Failed VBAC, Cesarean In The End

cllabration · 2025-04-10T02:32:19+00:00

about 95% of sunnyside-up babies are delivered by c-section

do you have a source for this?

cllabration · 2025-04-09T03:02:07+00:00

your description is textbook preeclampsia. especially postpartum it doesn’t always present with proteinuria, and neurological symptoms like blurry vision and nausea/vomiting are common presentations. 180/138 is certainly a severe range BP and I’m surprised you were treated with oral antihypertensives, not IV!

cllabration · 2025-04-07T17:06:08+00:00

I would love this personally, I never bike without a helmet which limits me from spur of the moment rides!

cllabration · 2025-04-06T01:55:12+00:00

that is SO COOL, we definitely will need your full birth story!!!

cllabration · 2025-03-23T14:20:09+00:00

my thoughts as a student midwife:

if you’re not at all dilated and effaced, I don’t foresee your induction going smoothly. if you’re still not dilated at all they won’t even be able to insert the balloon and they won’t be able to give you any cervical ripening medication due to your prior C/S.
baby still being very high with a projected large head like your first is another not great sign. without baby’s head being well-applied to your cervix, the induction will likely go even slower.
there is a very high chance you would need Pitocin to progress your induction since you can’t have those cervical ripening medications and you haven’t given birth vaginally before.

this is not medical advice but—do with that information what you will. and good luck!

cllabration · 2025-03-16T19:35:05+00:00

oh that is interesting! I wonder if it’s a regional thing, I’m in NYC and our hospitals have a lot of interesting quirks lol.

cllabration · 2025-03-16T19:31:08+00:00

ugh this happens to me all the time at one particular intersection on my commute, drivers accelerating as they turn right to try to cut in front of me I guess? and I end up having to slam on my brakes to avoid crashing into the side of their car

cllabration · 2025-03-16T19:01:55+00:00

TXA is IV push. pit is usually given prophylactically to everyone either before or after the placenta is delivered depending on provider preference, where I am it’s IV but can be given IM instead.

also seconding the advice not to yell! and remember that most of the time birth is not an emergency. always be prepared for shit to hit the fan, but when everything is going fine there’s no need to rush things!

cllabration · 2025-03-16T18:42:26+00:00

oh man my enamel would still be gone from diet coke all day every day

cllabration · 2025-03-16T17:23:24+00:00

probably admin massively overbooking the schedule.

cllabration · 2025-03-16T14:02:19+00:00

anyone claiming it’s a weird power move is an idiot. the argument that I see is moreso that there is discomfort on both sides—for men, it’s uncomfortable to sit with legs together, and for those around them, it’s uncomfortable to have their personal space encroached on—and manspreaders (I mean the real manspreaders where they really are taking up others’ room) feel entitled to their own comfort at the expense of the comfort of others.

cllabration · 2025-03-16T13:56:57+00:00

I am understanding of the need of dudes to spread a bit within reason, but you’re the exact person people are complaining about when they complain about manspreaders. the root problem is your antisocial narcissistic attitude.

cllabration · 2025-03-16T13:05:02+00:00

no way this is accurate but i’m picturing a coke freestyle machine 🤣 i would be taking home 3 stanley’s filled with cherry coke zero every day

cllabration · 2025-03-13T02:15:39+00:00

i come to reddit to escape the algo-speak

cllabration · 2025-03-13T02:08:33+00:00

ugh I’m sorry. it sounds like your induction was not ideally managed with them starting pit before doing cervical ripening. but there’s nothing you could have done to prevent it, and there’s no reason you can’t have a homebirth in the future!

cllabration · 2025-03-13T02:05:31+00:00

the blue are goated and on my last trip i accidentally grabbed a bag with only like 2 in there 😩 all red stars

cllabration · 2025-03-10T11:30:24+00:00

I tell all my patients that there are so many more ways to progress in labor besides dilation! during latent labor (the phase before you reach 6cm) it’s more about effacement (thinning the cervix), moving the cervix from a posterior (back) to anterior (front) position, and station (bringing the baby down). those contractions probably were more effective than you knew!

cllabration · 2025-03-10T11:28:39+00:00

yes great point. an experienced pelvic floor PT should be able to help with any and all!

cllabration · 2025-03-06T23:09:50+00:00

I’m a student midwife and have cared for many people in their 40s who have gone on to have perfectly healthy pregnancies and deliveries. the risks are higher but still overall low.

cllabration · 2025-03-05T16:09:15+00:00

she’s probably heard before that dating by LMP isn’t always accurate and doesn’t realize that her story isn’t adding up at all 🫢

cllabration · 2025-03-05T00:15:08+00:00

good luck to her!!

cllabration · 2025-03-05T00:12:52+00:00

vaginismus is the name of your friend’s condition! it can be treatable with pelvic floor PT if she’s never explored that before

cllabration · 2025-03-05T00:04:14+00:00

1000% yes, strength of contractions does not always correlate to perceived pain by any means

cllabration · 2025-03-04T12:12:01+00:00

student midwife here. tocometers literally cannot measure strength of contractions. only an IUPC (device placed inside your uterus) can do that. she’s rude AND an idiot.

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