Re: [ozmidwifery] australian story

[Marilyn Kleidon]

Wasn't the first birth an emergency c/s? I got the feeling she thought the baby was alive and well before labour started and then the baby pased mec, the emergency c/s and the MAS. I think there was a lot of fear involved and I think at least in the Women's Weekly story the mum acknowledged that. I too was disappointed that she opted for a ceasarean birth, but I have never had to face her situation. Many, many issues which may or may not ever be faced.   I worked with an amazing woman in the USA who had a very empowering homebirth vbac with her second daughter after a stillbirth due to ascending E.coli infection with her first. Her first birth had been an intended homebirth that was transfered to the hospital for prolonged labour after prolonged rupture of membranes and mec liquor. The mum and babe were monitored with ctg upon admission and a satisfactory trace was obtained. The cesarean was finally done for so-called FTP but not fetal distress, the baby was moribund when born, though they did try to resuscitate her. Apparently the whole theatre staff were crying, as they had all expected a live baby. This birth had happened in a small rural hospital in another state, so everyone new each other it was very traumatic. The mom had not dilated past 3cm during this birth. So, with her second birth we decided that if we had to do a VE no matter what it would never be 3cm. This mom worked so hard on processing all through her pregnancy and before and afterwards, on many levels too psychological, spiritual, physical. When she did go into labour, she galloped along so that when I got there and she requested a VE there was no lying about her 6cm and 2 hours later she had a lovely 9.5 lb baby girl crying in her arms. Mom had been certain she was having a boy, and was just overjoyed and overwhelmed with her daughter.   Just my thoughts. marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Grant and Louise To: Ozmidwifery Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 5:05 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] australian story Vanessa's first birth was a C/section too. Was that safe?   LOUISE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________   IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here