For those of you who started labor vaginally and ended up having a c-section, what happened?

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Just wanting to know some of the reasons why they would switch you to a c-section

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I got to 7cm, and then they couldnt find the babies heart beat anymore. They attempted to get her out with forceps but she wasnt in a good position for them to get round her head, so they decided emergency c-section. She came out perfect and healthy thank god.

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I went into labor and delivery at 38+3 with a lot of bleeding after a membrane sweep.
They decided to induce since I was already having regular contractions (couldn’t feel them) and they were not able to tell if my water broke because of the amount of blood.
I got hooked up to Pictocin around 8pm - by about 8am I hadn’t really progressed and the contractions felt more like period cramps so they unhooked me, sent me on a walk and decided to restart the pictocin.
My water had not actually broke so around 2pm my Dr came in and broke my water. Things got painful so I got an epidural. 
Contractions picked up and I was at 10cm by 7pm. My baby was still pretty high up and I wasn’t feeling the urge to push so they had me wait a while in different positions to try to move him down. His heart kept have significant decelerations which was worrying my Dr and the nurses.
My Dr came in around 8pm and asked if I wanted to do some practice pushes. During the pushes my baby’s heart stopped, so they rushed me to emergency c section and had him out by 819pm. The nicu team was able to save him and I have a healthy and happy 3 year old.
I’m grateful for c section because it saved my baby’s life. 🤍

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After they broke my water my boy was laying on his cord which caused dips in his heartrate  and eventually it was happening no matter what side I was on so they needed to get him out

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Both of my sons had trouble working their way down under and out of my pelvis- eventually causing distress for both of us. With my first, they were prepping the OR my husband said, but my son managed to be delivered vaginally just in time. With my second, the progress/his position/his heart rate had us make the call that an emergency c-section was the safest way to go for the both of us after 14 hours of labor.

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My friends baby didn’t fit through her vagina literally! She’s a very very petite women and her baby was 9lbs she needed emergency c-section because baby was stuck and her heart rate was going down. My friend didn’t even have time for the epidural to kick in..she passed out from pain during the c-section and woke up almost  3 hrs later..it was a wild scary ride but now their healthy at home.

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With my 3rd baby,,I had preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. They tried an induction, but she was showing signs of fetal distress, so I ended up in c section. Next pregnancy was supposed to be a vbac, but my blood pressure got high again, and induction failed to progress.

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Went into labor at 31 weeks. They tried to stop it, but that didn’t work so the next day they tried to induce me. On the third day I hadn’t progressed and had a mental breakdown after laying in a bed for 3 days eating nothing but ice chips & my body was confused & I was borderline hemorrhaging so I got a C section

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I was 2 weeks past due with my first, so at the max limit they’ll allow you to go and it was time to induce. My body wasn’t going into labor on its own and I wasn’t dilating at all, even at 42 weeks. After the doctor broke my water and nothing started happening/ no contractions on my own after a while then they started Pitocin. Seven hours of labor later, my contractions were so intense & close together that I could no longer catch my breath and ride the waves of pain anymore so I got an epidural. That worked so well I was able to take a 2 or 3 hour nap and rest while continuing to have back to back strong contractions. The nurse kept and eye on me and the baby to make sure we weren’t in distress and everything was okay. Then the doctor came in and woke me up, checked me and I still had made no progress. After feeling inside she said she was afraid baby was too big to fit through. Long story short I ended up in a c section to get her out before she got stuck in the birth canal and would lose oxygen. The way it was explained to me I felt like “ok im terrified and this was not at all my plan or desire, but I’m willing to do whatever we need to do to deliver her healthy & safe.” It all happened so fast once they started the process and I was a first time mom with no knowledge or experience! Just trusting the medical team/ professionals. Sure enough our daughter was 10.5 lbs!!! The doctor and nurses said it was a good thing we did the c section, for both our sake. I had a difficult postpartum recovery & some complications after, but that’s a whole nother story. Anyway, I don’t know what could have been done differently to avoid & change all that from happening. It wasn’t easy to go through or recover from - physically & emotionally - by any means! But I’m so thankful she and I are both alive and okay. Now I’m just scared to go through anything like that again - especially if I’m going to have another large baby - so haven’t tried to have a second yet although we’d like one.

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I was induced, babies heart rate started falling during hard pitocin contractions. They had to get him out asap. C section it was.

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Like 17hrs after my first dose of cytotec they started pitocin. It made my daughters heart rate plummet and lost it on the monitors. They stopped pitocin, kept moving me until her heart rate went back up again. They checked my dilation and broke my water without telling me. Lost her heart rate on monitors again and couldn't find it so they placed an internal heart monitor that goes in their head and gave me amnio infusion to replace my waters. Told me I needed to get an epidural, placed it and then my oxygen started dropping really low. Like into 80s. I was given oxygen and daughter's heart rate started dropping again. We were both in really bad shape so I was told we needed emergency c section to save her. They performed it and she was fine though she did aspirate meconium I assume from the stress of it all.

For those of you who started labor vaginally and ended up having a c-section, what happened?

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