Dear Judy, Fantastic. It is amazing how the woman and baby proved the Obs wrong despite the attempts to frighten the woman and encourage her to chose a cs when she has already proven that she can do it without having ruptured her uterus with baby no.2. Interestingly enough, I remember a woman was recently told by the Ob that she needed to stay in hospital in early labour for 2nd VBAC because the risk of uterine rupture increased if you already had a VBAC. I haven't read that in any of the research I have done on VBAC! Another Obs decided a woman attempting her first VBAC wasn't in labour despite SROM and 3minutely strong, regular & painful contractions. The next day the same Obs had great delight in telling me he took my client for a cs. He thought seeing she had had a previous cs that this was the woman he took to theatre for a cs! I more than happily told him that my client had successfully achieved a VBAC! Trust, faith, patience, suppport, encouragement and accurate balanced information is essential. kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Chapman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 9:43 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Successful VBAC
> We were all so happy at work this morning. Woman having third baby and at term. First CS for breech, second SVB. OB in tertiary hospital telling her that she should not be seeing midwives "They can't fix up the ruptured uterus can they?" > > She an intelligent professional but very unsure, pulled both ways. Booked in for ARM and probable CS later for the next day (today). Heaps of talking with her midwife who ended up telling her that we would not be telling her about stuff that we did not think was safe as we also have our reputation to think of. Strip and stretch offered and accepted. > > Later in the day, rapid labour (how sad, too fast to get to the tertiary hospital an hours drive away) and an SVB in all fours on the floor. Today walking on air. > > Would love to have seen his face when he got told what had happened. > > Cheers > > Judy > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > ninemsn Premium transforms your e-mail with colours, photos and animated text. Upgrade now! -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
