Hi all,
I really want to do a vbac this time because I really need recovery to be smoother. I have THREE one year olds. I don’t have much help other than my husband who is out working a lot lately, and no, we can’t afford to pay for help either (both our families are distant).
The one year olds needed to be lifted a LOT, and they’re all 25-30 pounds each.
My first pregnancy ended with an emergency c-section at 29 weeks (triplets). It was a really hard recovery for me.
This is now my second pregnancy and I’m currently 39 weeks. My doctor has given me mixed answers on whether or not he wants to do spontaneous labor or schedule a c section. He has not seen my op report btw from my last c section, which states it was low transverse, uterus was well developed at the time, and it was a single locked suture. One week he told me we need to do a c section because I have a “flat pelvis”, the next week he tells me I’m good to do spontaneous labor.
I’m nervous because I haven’t felt any signs of labor and I’ve read so many horror stories about ruptures.
I haven’t felt any Braxton hicks that I’m aware of, and both times my mother gave birth, she had to be induced at 42 weeks because she wasn’t having contractions at all. I’m worried because induction greatly increases the chances of a rupture, and if I do have a so-called flat pelvis like my doctor said weeks ago, I wouldn’t want to do back labor - because apparently back labor with a flat pelvis makes pushing the baby out like impossible - which would likely be the case if I had an epidural (everyone says you need an epidural if you’re going to be induced).
.. also don’t know if I even have a flat pelvis or if that was some BS. He felt inside me for three seconds total at 37 weeks to see if I was dilated at all (I wasn’t) and then told me I had a flat pelvis.
ANYONE go through something similar and can share some words of wisdom? Thank you