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Old August 21st 05, 04:42 PM
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"chris" wrote in message
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Has anyone been induced in a second pregnancy after having a c-section
the firsttime around? It's been 3 1/2 years since my c-section but my
doctor will not induce me for fear of the scar rupturing and creating
an emergency c-section. Now she will let me go a normal vaginal birth
but just will not induce me.


I'm a VBAC for DS#2 and DD. DS#1 was an emergency section for a footling
breech, and the other 2 deliveries went without any incidents. I was
actually asking pretty much the same question you asked only a couple weeks
ago. I had my section 5 and a half years ago, had my first VBAC 4 and a
half years ago and this VBAC was just about 2 and a half weeks ago.
My doctor said she would not induce me for fear of rupture, and she said if
I didn't go in to the hospital on my own first, she would book me in and
schedule a c-section for when she got back into the hospital (I believe it
was something like 10-14 days after EDD) Thankfully I went in on my own, and
IME, I found it to be a lot easier to wait for labor to start than to have
another c-section or to risk a major problem - like if I was to face a
rupture and need yet another emergency c-section.
I was kind of put off because it was over 5 years since the section and over
4 years since my first VBAC, but I guess the risks are still there, and the
risks are still pretty unfavorable.
I was told the difference was that when induced, labor and contractions are
often more intense and almost forced to happen, but if labor starts on its
own, it tends to start off lighter and easier before it works its way up to
full blown labor - or something to that extent... lol