I had a complication-free vaginal delivery for my first baby. If I get pregnant again, are my odds of a c-section the same as before? Or does the risk of a c-section go down if you have already delivered one baby vaginally?
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Interesting question, I'm not sure! Bumping in case anyone has info.
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I don't think I've ever seen any specific stats, but honestly, I don't think it would change a lot. I mean, yes, you know that there was nothing about your pelvis size, etc. that means you inherently can't have a vaginal delivery, but the reasons for c-sections are so varied and so dependent on how you and each baby do with pregnancy & labor, that I think it would be hard to have a significant decrease statistically.
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@Mrs. Blue: At the same time, hospital policies against VBAC might be skewing overall C-section stats. Your first pregnancy can give you an idea of what you're predisposed to. If you dodged Pre-E, high blood pressure and diabetes to deliver naturally the first time, then its a little more encouraging the 2nd time around.
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Not sure about stats but I had a vaginal birth first time followed by an unplanned c-section due to fetal distress. The L&D nurses said they don't see that much.
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I had a vaginal birth for my first kid... my second kid is due this month and I might get a c-section because he is breech. Breech seems more common the more kids you have because there is a lot of room for you kid to move and thus have more room to stay breech. On the upside I'm going in for an ECV next week and I have a high chance of it successfully (80% verse 50% for first time moms) flipping the baby because again more room that was strenched out because of the first kid.
I heard each pregnancy is different. I guess I'm saying don't worry what ever happens happens!
edit : only 3% of all kids are still breech at time of delivery so breech is rare at any case... just slightly more common if you had more kids but over all still not very common!
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