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Posted: 05 December 2007 at 10:50am | IP Logged

Hey All

I'm just wanting to pick a few brains if that's OK, so please bare with my huge long post cos it does have a point LOL. 

Basically I've hit my 29 week mark and have now started to seriously think about the labour/birth situation. I have an 8 year old daughter, who had to be born by emergency caesarian section because she was undiagnosed breech. My whole labour was a mess basically because the MW and doctors hadn't managed to spot she was breech despite me being examined both externally and internally on numerous occasions. I went into labour at 7am on the Saturday morning, but after a fairly prompt progression for the first few hours I got stuck at 3.5cm dialated (I was examined twice by the MW in that time). I was taken into hospital at around 5pm the Saturday evening where I was examined by 3 member's of staff (one MW and two doctors) and it was confirmed I was still only 3.5cm. They kept me in overnight in case I progressed any further, but by 9am the following morning (despite being completely knackered) I was examined again and was still only 3.5cm. Due to the fact our hospital policies state you aren't in established labour until you're 4cm, I was sent home and told I'd have to cope with the discomfort until Tuesday when I was due to be induced By Sunday teatime I was so tired and uncomfortable that I just sat and cried. I ended up getting really stressed and then my waters finally went. The MW came out and examied me and in the space of about 20 minutes after my waters went, I'd gone from 3.5cm to 7cm dialated. It wasn't until this examination that they realised Jess was actually breech *and* facing forward (oblique?) There was then a huge panic amongst the MW and Doctor's and I ended up being rushed in for an emergency caesarian.

Now I've been to see the consultant already (when I was 15 weeks) and he has said I shouldn't need another caesarian unless this baby decides to be awkward as well (or I am one of the rare people who have a diformaty in my womb which means the baby can't get head down comfortably). The thing is I'm really worried about if I do have to have a caesarian because for the last two years I've had a condition called Chronic Urticaria which requires me to be on three types of tablet daily. These tablets haven't affected my pregnancy fortunately, however they have caused me to become allergic to ibruprofen, codine and sometimes even react to paracetamol so I'm really concerned about how the spinal for the caesarian would affect me and how they would go on for giving me painkillers afterwards because of my allergies

So... my questions are; how likely is it that I will need another section? Has anyone else had experiences with having their first baby by CS and another vaginally? Has anyone had a section who also has allergies to various painkillers? Any advice would be gratefully received