I had my appointment with the new ob doctor in
Yuba City on Wednesday to discuss doing a
VBAC. We were very
surprised about what we found out. A lot of previous information we had collected about
VBAC's was incorrect. Bryce & I still have not made a final decision yet on what we are going to do, we have a lot of talking with each other still left to do but I will let everyone know as soon as a decision has been reached.
Here are some things that we had previously been
miss-informed about. While researching
VBAC's and speaking to tons of different people we were told that for a
VBAC you had to have an epidural, that you had to have constant monitoring, so that meant no getting up and showering or walking during labor. We had also been told that if it came to needing to be induced to start labor or to speed things up that inducing would not be done on
VBAC patients. We had also been told that if the baby turned again like David did that the doctors would not make an attempt to turn him, they would just go ahead with another c-section. The other reason
VBAC's aren't done in Northern California was because the hospitals up here don't have the operating staff and
anesthesiologist in house at all times. One other thing we were told is that the stay in the
hospital after a
VBAC is 3 days.
After Wednesdays appointment we found out that everything was different,
at least for this particular doctor. This doctor does not offer epidurals at all, it's mostly because of the
anesthesiologists. They are worried that with an epidural they would miss any complications that could
arise. - Good thing for me I didn't want an epidural anyway! I would have to be monitored every 15 minutes but in between monitoring I could get up and walk around and shower to help ease labor pains. This doctor does not have a problem inducing labor as long as I am
at least 38 to 40 weeks pregnant or if I just need a boost to get labor progressing. I would have to have an IV just to make sure I don't get dehydrated. Since there is no epidural available they do offer pain medication through your IV if wanted or needed. As of right now I personally don't want pain medication but there would be some available if necessary. This doctor also said that if the baby should turn butt down (frank breech) like David did, he would make every attempt to turn him and if possible do everything he can to let me deliver naturally. Otherwise it would have to go to a c-section. The hospital I would be at (Fremont Medical Center) does not have the operating staff and
anesthesiologist on hand at all times, but they are still allowed to
VBAC's. Bryce would be able to stay with the baby and I at the hospital. Our stay would only have to be overnight if everything went well with delivery.
Since we are having a boy we want to get him circumcised, this doctor will do the circumcision for $150.00 (which is a great price! we paid $275.00 for David) He could do it in the hospital but there would be additional hospital fees, so if we can work it he will have us come over to his office right after we get discharged from the hospital and do the circumcision before we head back to Red Bluff.
We have a lot to think about and will be deciding soon I promise...
We do have to raise
at least $150.00 for the circumcision so please if you can or want to guess the
baby's due date, please get in on the baby pool! It's $5.00 a guess... All the information is posted on this blog with a view of the actual calendars. Please check it out and contact me if you're interested.
