https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:13:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-did-you-have-two-diff-birth-experiences-ex-vaginal-then-c-section#post-344034 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:25:37 +0000 Rosie Girl 344034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No c-section, but very different vaginal births! With my first my water broke, it was 9 hrs, medicated, and no complications. My second was like 2 hrs, non-medicated, and baby ended up in NICU. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-did-you-have-two-diff-birth-experiences-ex-vaginal-then-c-section#post-344027 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:50:40 +0000 MsMini 344027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have only had 1 baby, but I just wanted to let you know that I am prone to keloids as well (I have several from a prior surgery) and almost 6 months post c-section my scar is the furthest from a keloid, it barely looks like I had surgery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-did-you-have-two-diff-birth-experiences-ex-vaginal-then-c-section#post-344012 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:54:08 +0000 SAHM0811 344012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First baby: 20 hour labor, epidural, vaginal delivery, no complications</p> <p>Second baby: 6 hour labor, unmedicated, vaginal delivery, no complications</p> <p>Every birth is different... I kept an open mind going into both, especially the 2nd. It's hard not to expect the same outcome or to not compare. I'm very blessed I had two smooth births, especially the second. All in all though, MOST times I hear that #2s go much faster and easier. But of course I have heard the opposite from some, including my own mom, where #2 had complications when #1 didn't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-did-you-have-two-diff-birth-experiences-ex-vaginal-then-c-section#post-343137 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:05:04 +0000 Arden 343137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haven't had LO yet, but my Mom had very different experiences with me and my sister.</p> <p>Me - 36 hour labor in the hospital, unmedicated, fought the entire time to stay drug-free, vacuum extraction, a lot of pain.</p> <p>My sister - 2 hour labor, had the baby in the bathtub before the midwife arrived, very little pain, born in the amniotic sac. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-did-you-have-two-diff-birth-experiences-ex-vaginal-then-c-section#post-343122 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:00:40 +0000 Mrs. Bee 343122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i had a c section with charlie and a vbac with olive. i honestly don't know if i could have pushed charlie out. he was big, sunny side up, wedged way up there no matter how much i pushed.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-did-you-have-two-diff-birth-experiences-ex-vaginal-then-c-section#post-343043 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:39:29 +0000 Honeybee 343043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had two medicated, vaginal hospital births, but there was a point I was facing the possibility of a c-section with #2. It was really hard for me because I am super scared of surgery, but luckily I ended up being able to deliver vaginally. I did have some extra interventions/procedures (during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum) with #2, but that was worth it for me to be able to avoid a c-section the second time around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-did-you-have-two-diff-birth-experiences-ex-vaginal-then-c-section#post-343003 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:28:54 +0000 DillonLion 343003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChelseaRose: Ha, maybe for lucky #7? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-did-you-have-two-diff-birth-experiences-ex-vaginal-then-c-section#post-343000 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:28:27 +0000 ChelseaRose 343000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: That's a lot of different experiences. I think the only one she's missing is a breech birth and then she'd have the full spectrum.</p> <p>I'm still pregnant with my first, so I don't have anything useful to share. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-did-you-have-two-diff-birth-experiences-ex-vaginal-then-c-section#post-342928 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:09:15 +0000 DillonLion 342928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haven't birthed my first yet, but our doula has 6 kids and had different experiences for every one. I think they went like this:</p> <p>#1 was a medicated, hospital birth<br /> #2 was a natural, hospital birth<br /> #3 was a premature, emergency c-section<br /> #4 was a vbac<br /> #5 was a vbac homebirth<br /> #6 was a vbac home waterbirth </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-did-you-have-two-diff-birth-experiences-ex-vaginal-then-c-section#post-342909 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:03:17 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 342909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reading the c-section thread about all the complications that led up to the actual c-section got me thinking...</p> <p>I had a pretty smooth first delivery (unmedicated, vaginal birth), and am hoping the 2nd delivery will go even faster since that's usually the case with #2 (right??)</p> <p>Has anyone here had a pretty smooth first delivery, but a complicated second delivery that ended up in c-section? The idea of getting cut open really scares me. Plus, I'm prone to keloids, so if I end up getting one I will have a nasty, itchy, raised scar for the rest of my life. </p>