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n/a on 7/25/2007 3:35:14 PM |
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RE: Cervical tear VBAC |
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Let me just add my personal experience. I had a cervical tear in my c/s birth----I don't know when I actually "got" it, but it was in my surgical report that the doc sewed me up. He had used the vacuum, so maybe there? Also, I pushed for 2 1/2 hours, so I don't know.
Two doctors risked me out of vbac for the cervical tear and my big baby (9lbs 10 oz--not huge). They said the cervical tear would cause scar tissue and that my cervix would have trouble dilating.
The doc I went w/, told me my chances of having a stenotic cervix were about 1 in 200. IF it did happen, he indicated he would massage the scar tissue and then the cervix would return to normal working order. He said it might hurt, and a friend actually had this happen to her after a LEEP procedure (not a vbac). The doc gave her an epidural and then massaged it out and vb no problem. My doc said it was no big deal and highly unlikely as well.
I vbac'd just fine! |
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