Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Delivery decisions

I know I haven't wrote in a while but that is a good thing! So far this has been pretty much a normal pregnancy. I can definitely tell the difference between a boy and girl now. The boys I was sick but not 24/7 and I would throw up and feel better, for a while at least, but with this girl I am nauseous all the time but have only puked twice. Unfortunately when I was pregnant the other four times I took Zofran for it but now they say it can cause birth defects so I can not take it so I have to live with it. I am almost 15 weeks and the stomach rolling is still there and with the boys it was gone with the first trimester. Now my biggest dilemma is the delivery decision. The first 3 times I had a vaginal delivery but as most of you know with the twins I had a c-section. The midwife I saw said after looking at the incision she thinks we could try a VBAC ( for those of you who don't know that is a Vaginal Birth After Cesarean). My worry is my circumstances first of all I have only went into natural labor once and after c-section they do not do inductions at all so I would have to go into labor on my own. That being said I have a few worries about doing that first of all the hospital is 45 minutes away so I am afraid I won't make it and inadvertently deliver in Tennessee which would not be good. There is also the circumstance that John works an hour away so it could be almost two hours before we could make it to the hospital. Also the boys are a concern since they will be in school and we don't have the family down here to lean on for help with them. So I am not sure what we would be doing with them if I went to the hospital unplanned. With a cesarean the recovery is rough but being able to plan it and have everything in place is very desirable. But it is more expensive and since we are doing it all out of pocket that may be a factor. It would also ensure that I deliver in Kentucky and not Tennessee. I am still discussing this with parents, agency and doctors but I am leaning towards a c-section. Right now we don't know but we will come to a decision soon!   

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