D.H.
Hi Heidi,
I had an emergency c-section almost 1 year ago, March of 2009, and I'm due in August with my 3rd child. My first was natural, beautiful, painless, quick recovery. My 2nd, the hosptial made a mistake and said i was dialated when I wasn't, and I had to go into an emergency c section at 34 weeks. My recovery was great. I was driving a week later even though i was told not to. I was going up and down the stairs because i had no choice!! I had a lot of help from my mom and husband. Also, I was a little bit on the active side before and during my pregnancies , which helped.
Yes, the scar is not that pretty, but i think the best think for the child and ur body is another csection. U just have to take it easy a little bit for a couple of weeks, and get moving right away. i thought about vbac, but i dont want to take the chance of anything going wrong with my baby or me.
I just look at it this way...What more to ask for than to schedule the day your going to have the baby! That way, you can prepare for someone to watch your first son or daughter. It's stress free and you can pick your day.
My scar is pretty much healed, and I know what to expect. Sometimes in life you have to look out for what's stress free for yourself mentally. With a vbac, there's risks, even though their less than 1%. At the same time, there's risk all the time.
So my advice is, go for the schedules csection, go in worry free, knowing what to expect, knowing when ur going in and when ur getting out. Put your faith in God and he'll take care of you either way :-) Best of luck!