Successful VBAC after ‘failure to progress’?

I only got to 5cm and it was deemed as failure to progress. This was January 2023 and got my VBAC in November 2025. It was a slow labour but I had a lot of support to get me there

I’m hoping for a VBAC after failure to progress -I got to 5cm but my body wasn’t responding well to the hormone drip and I was also made to lie down on the bed the whole time so I’m blaming it on that! X

I had failure to progress and heart decels with my first and had a csection. I did everything i can to have a vbac with my second, 5 membrane sweeps, 72h labor then at 9cm, baby had heart decels again and ended up with another csection. I was devastated. Ending up in cs sooooo close to the finish line was really hard.

I don’t think that should be a reason to discourage you from vbac. I progressed to 4 cm and my OBGYN is okay with me trying for vbac

I got to 5cm after being on the drip for 11 hours, I was 2cm when they induced me but my waters had already naturally broke 24 hours prior

I think if you are going to accept any form of induction to make sure you’re able to be mobile - I honestly believe if I wasn’t strapped to a bed on a monitor for 11 hours I would have progressed better if I was on my feet! I’d be asking if your hospital has portable monitors so you’re able to do that if you need to be on a monitor.

Luckily I had no issues with my induction in terms of heart rate, it was just a time thing for me where my waters had been broke for 3 days and they were concerned of baby pooping so we opted in the end for an emergency c section.

I’ll deffo be planning a VBAC with my next x