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I should have known better than to ask this on Reddit. No one on reddit's legal advice forum understands patient rights at all. I bet if I were asking questions about abortion they'd be supportive. Instead I got called delusional and they act like a hospital is just allowed to cut me open against my will. I already knew that was illegal, just wanted more information to protect myself. Instead they attack me for my choices, or wrongly state that surgery can be forced. C sections are risky for both mom and baby. They are known to cause lung issues for the baby, for example. And my risk of needing a hysterectomy goes up with each surgery. Risk of rupture is 2% with a t cut and only a small amount of ruptures are catastrophic. Those stats include women who used labor drugs which increase the risk. So the replies and downvote brigade I got to this were off the wall. I'm not agreeing to a c section just in case something might go wrong, when this has been my easiest pregnancy so far. That would be absurd. If I have signs of rupture I'll of course agree to surgery, I never said I wouldn't.  This is what I get for asking Reddit anything. I just wanted to point out how hypocritical that site is, as if you guys didn't know already. They'll defend abortion on there but God forbid a woman wants to have a baby without being cut open against their will "just in case something goes wrong."

I should have known better than to ask this on Reddit. No one on reddit's legal advice forum understands patient rights at all. I bet if I were asking questions about abortion they'd be supportive. Instead I got called delusional and they act like a hospital is just allowed to cut me open against my will. I already knew that was illegal, just wanted more information to protect myself. Instead they attack me for my choices, or wrongly state that surgery can be forced. C sections are risky for both mom and baby. They are known to cause lung issues for the baby, for example. And my risk of needing a hysterectomy goes up with each surgery. Risk of rupture is 2% with a t cut and only a small amount of ruptures are catastrophic. Those stats include women who used labor drugs which increase the risk. So the replies and downvote brigade I got to this were off the wall. I'm not agreeing to a c section just in case something might go wrong, when this has been my easiest pregnancy so far. That would be absurd. If I have signs of rupture I'll of course agree to surgery, I never said I wouldn't.  This is what I get for asking Reddit anything. I just wanted to point out how hypocritical that site is, as if you guys didn't know already. They'll defend abortion on there but God forbid a woman wants to have a baby without being cut open against their will "just in case something goes wrong."

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Just don't go to the fucking hospital.

The reason for the first c section needs to be taken into account though. A t section usually happens because it's a serious emergency and they don't have time.

I'm considering having another, and I've had three c sections. I will not step foot into a hospital.

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I think they did the first c section to save their own butts if my daughter died bc it was their fault I went into labor early. She was breech position, they claimed breech was too risky like they always do. Breech position wasn't a good enough excuse to cut me open and I knew that. She could have walked out. My daughter probably would have made it out as I was fully dilated and she was only 2 lbs, not my first kid either. Poor girl was at least a whole trimester early bc they prescribed the wrong medication, she was tiny. The nurse who ended up yelling at me about not having a choice accidentally told me they messed up when she looked at my chart. They reallly didn't want to get sued, again. A doctor there got in trouble a year or 2 before this for not doing a c section early, they lost a couple million on that. He's the one who made the decision for the c section, though I never saw him his name was on my paperwork. If they killed me during surgery no one would know it was forced, but if my daughter died I could have sued saying they didn't do everything necessary to save her. If she'd died lawyers would have had an easy case, they have no interest in what happened bc she didn't die and wasn't permanently injured. I tried to sue them for forcing surgery but no lawyer would help. They don't even consider the t cut a permanent injury despite doctors claiming it makes VBAC impossible.

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I know FB is a big vampire of personal info but have you considered making a fake account to join the VBAC community and asking about after VBATC? I haven't been on FB in ages but I remember there being a big community on that, it's how I found out after my last that vaginal would've been an option if I had been curious enough to investigate on my own instead of listening to those who profit from the C Sections.

I'm glad your daughter is OK. I'm sorry about the T section. Do you feel any odd things in your stomach/uterine wall during exercises or menstruation? Have you ever water fasted? I ask about the water fasting because the autophagy can remove scar tissue and heal things in an amazing way.

I hope all goes well.

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Thank you. I am on a Facebook group for this. If I hadn't found that I would have thought VBAC was completely impossible.

It's funny you mention fasting. I did do that a few months after my daughter was born, first a 3 day water fast then intermittent fasting and 1 day fasts on occasion. I think fasting is great anyway, but I never considered it might have helped my scar heal too. That's neat. As for scar pain, I had it for 2 years after especially during periods or when lifting heavy things over my head. We waited on TTC till after it stopped. Other than the lifting issue I was able to exercise normally a few months after surgery. I haven't had any weird scar pain at all during pregnancy. I'm glad we waited. It's a little painful to be kicked in the scar but it's the same kind of pain as being kicked anywhere else plus the sensation of the scar being touched, no burning or sharp pain. The worst pain I've had was around my ribs, everything is normal. This is actually my easiest pregnancy so far which is I think from avoiding caffiene and being a stay at home mom instead of sitting at a desk all day.