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Making decisions about birth after caesareanArrow
Aged 40 and over
Interview 30  

Interview 30

Age at Interview: 40
Background: Personnel worker with one son aged two and a half. Husband is an IT consultant. Ethnic background: White British (English).
Brief outline:Wanted waterbirth with 1st child, went overdue. Induced at 42 weeks, did not dilate despite interventions. Baby delivered by emergency CS after heart rate dropped. Trusted medical team and feels no regrets, but hopes to have vaginal birth with 2nd child.


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She wanted to know how feasible it was for her to attempt vaginal birth and was relieved to learn that she would not be induced.

 



And what kind of information have you wanted this time?

…I've actually just wanted to know if I can have it naturally again if that's… well not again because I didn't have it the first time - but if I could try and have it naturally. Having a friend who… it's stayed in my mind, she had a caesarean the first time and then had it naturally the second and… I'm thinking I hope I can do that. But just… I just made- just really wanted them to tell me if that's feasible. Which it is, now. And just to go with the flow again, see what happens.

…I wasn't aware that they wouldn't induce me so that was very useful to have that information, they provided that voluntarily. You know… I thought I would go through that same process. To be honest I'm glad that's not the case really, I don't fancy lying on a bed for sixteen hours with a monitor on me if they get to the stage where they've broke the waters and nothing is happening, then you know that's it.

Does that reassure you more this time?

It does, it does, yeah. 
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