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<blockquote data-quote="fett527" data-source="post: 2167677" data-attributes="member: 5458">What's the title?&nbsp; We'll want as much info as possible.&nbsp; The problem my wife has is she's freaked about even having a 1% chance that something could go wrong.&nbsp; What did they do (if anything) to determine that she was a good candidate for a VBAC?For our emergency C-section experience &quot;not pleasant&quot; is an understatement.&nbsp; We went to the hospital aobut 3:00 AM after speaking with the doctor as the contractions were the correct timing.&nbsp; We went in and they ran all the tests and such and monitored her.&nbsp; They finally determined that she had not progressed and was in false labor-&nbsp; mind the contractions never decreased in intensity or time nor did the doctor actually come to the hospital to examine her (this was an on-call doc and not her regular OB-GYN).&nbsp; She did not want to go home (about 7:00 AM), but did so under advice from the doctor.&nbsp; We spent the next six hours or so in misery as her contractions never changed (took a bath, used the birthing ball, walked around, drank water).&nbsp; She called the doctor and we went back in.&nbsp; As soon as they start to check her everything starts to go wrong- the baby's heartrate has skyrocketed, they break her water and it is BLACK.&nbsp; I started to reallly worry at that point, also when the nurse said &quot;I'm getting worried about your baby&quot;.&nbsp; We wheeled into surgery/delivery, my son is born.&nbsp; He spent the next two weeks in NICU.&nbsp; The hardest part was leaving the hospital without him.&nbsp; They felt the complications were due to her being positive for Group B strep and he aspirated the meconium.&nbsp; With this type of experience we'll probably err on the side of caution fro the next delivery, but we need to know the options.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fett527, post: 2167677, member: 5458"] What's the title? We'll want as much info as possible. The problem my wife has is she's freaked about even having a 1% chance that something could go wrong. What did they do (if anything) to determine that she was a good candidate for a VBAC? For our emergency C-section experience "not pleasant" is an understatement. We went to the hospital aobut 3:00 AM after speaking with the doctor as the contractions were the correct timing. We went in and they ran all the tests and such and monitored her. They finally determined that she had not progressed and was in false labor- mind the contractions never decreased in intensity or time nor did the doctor actually come to the hospital to examine her (this was an on-call doc and not her regular OB-GYN). She did not want to go home (about 7:00 AM), but did so under advice from the doctor. We spent the next six hours or so in misery as her contractions never changed (took a bath, used the birthing ball, walked around, drank water). She called the doctor and we went back in. As soon as they start to check her everything starts to go wrong- the baby's heartrate has skyrocketed, they break her water and it is [B]BLACK[/B]. I started to reallly worry at that point, also when the nurse said "I'm getting worried about your baby". We wheeled into surgery/delivery, my son is born. He spent the next two weeks in NICU. The hardest part was leaving the hospital without him. They felt the complications were due to her being positive for Group B strep and he aspirated the meconium. With this type of experience we'll probably err on the side of caution fro the next delivery, but we need to know the options. [/QUOTE]

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