Planned C-Section for Breech and VBAC: One Mom’s Journey

Kacey has skilled a variety of births together with a deliberate C-section for a Breech presentation and three VBACs, 1 medicated and a pair of unmedicated. 

Kacey’s first being pregnant was easy and uneventful up till the 32 week mark once they found that her son was within the breech place. The subsequent 7 weeks had been spent researching at-home methods to encourage a breech child to flip in addition to conversations along with her husband and physician to weigh their choices on supply. Her and her husband lastly settled on a deliberate C-section as the best choice ahead for them with the expectation that any future births would have the ability to be born vaginally if in a greater presentation. Her son was born safely into the world on March 15^th, 2012 through C-Part. Every thing was smoother than she might have imagined. She was capable of maintain her son within the supply room whereas she was closed up, however she didn’t get an opportunity for pores and skin to pores and skin or an try and nurse till just a few hours later after she spent a while in post-op restoration. Aside from that, the whole lot was very easy and her restoration, though longer than her vaginal deliveries, was fairly straight ahead and easy.

Two years after her first son was born, Kacey acquired pregnant along with her first daughter. She was hopeful that she would have the ability to have a VBAC (Vaginal Delivery After Cesarean). Though she was hopeful, her and her husband didn’t do a lot preparation for the delivery as that they had taken a hospital delivery course when pregnant with their son and felt prefer it hadn’t ready them rather more than they already knew in regard to delivery. Kacey hoped for an unmedicated VBAC along with her daughter. Her daughter was head down at their 32 week ultrasound, so the plan was to maneuver ahead with a VBAC. She went into labor 2 days earlier than her due date, however as a consequence of a excessive incidence of Braxton’s Hicks contractions, it wasn’t till energetic labor that night time that she was assured it was labor and her and her husband headed to the hospital. Her water broke in her husband’s truck on the way in which to the hospital and that’s when contractions grew to become nearer collectively and extra intense. She arrived on the hospital at 3 cm and labored for just a few hours. The contractions alternated between manageable and unmanageable and after being checked once more and instructed she was 4 cm, she opted for the epidural. Trying again on her labor afterward, she realized that though she knew what to anticipate relating to the levels of labor, she was not ready on deal with the ache of contractions. She was very a lot in worry of the ache and tensed up once more the depth of the contraction, moderately than enjoyable into them and letting her physique use the contraction to assist her physique dilate. After her epidural, she was capable of chill out and dilated shortly to a ten inside an hour or two. Her daughter was born early within the morning on December 11, 2014. Her restoration was a lot smoother and shorter than her C-section supply and she or he liked the truth that she was capable of have the skin-to-skin time after supply that she missed out on along with her son.

Kacey grew to become pregnant with shock child #3 (a lady!) when her daughter was simply over a yr outdated. After the shock wore off, she noticed this delivery as a chance to redeem her try at an unmedicated delivery and conquer the worry she skilled throughout her final labor. Her and her husband took preparation for this delivery extra severely and determined that the one option to efficiently have an unmedicated delivery was to carry their religion in God into each facet of their life, together with the supply room. They took a faith-based childbirth course by First Delivery Ministries and employed a Sister-in-Christ, Shelley Williams (The Salty Doula), as their doula. They not solely discovered extra about how God completely created the feminine physique to delivery infants, however they had been capable of see how even within the ache, there was goal to the ache and that as a consequence of this excellent design there was nothing to worry. Kacey went into labor at round 39 weeks pregnant, and as soon as once more was in early labor a lot of the day earlier than realizing it was precise labor getting began. On the night of January 10^th, 2017, her in legal guidelines came to visit to assist care for her older two kids (as contractions had been changing into stronger), and it was whereas prepping lunches for the following day within the kitchen that her water broke. She knew she wished to labor at residence so long as doable, however after her husband rushed residence from work she was satisfied to go into the hospital because the contractions had been shortly intensifying. Contractions picked up shortly in length and depth on the way in which to the hospital and she or he was assured she was fairly far alongside when she arrived on the hospital. After getting settled and getting checked for dilation she discovered she was 3-4cm and was very discouraged based mostly on the depth degree of the contractions. She began to doubt her potential to have the unmedicated delivery she desired. Her husband turned on her worship music playlist and skim Bible verses from their delivery aloud to her between contractions. Along with his assist and the regular presence of their doula, she was capable of chill out into the contractions and inside 30-45 minutes felt her daughter descending the delivery canal. Her nurse checked her and realized she was already at 10 cm. Her physician was capable of simply get into the room and the whole lot prepped simply in time for her daughter to be born just a few contractions later. She was capable of have prolonged pores and skin to pores and skin time and her daughter caught onto nursing immediately. It was such a change from her final supply, and despite the fact that it was hectic at elements as a consequence of how briskly the whole lot progressed, she was so grateful she had the unmedicated delivery she at all times wished. 

Kacey’s closing being pregnant got here throughout 2020 after the COVID lockdowns allowed her and her husband to mirror and decide that perhaps their household wasn’t full. After getting pregnant along with her closing son, she knew what it was wish to have a redeeming delivery freed from the worry of labor and knew that this time round she wished the identical. Realizing that it was going to be her final delivery, she hoped and prayed that this delivery could be a bit of slower than her quick and livid delivery along with her daughter in order that she might actually soak in your entire expertise. After a tough first half of her being pregnant with sickness, the second half of her being pregnant was easy crusing. The morning of March 5, 2021, she awoke within the early hours with what felt like Braxton Hicks contractions and the urge to make use of the restroom. She was capable of fall again to sleep, and when she woke within the morning, she was having what felt like extra regular Braxton Hicks contractions. She reached out to her doula and went for a stroll, drank some raspberry leaf tea, and whereas her daughter settled down for her afternoon nap, she did the Miles Circuit (per her doula’s suggestion as she was having some again ache with contractions). On the third spherical of the circuit, whereas sitting on high of a birthing ball, she had a really intense contraction and felt her water start to leak. She known as her husband residence, let her doula know the scenario and jumped within the bathe. By the point her mother arrived to observe their different children, contractions had been each 5 minutes and lasting round a minute lengthy. This time round they headed straight into the hospital as a consequence of Kacey’s quick earlier labor and the truth that this time round she was Strep B optimistic and wished to offer as a lot time as doable on the hospital for IV antibiotics. After getting arrange on the hospital and informing the nurses that they might not be needing an epidural, Kacey and her husband labored collectively till their doula arrived an hour or two later. Labor was slower this time round (simply as she prayed it will be!), and after alternating between using the waves of contractions whereas standing and holding onto her husband, squatting on the foot of the mattress, and leaning over the mattress, she felt the acquainted urge to push just a few hours later. She acquired settled within the mattress and continued to labor on all fours (she hates laboring on her again!) till her physician was prepared and her son was about to be born. He was born after just a few contractions, and she will be able to nonetheless vividly keep in mind each second. It was actually a dream delivery and a solution to prayer. She had some retained placenta after delivery that required her physician to must manually extract, however aside from that, it was a easy restoration. 

Kacey Ratcliff Bio

Kacey is a mother of 4, ages 2-11 years outdated. Her and her husband, Reagan, have been married for 14 years and lift their household collectively of their hometown south of Houston. Kacey is a keep at residence mother whereas her husband owns his personal Optometry enterprise (Twenty20 Imaginative and prescient Middle). 

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