Have you been told you can’t have a VBAC?
Many women who have C-sections feel that they would like having a VBAC, or vaginal birth after C-section. In many cases, this is possible, providing that the pregnancy following the C-section goes smoothly and the labor is going well.
Unfortunately, because of the ever increasing risk of being sued, many doctors don’t want to do VBACs and - some are more economically minded and prefer to know when they need to be around and they can time C-sections much more easily. For this reason, even without a medical reason for discouraging VBACs, some doctors are just refusing to do them.
I found this article at Midwifery Today, 50 Ways to Protest a VBAC Denial, which you may find interesting.
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Tags: c-section, pregnancy blog, Vaginal birth after cesarian section, VBACRelated Stories
POSTED IN: Labor & Delivery, Talking about your pregnancy
2 opinions for Have you been told you can’t have a VBAC?
Angela Hoy
Jul 17, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I have five children. The first three were normal vaginal deliveries. The fourth (ahem… 10 lbs. 4 oz) was a c-section. When I got pregnant with our fifth, our doctor said, “So, we’ll schedule you for a c-section in late June…”
I said, “What?!”
I’d known about the VBAC controversy for years but I never thought my doctor would refuse to allow one!
I ended up firing him and hiring a doctor in the next town (45 minutes away).
Seems the doc AND the hospital here don’t allow VBACs. Well, why should they? They make WAY more money on c-sections than they do on hospital births!
I’m happy to say Mason was born vaginally with no VBAC complications whatever…and no drugs, either! :)
Angela Hoy
Author, DON’T CUT ME AGAIN! True Stories About Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)
Angela Hoy
Jul 17, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Sorry. Meant to type vaginal births, not hospital births.
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