Do you have to try for VBAC?

I had my first bubs via c-section as she was breech, it was only discovered whilst I was in labour so was an emergency c-section. I'm now pregnant with baby 2, is it automatically taken for granted to try for VBAC? It will be 17 months after my DD was born.

You will get referred to the hospital and some where between 30-36 weeks they will see you to talk through your options and what they recommend which is normally quite dependent on what happened for you to a c/s. Christchurch womens are quite pro VBAC but if you don't want to they will just book you in for an elective, they aren't pushy about it, just more supportive of women that do want to than some other hospitals. Their are risks to both so the decision is up to you. If you do decide to do a VBAC then everything is more monitored etc than with a VB, your mw can run through all that with you though and they go through it at the appointment as well.

My first birth was an elective for breech and I had a VBAC with my second, a few weeks ago I had my appointment to talk through this one and was given the option of booking for an elective if I wanted to even though I've had a VBAC, this was at Christchurch womens.

Phew that's a relief, thank you ladies. I haven't decided, but didn't want to feel pressured one way or another.

Ooh Sheza how do you find 14 months as an age gap as that is what mine is going to be!

I am in the same boat as you Vixgirl, i can't decide what to do, VBAC or elective cs.........

It also depends on why you had an emergency cs. If they think that you should be able to birth naturally they usually prefer you to try a vbac.

If you decide that you would def want a elective, you may be best to go with an ob so there is no "fighting" the system.

I had an emergency c section first time around, 2nd time I was expecting a bubba on the 95 percentile and I'm little ... so my doc was suggesting it would be better to go for an elective, at my appt at hospital they were open to me trying for vbac if I liked but I would have a very limited time to try ... they were also happy for me to follow my doc's advice and go for elective ... then she felt my tum (and the size of the bub) and said she completely agreed the elective was the best option! I took their advice.

As it turned out the surgeon said there was no way in h*ll that baby was getting out the other way with my bone structure and the size of her! So I was very pleased not to end up with another emergency c, as the elective was far nicer!

So anyway - what I'm trying to say is I found they were quite happy with me following my LMCs advice of an elective, but would also have been OK with me trying for VBAC if I really pushed for it (within reason).