Family Centered Cesarean

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  • CTRedSoxMom
  on Jul. 4, 2009 at 10:41 AM

• Is there a reason why the risks would be greater for you?  (Just wondering)
  

  Quoting Kaelaasmom:
  
  

  If I were to ever have another child, I would definitely have another C-section. To me, the risks of VBAC (for me) are too great for me to even consider. 

  
  

  Danielle
  ICAN supporter, Cesarean Mother, Natural Birth Advocate, Breastfeeding, Attachment Parenting, Baby wearing, Selectively Vaccinating, Pro Choice, Gay Marriage Supporting, Doula, Aspiring Midwife, Blogging, Loud Mouth, Bitch, Democrat, Stay At Home Mom, Reformed Mormon, Chiropractic Care for Children Supporting, VBAC Supporting, Home Birth Supporting, Radical Mother of Two amazing little boys.
  Camden Kent and Benjamin Emil
  

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  • WildKat
  on Jul. 4, 2009 at 10:41 AM

• I guess that's a great silver lining - but it still burns me up that it's the bean-counters, not the doctors, that are pushing that change.  Have you read "Babycatcher - Chronicles of a Modern Midwife" yet?

  Peace,

  Kat
  

  Quoting CTRedSoxMom:
  
  

  I agree. I had to FIGHT tooth and nail to be able to attempt a VBAC. I had to lie to the on call OB/GYN at the hospital, as did my midwife once I was finally in labor also.

  Thankfully the insurance companies are starting to get on to the link between c-sections before "due dates" and the high admission of those infants to NICU's so they are starting to cover VBAC and will not cover c-sections before 39 weeks gestation unless there is a serious medical problem (not elective).

  I really believe that the tides are changing, and hopefully VBAC will go back to what it was in the early 90's.
  

  Quoting WildKat:
  
  

  I think it's truly sad how the medical industry is taking this process away from us mainly because of costs and litigation risks.  Birth should be handled with a case-by-case basis and not with rules like "no VBACs allowed". 

  Peace,

  Kat

  
  

  
  

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  • CTRedSoxMom
  on Jul. 4, 2009 at 10:42 AM

• No, I haven't read the book, but I do read her blog.  I am still trying to get through a book I picked up right after I had the baby (6 weeks ago) LOL
  

  Quoting WildKat:
  
  

  I guess that's a great silver lining - but it still burns me up that it's the bean-counters, not the doctors, that are pushing that change.  Have you read "Babycatcher - Chronicles of a Modern Midwife" yet?

  Peace,

  Kat

  Danielle
  ICAN supporter, Cesarean Mother, Natural Birth Advocate, Breastfeeding, Attachment Parenting, Baby wearing, Selectively Vaccinating, Pro Choice, Gay Marriage Supporting, Doula, Aspiring Midwife, Blogging, Loud Mouth, Bitch, Democrat, Stay At Home Mom, Reformed Mormon, Chiropractic Care for Children Supporting, VBAC Supporting, Home Birth Supporting, Radical Mother of Two amazing little boys.
  Camden Kent and Benjamin Emil
  

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  • WildKat
  on Jul. 4, 2009 at 10:45 AM

• She has a blog?  I'll have to google that!  I had no idea!  Thankyou for mentioning it!  And congrats on the baby!
  

  Quoting CTRedSoxMom:
  
  

  No, I haven't read the book, but I do read her blog.  I am still trying to get through a book I picked up right after I had the baby (6 weeks ago) LOL
  

  Quoting WildKat:
  
  

  I guess that's a great silver lining - but it still burns me up that it's the bean-counters, not the doctors, that are pushing that change.  Have you read "Babycatcher - Chronicles of a Modern Midwife" yet?

  Peace,

  Kat

  
  

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  • CTRedSoxMom
  on Jul. 4, 2009 at 10:46 AM

• http://babycatching.blogspot.com/

  Thanks  :)

  I cant believe tomorrow he will be 7 weeks old already!
  

  Quoting WildKat:
  
  

  She has a blog?  I'll have to google that!  I had no idea!  Thankyou for mentioning it!  And congrats on the baby!

