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Interview 02

Interview 02

Age at Interview: 41
Background: Married civil servant with a twenty-two month old son. Husband is an engineer. Ethnic background: White British (English).

Brief outline:Laboured to 8cm dilation with 1st child. Cord wrapped round baby's neck, had emergency CS under general anaesthetic. Chose VBAC for next birth because of quicker recovery. 2nd child born in 2½ hours, though had to have epidural afterwards to remove placenta.

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She thinks in reaching a decision it is important to understand why the previous caesarean was necessary.
Print If you were to give a message to other women facing this decision, what would you say to them? Well I think, understand what your complications were before, why you had to go to caesarean, and I think ultimately that will define as to whether you can try natural for your second birth.

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