Hi Kirsten,
Babies can die during a vbac with uterine rupture, but uterine rupture is
very rare and babies deaths during uterine rupture even rarer.
I am not sure about the choking though??
Uterine rupture can occur in a normal birth also. The statistics are
slightly higher with a vbac.
With one
Dear All
Trying to contact Heather Harris IBCLC and
traveller extroidinaire:). Would be grateful for connections
Many thanks in advance
Alesa
Alesa KoziolClinical Midwifery
EducatorMelbourne
Sorry, the site is http://www.birthrites.org/
Here are some other useful sites
http://www.worldserver.com/turk/birthing/VBACSuggestions.html
These are from a couple that lost their daughter during a vbac and rupture.
I do not necessarily agree with everything they say, but they do have good
Hi Kirsten,
I agree with what Abbie has said.
From memory the tear rate is around 0.3% in a woman having a VBAC, and the
risk of her baby dying as a result is about 0.05%. Very low indeed. Of all
uterine ruptures around 75% occur in women with no previous uterine surgery,
and of those having a
Thanks to those of you who responded to my message from yesterday. I must admit, I
feel a bit silly for having posted it now though - all part of the learning curve! :)
It is good to know that this rupturing is very rare, and reading your responses has
made me think about the care we can give
Hi Kirsten,
I don't think you should ever feel silly asking questions, I am always
asking questions of my mentor when I don't understand something.
Maybe you could bring this topic to one of your lecturers, it would be great
if all B Mid students learnt about the evidence based realities of VBAC.
I just wanted to let those in Brisbane know of a
shop that makes maternity (as well as normal) bras to order, for all
sizesand in nice colours and fabric. This might be really useful for
larger women having trouble getting comfortable bras for during pregnancy and
for breastfeeding.
The
Hi all, I just have a question that some of
you may be able to help me with. I am an osteopath with a special interest
in osteopathic care during pregnancy, having done post graduate studies in the
UK.
One of the things we learnt about in our course was
the position of the cervix and how
Hi,
I am also very interested in this subject if anyone has info - much
appreciated!
Rachel
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