VBAC questions

[ella]

I know they will proceed to a section much quicker than with a first labour, but is it only pushing they will limit or will they only let you have contractions for so long too, just wondering because I never got to push with my son because he was at a funny angle and got stuck although I did dilate normally.

My hospital is giving me the choice of section at 39 weeks or trial of normal delivery including going 10 days over and induction - I think this is weird, would they not be better to induce me at 38 or 39 weeks and then Id have a better chance of normal delivery because the baby would not be as big and less likely to get stuck??

It is such a hard decision to make

 

[purplebluered]

I'd be interested to know the answer to your questions too, I had a section cos Isaac got stuck but I did dilate normally.

I do know that inducing early is more likely to result in a section, I think that's because your body isn't ready for it. Induction generally carries a higher risk of resulting in a section anyway.

I'd be tempted to go for a trial of natural labour, my worst fear is going through a 24 hour labour again and being totally exhausted by the time they did the section at least this time they wouldn't take their time over it. They wouldn't limit pushing or let you have contractions for so long I'd have thought - I think it's more - at the first sign of trouble they do a section, rather than like with me, they left it and left it and left it...to see if I could do it all naturally