Honey Acharya wrote:
We had a women here recently who was having a VBAC (not breech) and had toI think you hit the nail on the head. It certainly seems to be all about being educated. The amoount of neogitation I've had to do with the hospital, and I haven't even gone into labour yet! They weren't going to let me in the birth centre for a start, because I'm technically epileptic (although my last seizure was a decade ago). I had to battle over that one, and am apparently the first epileptic woman to ever be 'allowed' into the birth centre.
negotiate what she wanted with the Hospital. They have policy of having
continuous monitoring and canula in the hand when you are "Trial of scar".
She said she was happy to have monitoring every hour but refused to be
strapped continously to it and the Ob made her sign a waiver saying that
they had discussed all the risks etc She had a wonderful VBAC but really had
to work to get what she wanted and to prepare herself for it.
Many women don't even realise they have a choice with alot of the care they
get. The women I meet here don't even consider having a vaginal breech birth
because the doctors just book them in for a c-section.
And I REALLY hate that word - 'ALLOWED' !!!
So - what instances are there that a C-section really *is* indicated for? I know that placenta praevia is one, and the case when the cord drops down into the birth canal (can't remember the technical term) is another. But there seems to be a lot of muttering about 'foetal distress' and I haven't had that adequately explained to me - or had it explained exactly what it means to the baby. There also seems to be a lot of sections due to 'failure to progress' and due to cephalic disproportion as well. Neither of the last two seem like good reasons to commit to major abdominal surgery to me though.
Am I missing the point and getting things wrong, or is it really a case of hospitals being too keen to slice and dice?
If anyone can answer these questions I'd be grateful, as I really want to have a natural birth if at all possible, and it helps if you know what the real situation is.
Honey
Leanne XXX
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