Can an epidural, limit your chances of performing a successful VBAC?
ByMy wife and I may be getting ready to have our third child and she wants to try to have it natural. We will go see a doctor that is willing to examine her and try to see if she can once she gets pregnant. Just wanted to know if anyone knows this based on experience of their own.
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January 27th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
I have learned that epidurals can dull the woman’s sense of pushing. She may not push as effectively as in a natural birth due to the loss of sensation. The extra pushing can lead to fatigue.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
Didnt have my own experience, but no it shouldnt. The only thing that matters about a VBAC is how the cesaran was done. They cut the uterus different ways to geth the baby out and the more they cut the riskier it is to have a VBAC
January 27th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
In some situations an epidural can help, if a mother is overly anxious about delivery and her labor as stalled as a result then having an epidural can help relax her enough to allow labor to resume. But for the most part, an epidural is not helpful. A mother with an epidural is confined tp bed, which can slow labor. Dr’s will then want to give pitocin, which is not advised for vbac as it can slightly increase the chance of uterine rupture. No to mention, if you are wanting a vbac you will want to keep your labor and delivery as intervention free as possible, as any little blip in the monitors will be seen as cause for a repeat c-section.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
My doc said that if I wanted to try VBAC that I HAD to have an epidural b/c if something went wrong I would already be numb for an emergency c-section. I talked to my doctor today about having a vbac (3rd pregnancy) and he pretty much talked me into having a 3rd c-section. He said vaginal births cause incontinence and can have sexual side effects and I was already bearing the scar of c-sections, why bare the scares of vaginal birth too? I know how she feels though. I wanted to have natural births more than anything. I felt like I wasn’t “woman” if i couldn’t give birth in a natural way.