VBAC roll call? (for ease of lurking LOL)

Congrats Emmi, what a great vbac story... I'm 6 weeks away now eeeekkkk

Exciting Vix!! I am actually jealous you get to have a baby soon! How are you feeling?

Yep, I actually thought I was having one, still cant believe I birthed her!! And didnt even need forceps or anything either in the end!

Weird about your letter! Did your MW say she was going to refer you? Cos you shouldnt be seeeing the OB unless your MW put in a referral? Do you know who your booked in to see? (just cos Im curious )

I think he did my c section? I recognise his name.
Weird that she says they didnt refer you.. Will she go with you?
Hehehe interesting it could be!! I have to admit both OB appointments I ended up having were way tamer than I thought they were going to be.. not that I really questioned much till the 2nd one (which was when I saw the OB the day I was ment to be induced)

they really didnt give you much warning did they? (just realised the date!)
and dont let them scare or bully you

Amy good luck with the OB appt, let us know how you go

It's kind of like, with waters intact, bub is contained in a big balloon of fluid and even though the contractions put pressure on the balloon, bub can still *swim* around inside it. So if it's in a less-than-ideal position, it has the space to manoeuvre into a better position. With my second DD, she was posterior for most of labour, but because my waters were intact, neither my MW or I were particularly worried - although it did hurt to have such a long transition as we waited for bub to turn around. The relief when she did was awesome! My waters with her broke on my first push, they'd done their job.

With my first DD, my waters ruptured first of all, and although it was a hind leak, I lost most of the fluid in early labour. DD1 had her head on a less than ideal angle and so she didn't impact the cervix the way she should have and the contractions never really got co-ordinated. You can imagine being in a deflated balloon would be a lot harder for her to reposition herself as the balloon would be all clingy and squashy against her. Pretty much whatever position she was in when the waters went, that's how she was stuck.

Hopefully that balloon analogy makes sense?

The other bonus for me was that cos waters broke once I was pushing, they had moderate meconium in but a transfer was out of the question at that point cos bub was well on her way. She was born 11 minutes later anyway, so no time to worry about it either!

Thanks ladies,  I was aware of the fluid making it easier for bubs to move etc I just wasn't sure if there was another reason and especially in trying for a vbac. My waters breaking was my first sign of labour for me with DD and yes it was pretty much all go from there...

I'll have a look at the info on AROM its not something I've read up on so will do that...

 

Saw the OB this morning, plus a final year medical student who was smoking HOT!!! Didn't really want to show him my gross belly Mmmm made my morning.

The OB was so rough when feeling my tummy - I am really really sore now! He took ages to decide what position bubs is in (apparently I have very good uterine tone which makes it hard to tell which parts of bubs are where - explains a bit). Thank goodness I'm having a scan tomorrow to double check she is head down. The OB said nothing unexpected - lots of stats on uterine scar ruptures. I asked him how many he'd seen... apparently he'd 'heard' of 2.... He wanted me to book an elective at 10 days OD but I said I won't have one before 14 days which he was fine with. I can't believe they say that you can't eat in labour... will be ignoring that one! So all in all, we are ready to rock and roll - come on baby!

Scan shows bubs is head down!! Yay!! Estimated at 6lb 8oz so just under average, but fluid is getting low... not sure how much of an issue that is.

I hope you're right and I don't get to 42 weeks Em - I'm guessing she'll be here on he 31st (5 days overdue)