You've had one or more cesareans and you're looking ahead to your next birth. "Once a cesarean, always a cesarean" is no longer the rule, and for reasons that are uniquely yours, you want to have a vaginal birth this time. Good for you! You are about to join the growing number of women who have planned for a vaginal birth after a cesarean (VBAC).
Many women want to have a VBAC because of the feeling that they missed out on an important life experience when they had a cesarean(just like me). They want to feel a baby move through and out of their bodies and into their arms. Other women and medical professionals know that labor is important for the newborn's adjustment to life outside mother. They also know that vaginal births are safer for mothers and infants than planned cesareans. Still others want a faster recovery from their births and to go home much sooner than when they had a cesarean. They want to mother and nurture their infants (and other children) without the restrictions that accompany surgical delivery. They want to avoid surgery and its risks and complications.
**when I Gave birth I hAd a Cesarean b'coz of Cephalopelvic disproportion(CPD)"too big baby for my too small peLvis**
Why are there so many cesareans?
Researchers have listed many reasons for the high number of cesarean sections. These include a difficult or long labor, fetal distress, a breech presentation (when the baby is not arriving head first), placental problems, and other conditions in the mother such as toxemia, diabetes and severe bleeding, a greater use of technology such as electronic fetal monitoring and one or more previous cesareans. Some reasons are valid; others are not necessarily beneficial for the mother or the baby.
Major complications such as death following a cesarean are rare. Others such as infections are more common. When a cesarean is a possibility, you need to know about these risks. You should also find out about the possibility of even suspected long-term risks such as infertility due to scar tissue. At the very least, recovery from a cesarean section takes longer since mothers are usually in more pain and more tired afterward. Mothers also need more support physically and emotionally than those who give birth vaginally.
But a cesarean can prevent the pain of labor and birth.
That's an interesting thought, but cesarean mothers usually have much more pain after their babies are born. After all, a cesarean is major surgery where several layers of body tissue are cut open and then repaired. This certainly makes it difficult to move, walk, urinate, and to hold and feed a newborn for at least several days or even weeks afterward. Mothers often need much medication to cope with the constant pain following a cesarean. Gas pains, which can be severe, and a sensation of one's insides failing out are also quite common. Other discomforts include an itching or oozing at the incision area and a general feeling of exhaustion.
