Looking into Having a VBAC
Hello everyone! I am so sorry, I know I have been neglecting my blog lately. There are a few things going on over here which have left me with very little time to myself let alone anytime at all to blog.
I am trying to think of a way of getting Wizdom's portfolio together for evaluation. I have received a lot of help from our dear sisters at the Homeschool Lounge. I think I have enough and being that the evaluation is being done by another homeschool mom I feel a little more comfortable.
The big thing going on is the fact that I am going for a VBAC. I had all three of my dc by C-Section. My first was when I was 18 and the reason was because I did not dialate (not sure of spelling). When I had my second I was not comfortable at all. I was in a lot of pain and no one was helping me with the breathing or anything. My family and the nurses were engaged in a shouting match not paying much attention to me. My family wanted them to do another C-Section as they believe once a C-Sect always a C-Sect (I believed it too). The nurses on the other hand were trying to explain to my family that this was not so and insisted I have a natural birth. Well my family won. My third baby was scheduled as soon as we found out I was pregnant.
With all three of my births I have always felt like I left something behind in the hospital. Always an incomplete feeling. I was letting my feelings about this out for the first time on the Homeschool Lounge, when another mother advised me that the nurses were right and my family was wrong. She explained VBAC to me while another mother referred me to ICAN (a website all about VBACs). I have also checked out some materials from my local library to help educate myself on the subject. My dh and I are so excited to state the least! After so much prayer, could the Lord really be answering my prayers? Don't get me wrong if the Lord is still answering "NO", I will also be prepared for that, but well educated. Knowing my rights as a mother and a person. This time I can actually go through the labor in a more productive and meaningfull way. I've found out that going through the labor, even if you end up having another C-Sect, is good for the baby's health and also for the mother's health and mental state. Maybe this is the reason my ds has so many breathing problems? Who knows? The Lord made Labor for a reason as everything else in this earth and up above.
Anyhoo, this is the reason I have been lost for so long. I have been spending a lot of time learning from the mothers at the Homeschool Lounge, while at the same time reading and studying as much as possible about VBAC so that I am well prepared for the journey the Lord has placed in front of me.
Blessings to everyone and please keep us in your prayers!
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