  Danielle
  ICAN supporter, Cesarean Mother, Natural Birth Advocate, Breastfeeding, Attachment Parenting, Baby wearing, Selectively Vaccinating, Pro Choice, Gay Marriage Supporting, Doula, Aspiring Midwife, Blogging, Loud Mouth, Bitch, Democrat, Stay At Home Mom, Reformed Mormon, Chiropractic Care for Children Supporting, VBAC Supporting, Home Birth Supporting, Radical Mother of Two amazing little boys.
  Camden Kent and Benjamin Emil
  

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  • Kaelaasmom
  on Jul. 4, 2009 at 10:46 AM

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  Quoting CTRedSoxMom:
  
  

  Is there a reason why the risks would be greater for you?  (Just wondering)
  

  Quoting Kaelaasmom:
  
  

  If I were to ever have another child, I would definitely have another C-section. To me, the risks of VBAC (for me) are too great for me to even consider. 

  
  

  Yes. My daughter was 10 days late, and I never dilated. Not one centimeter. They induced me and I still wouldn't dilate, so I had the C-section. It turns out that this some sort of genetic issue that my mother also has, which caused her to have 4 C-sections. I also have group B strep, so C-section is safer for the baby than vaginal birth.
  

  
  

  
  

  I am a non-ERF, can't wait to drop the booster, breast-fed til 6 weeks, Nestle formula using, pro-choice, Independent, open-minded, gay marriage supporting, CIO, NON-AP, former Marine mom to the only perfect child on Earth. Don't tell me how to raise my kid, and I won't tell you what's wrong with yours!

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  • SitaStJames
  on Jul. 4, 2009 at 10:53 AM

• what I have always been told by my last OB doctor was that the reason why if you have one C-Section its better to have another c-section unless its been 7 years between your first born and then your second born. Its because of the possibility of your uterus being weakened from the C-Section. Not sure how true that is but thats what I was told by an OB doctor. Although my three pregnancies were vaginal deliveries I asked about the c-section just in case anything went wrong where I would need one.

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  • CTRedSoxMom
  on Jul. 4, 2009 at 10:55 AM

• Thank you, I am always interested in learning more outcomes and situations around birth.
  

  Quoting Kaelaasmom:
  
  

  Yes. My daughter was 10 days late, and I never dilated. Not one centimeter. They induced me and I still wouldn't dilate, so I had the C-section. It turns out that this some sort of genetic issue that my mother also has, which caused her to have 4 C-sections. I also have group B strep, so C-section is safer for the baby than vaginal birth.
  

  
  

  Danielle
  ICAN supporter, Cesarean Mother, Natural Birth Advocate, Breastfeeding, Attachment Parenting, Baby wearing, Selectively Vaccinating, Pro Choice, Gay Marriage Supporting, Doula, Aspiring Midwife, Blogging, Loud Mouth, Bitch, Democrat, Stay At Home Mom, Reformed Mormon, Chiropractic Care for Children Supporting, VBAC Supporting, Home Birth Supporting, Radical Mother of Two amazing little boys.
  Camden Kent and Benjamin Emil
  

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  • CTRedSoxMom
  on Jul. 4, 2009 at 10:56 AM

• It is sad that there are OB/GYN's out there passing this information along. In low risk, healthy women, VBAC is much safer for mom, and baby than a repeat cesarean, even with the risk of uterine rupture.
  A woman's uterus can rupture ANY time during pregnancy once they have had a cesarean, even during a c-section, not just while trying to VBAC.
  

  Quoting SitaStJames:
  
  

  what I have always been told by my last OB doctor was that the reason why if you have one C-Section its better to have another c-section unless its been 7 years between your first born and then your second born. Its because of the possibility of your uterus being weakened from the C-Section. Not sure how true that is but thats what I was told by an OB doctor. Although my three pregnancies were vaginal deliveries I asked about the c-section just in case anything went wrong where I would need one.

  
  

  Danielle
  ICAN supporter, Cesarean Mother, Natural Birth Advocate, Breastfeeding, Attachment Parenting, Baby wearing, Selectively Vaccinating, Pro Choice, Gay Marriage Supporting, Doula, Aspiring Midwife, Blogging, Loud Mouth, Bitch, Democrat, Stay At Home Mom, Reformed Mormon, Chiropractic Care for Children Supporting, VBAC Supporting, Home Birth Supporting, Radical Mother of Two amazing little boys.
  Camden Kent and Benjamin Emil
  

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  • mommyoftwo103
  on Jul. 4, 2009 at 11:04 AM

• Me too.
  

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  If I were to ever have another child, I would definitely have another C-section. To me, the risks of VBAC (for me) are too great for me to even consider. 

  
  

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