VBAC

So, after spending the better part of the morning seeking an OB that would not only accept me late in my pregnancy but would also accept that I wanted a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) I am defeated. NO DOCTOR IN VENTURA, OXNARD, CAMARILLO will perform such a procedure because...get this THE HOSPITALS HAVE BANNED THEM?! After speaking with two of the hospitals locally regarding the issue I was told they were "not equipped to handle" the procedure! WHAT?! You are not equipped to handle complications that may arise from a vaginal birth? Are you sure you are a hospital?If you can't handle complications from a VBAC how is it that you can provide emergency cesareans, deal with other major birth complications including hemmorhage, placenta abruptia, an umbilical cord wrapped around the neck?Women are being stripped of their right to a vaginal birth for little reason than the doctors choosing to protect their malpractice insurance.The problem with performing a VBAC is uterine rupture, where the incision scar from the previous procedure tears causing a life threatening complication for both baby and mother but this complications occurs in less than 1% of women who attempt VBAC.While I understand that not every woman is a canidate for this option I think it is completely unfair that woman who are capable are also forbidden the right. I did not suffer complications that forced me to have a cesarean. Having twins is not a complication but a blessing and I hate feeling like I am being punished now! A complication during a VBAC is less likely to occur than a complication during a vaginal birth regardless of whether it is VBAC or not. Woman who have cesareans are 4 times more likely to suffer a catastrophic event including; infection, deep vein thrombosis, reaction to anesthesia, hemmorhage, damage to internal organs and DEATH. 4 times more likely? And doctors aren't supporting woman who want to deliver naturally?I don't want a VBAC to experience the pain of labor, I am not trying to prove that I can "do it"...but I am trying to make up that time I was stripped of with my boys. I lost almost 3 hours of their life the morning they were born. I looked at my children for 30 seconds before the were whisked away to the nursery and I was pushed into post-op. By the time I got to my room I had to ASK NUMEROUS TIMES for my children. I did not get to put them to my breast seconds after they were born...I missed out on their first three hours of life! How is that fair!? I don't want to feel that pain again. I don't want to ASK FOR MY CHILDREN. I carried them for 9 months and suddenly they were gone...I felt alone...honestly...I have never felt as lonely as I did sitting in post op after their birth...but I do know I want to do everything in my power to ensure that I don't miss out again. I want to hold my child the second it takes it's first breath, I want to "labor" like so many woman have in the past and the fact that the medical community in Ventura County won't allow for women to have a VBAC if they choose calls for SERIOUS REFORM!I have found that Los Robles Medical Center in Thousand Oaks does offer VBAC and that a majority of their doctors support this procedure...which leads me to ask are their doctors more competent in their abilities, is the medical facility better equipped than local hospitals or have they just stepped out of the past where "once a c-section, always a c-section" prevailed?I will be finding a physician in Thousand Oaks that will meet my desires and a hospital that will support my decision and just pray that the 30 minute drive to Thousand Oaks when I finally go into labor is not to long for me to handle. This whole situation has been so frustrating as if being pregnant itself doesn't have enough ups and downs!