I am reading all these stories of doctors who aren't supportive of VBACS or who push you into a c-section or say you aren't progressing "quick enough" and urge you to remember birth is something natural that women have done for hundreds and hundreds of years.  It's only recently that c-section rates are 1 in 4 in the U.S. and you have to ask yourself why.  

I had a c-section in 2011 after being totally set on a natural birth.  My daughter was breech and after going through everything to turn her, I ended up scheduling the darn c-section.  As with most c-sections, my milk came in late and almost sabotaged my ability to nurse--but with a good lactation consultant and supplementing, we finally got to solely breastfeeding around 3 months.

My recovery was actually pretty quick in terms of movjng around.  The issue was internal pain esp. during intercourse for quite some time and having to be on pain meds that made me crazy for a few weeks after and I really can't say I enjoyed my newborn at all during that time.  

My doctor is encouraging me this time to have a VBAC but can't guarantee me I will end up with her or another particularly supportive OB when I go to the hospital (which hopefully is like today--I am due any day) so I am going to most likely elect a mid-wife when I get there.  She has recommended I delay my arrival to the hospital to avoid interventions.  

I am pretty nervous because I want everything to go as I wish---and I know I will be very angry if I encounter another dr that insists I am not progressing "fast enough" (it's not a rush--and I don't care if they get home for dinner) or tells me I must have an epidural (and I actually can't because my dr is worried about my knee still in recovery from a cartilage transplant--I wouldn't feel it if I was injuring it) or something other than that just isn't true--I don't want to be pressured. So I am crossing my fingers.  

For right now, I am trying to mentally stay on board with a VBAC and haven't scheduled the c "in case" I don't deliver by 41 weeks.