Can I Have a Vaginal Birth After a C-Section?

I wanted to hold him. Kmom wonders if this is because the doctor did manage to start an episiotomy after all episiotomies tend to result in much greater tearing, and the doctor apparently did already have the scalpel in hand , or if she tore so much because she pushed so hard to try to avoid an imminent episiotomy. I had to sit up and hunch over and not move a muscle as he was injecting needles into my spine. I wish everyone the best of luck in their pregnancies. Wednesday, I also got a new nurse.