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1139665 tn?1382710950

Worried About Labour and Delivery after a VERY Difficult time last time.

Just a little history....

    I had my first baby (a girl) on May 13th, 2008. Pregnancy was pretty easy, delivery was another matter all together.  I had to be induced after going 8 days over, by that time had developed high blood pressure.  They induced me on a Sunday and Tuesday morning i was still in labour and only 3 or so cms dialated. Finally after deciding me and the baby had suffered enough they decided on a csection.  Baby was taken out and perfectly healthy. I was another story.  I had major bleeding. Didn't need a transfusion because i had a high blood count to start with but i lost alot of blood. They had a hard time getting the placenta out..what they told me was it was really stuck to my uterus (which come to find out is called placenta accreta).  They finally thought they had it all out and closed me up. A week later i ended up back in the hospital with heavy bleeding again. U/S was done and showed a small piece of placenta still attached to my uterus.  They gave me a shot that killed off the placenta and it passed about a week later.  No problems after that but i'm really worried about the delivery for my second child. I am now 16 weeks pregnant again and lately am getting extremely worried and anxious about it all happening again. My doctor wants me to try a vaginal birth but i really think i'm going to tell her i opt for a csection. My last baby was almost 10 lbs and i don't want to have to go through all that again. Anyway anyone have a similar experience with first but go on to deliver fine with next?  My doctor tells me it's not gauranteed that i'll have placenta accreta again but from all that i read in the internet it seems that once you have it once there's a huge chance of having it again. Can anyone help?
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Well good luck! Delivery is still a long way off so enjoy this time preparing for your brand new baby. Do whatever makes you feel better in this situation and hopefully you won't have the problems arise!!!
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1139665 tn?1382710950
Hi, thanks for your reply.  

   Yeah it really surprised me when she said she wanted to try VBAC...i thought for sure she'd automatically send me for a csection given my history.  I'd love to be able to give birth naturally but with everything that's happend last time i think i'll go with the better safe then sorry idea and just request a prebooked csection. That way if everything goes crazy again at least i'll be already in surgery and better prepared.  And it'll be a bonus if everything goes well because i'll get to hold my son/daughter so much more quicker.  Also due to the fact that my first was almost 10 lbs i'd probably feel better just having a csection.  

Thank again for your response
:)
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First I just want to say that every birth is different! If they know you might hemorrhage or have placental accreta then they know what to expect and will know how to handle it better this time around. They'll be on the ready. It is hard to not be anxious after having had a bad birth experience.

It's kind of cool your doctor wants you to try a VBAC as most doctors are adamantly against them. You could always try going that route and it's okay to change your mind and say you want a c-section instead at some point if you are really anxious.
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