Has anybody ever assisted/coached their mother during her labor? Just curious.?

I have an older daughter and I would really like to have both her and my husband (her step-father) in the delivery room with me as both my coaches! I’m also going through a midlife pregnancy, and want to have a natural birth.

Scar pain after C-section, good treatment? Will VBACS make things better?

I’m in my 2nd pregnancy now, after having a c-section 2 years ago with my son. Ive started getting the normal pain along my scar from the stretching of it (yes I’m sure its just the scar, Ive had 3 ultrasounds to check for cysts and what not).

Ive been using some E-oil, but its VERY expensive to get pure E-oil… Is there anything else I can put on it to make the stretching easier, or a little less painful?

Also, My husband and I have been discussing birth control for after this baby is born. We always wanted to have more children, definitely more than 2. After my 1st c-section I was forced into the fact that if I had a 2nd c-section, natural birth would be impossible.

This pregnancy I am planning a all natural thing (crosses fingers). If I have another c-section I was planing on getting my tubes tied (I don’t want to have more than 2 c-sections).

If however I manage to pull off a VBACS, I was wondering if this pain in my scar will be less with the next pregnancy?

Does giving vaginal birth help the pain? It makes sense to me, you wouldn’t have any new scar tissue, and the old scar would be stretched out from the previous pregnancy.

I am only about 24 weeks along in this pregnancy, and already the pain coming from the scar is terrible some days, mostly the days I run out of E-oil. I seriously think that if it is going to be this bad next pregnancy I may just get my tubes tied either way… I was just rely hoping to have more children, as was my husband.

Has anyone ever had a pregnancy after a VBACS?
Does the c-section scar hurt less after a VBACS delivery, than the pregnancy directly after the c-section?

missed period….???what do i do?

i am 21 yrs old, i was on birth control till 2 months ago, i got my natural period after i stopped taking the pill but this month my period is 12 days late and i have not got it yet. I don’t have any pregnancy symptoms and even my home pregnancy test is negative is it still possible that i could be pregnant? i don’t want to be pregnant…what could be the reason for getting no period?

pregnant with twins and doctor was rude about my weight? PCOS and endometriosis?

I have pcos (polycystic ovary syndrome) and stage 3 endometriosis, and am only 22 years old. after 2 years of trying natural methods and suffering 2 miscarriages we turned to fertility treatments. i started out 5’8 and 270lbs but while ttc i worked my ass off and lost 35lbs in 3 months. that third month i got pregnant on 150mg clomid and ovidrel trigger shot. my first obgyn congratulated my weight loss and urged me not to gain over 30lbs this pregnancy. well i moved and thus changed doctors. when i went in the nurse weighed me and asked how much i have gained so far in this pregnancy (im 25 weeks and have gained 12lbs). i told her and she didnt say a word. then when the doc saw me first thing he did was in a very rude tone lecture me about weight gain and scare me with all the risks of being obese and pregnant. when i told him id lost 35lbs before my pregnancy and how hard it was he said did you resume eating junk during this pregnancy? in a snarky tone. i was so offended and hurt i cried when we left. i wanna switch docs but am afraid of the same reaction. after all i went through i just want to be happy during my miracle pregnancy.