Second pregnancy high risk
Hello,
I'm currently pregnant with my second baby. I've been to see the midwife today and been advised I'll be seeing a doctor during this pregnancy as I'm high risk due to having an emergency C-section the first time.
Does anyone have any experience with this?how often did you see a doctor and what was discussed/checked? I didn't think of these questions until I got home 🙈
Thanks x
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Same here, due to c-section I have to also see a consultant, though nobody actually said I am high risk. They will just schedule some extra appointments in my case to do the ultrasound and to see how the baby is growing, because I would like to go for VBAC. But then I just have my normal appointments with my midwife.
If you want a VBAC I would make this very clear to your midwife and consider switching providers if you don’t feel supported. You need to do your research - what caused the c section last time, how can you avoid it next time, look into hiring a doula. If you want to elect for a c section consider your choices for that too!
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It’s just because u had a section in the past (unless a medical condition/Some other reason) but just having a previous c section makes u high risk. It’s only the actual birth that is high risk, I was meant to see a consultant at 12/20 weeks but seen a midwife- who did normal risk assessment and explained it’s the birth that they are worried about, but 12/20 weeks too early to plan for it . Then at my hospital they have a birth choices midwife that I seen at 24 weeks to discuss options re birth c section vs vbac. X