Is my provider unsupportive?
1 prior c section in 2023, arrest of descent, she was OP (and I suspect brow presenting) I pushed for 4 hours. She was 7lbs 13oz. I went into labor at almost exactly 40 weeks (give or take 2 days).
Current pregnancy 29 weeks. Baby was measuring in the 52nd percentile (2.5lbs) at last US (2 weeks ago).
The midwife I saw yesterday didn’t give me a very positive outlook and went through a bunch of restrictions. Feels like they are veering towards unsupportive. First they told me my VBAC success calculator result was 48 % and they prefer it to be >60% so they are on the verge of not recommending vbac.
They want me to get growth scans every 3 weeks going forward and if baby is projecting to be as big or any bigger than my first they won’t recommend VBAC.
NST’s weekly beginning at 37 weeks because of my high BMI (225lbs pre-pregnancy).
Cervical exam at 38 weeks to get my bishops score and if it’s favorable they will schedule induction for no later than 39+6.
They will not induce past 40 weeks.
They will not support VBAC after 40+6.
I don’t want to be induced but it seems like a red flag that they are going to take that option away from me after 39+6 and go right to RCS.
When I told the midwife I’m more concerned about positioning than about weight, she said “your last baby was probably OP because she got too big for your pelvis”.
Posted Mar 5, 2026, 4:44 PM UTC