducing#620911 Author: pomikiwi
Subject: 24756
Posted: 23 February 2009 at 4:11pm

Obviously the more I go overdue the more likely I am to be induced again. I dont really want to be as intervention usually leads to another section which is what i'm trying to avoid again. Midwife did an internal this morning and my cervix is still firm, so doesn't look like baby will be arriving any time soon.
I obviously make to much of a good home for my bubbies, hehe!

So just wondered if anyone has had a succesful VBAC after being induced?

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:11:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24756&PID=620911&title=vbac-and-inducing#620911