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11-26-2012 at 2:17 PM
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VBAC when...

I had to have an unplanned csection, I really wanted to experience a vaginal birth. When is it safe to have a VBAC? I heard 7 years? I don't want a csection again, but I also don't want to further injure my body. Your info will really help.
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11-26-2012 at 2:25 PM
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My doctor/midwife team said I'd be able to VBAC for my next baby at my 6 week check up. They didn't give me a time frame but I have heard anywhere from 6 months to 2 years given as guidelines.  I'm pregnant again and hoping to VBAC when this one is due in late May. 

Good luck with whatever you decide! 


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11-26-2012 at 2:34 PM
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Oh really! Thank you! I was disappointed on how my LO came into the world it felt like I had no say so. It felt my dr was in a hurry to get him out. So I want to learn prepare my body on when it will be safe for a VBAC. I want to experience it so bad, so hopefully when my 2 LO is planned I can plan for that if my doc is on board with it, if not I may have to look for a new doc.

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11-26-2012 at 5:07 PM
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My OB prefers two years between deliveries if I plan to have a VBAC. It will be two years three months since my c/s with DD when this baby comes.



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11-26-2012 at 6:49 PM
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My OB wanted me to wait 6 months to get pregnant so that would be at least 15 months between deliveries.  However she said time frame really doesn't matter because most of the healing after a c-section occurs in the first 6 weeks.


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11-26-2012 at 7:26 PM
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I think ACOG says at least 18 months between c-section and VBAC. However, DD is a little over 2 and I'm trying for a VBAC. So I have no idea where the 7 years thing came from.

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11-26-2012 at 7:34 PM
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My mom had a VBAC in 1995 twelve months after a complicated c-section. She said it was the easiest delivery she had. I'm hoping for a VBAC after two c-sections!

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12-02-2012 at 10:35 AM
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jesselayne8:
My OB wanted me to wait 6 months to get pregnant so that would be at least 15 months between deliveries.  However she said time frame really doesn't matter because most of the healing after a c-section occurs in the first 6 weeks.

That is SO good to hear!! My babies will only be 13 months apart (it took us 9 years to get our miracle baby, and we're 40, so it was a huge surprise that I got pregnant again when LO was barely four months old) and I'm hoping I can do a VBAC. I had to have my c-section at just 29 weeks so I'm hoping that means (with smaller incision etc.) it was less traumatic on my body than a full-term c-section. We shall see... but I'm glad there's hope of at least trying for it. 


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