“These are from the time I spent laboring at home before transferring to hospital. My son was born via C section at 5:25pm dwc 4th, 9lbs 15oz. The women with me are my best friend and Massage Therapist Tara and my Midwife Buffy. My hubby and daughter were both great as well it was amazing to go into labor on my own and feel my body working so hard. My VBAC was so close I could taste it. I’ll be planning a VBA2C for our next!” ~Gail
Recommended Reading
My CBAVBAC – Cesarean Birth After VBAC
Loving My Body {One Scar at a Time}
Birth Story of Ace {Homebirth Transfer to Cesarean}
VBA2C at 42+6 Weeks
An Unplanned Home VBAC!
Finding Healing in a C-Section
I Am Strong – VBAC Without Fear- The Birth of Luna Pearl: A VBAC Story from Home to Hospital
- C-Section Without Fear {Baby Reaches His Hand Out from the Womb}
Compassionate Elective Cesarean Birth {Photographer’s Point of View}
42 Comments
Kelly
Amazing pictures!
Lisa Black
Simply Beautiful! Congratulations!
Svea Boyda-Vikander
What a big beautiful baby! Thanks for sharing.
Sheri
I love your breastfeeding tattoo!!!
Gail
Thank you very much
Imke
I really love that too! wonderful!
Dani
That baby is b.e.a.u.tiful!!!!
Heather
Beautiful photos! Just curious, what happened to make you transfer?
Molly
Stunning!! Thanks for sharing!
christina
So beautiful! Love it!
mik
OH MY! these are beautiful! that very last picture, made me laugh out loud, literally. :o)
Rachelle
me too! so cute!
FyshWyfe
Beautiful!!
Candice
What a beautiful baby!! Congratulations to you and your family <3
Gail
I labored at home for 13ish hours. We were doing really well, I was in and out of the tub and my water broke around 10 hours in, he was presenting asynclitic (head tilted to one side) and posterior. In his mother’s fashion he was being stubborn and just would not rotate and descend, even with my cervix “hanging loose like sock of wizard” as my Midwife put it. She finally said she be more comfortable with a change of location. So with contractions one on top of the other and fighting the early urged to push, off we went to the hospital. We arrived while I was definitely in transition and couldn’t fight the pushing my body was starting to do on it’s own (the same thing happened when I had his big sister) My cervix was starting to swell and his heart starting decelerations (this was quickly turning into my first birth all over again) I opted to go ahead with a surgical birth with a spinal rather than continue to labor with an epidural for hours and still be sectioned in the end. I kinda wish I’d stuck it out but I’ve been told it just wasn’t going to happen for me no matter how bad I wanted it 🙁 We’ll see about that next time!!! I WILL VBAC!!!!
iona (gails sister)
Doesn’t matter how he came out he came out big n happy n healthy, my nephew is a stubborn boy but I love him anyways 😀 you did good sister mine, xoxo ps no telling brotha bob!!
Angela K
Good for you! You did great! What a beautiful, wide awake boy!! congratulations!!!
Kathryn
Stunning pictures! I love the second to last one, he’s so alert and looking at you, so beautiful…….
Leanna
Beautiful, Gail! Makes me feel honored to know such a gorgeous Momma! <3 <3 <3
Gail
Love you too Babe!
Sarah (Well Rounded Birth Prep)
Beautiful labor pics. Beautiful mom & baby. Thanks for sharing.
Jessica Austin, Birth Doula
These photos are so beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing them with us 🙂
Michelle
The.second from last picture is adorable. Those bigs eyes as if saying, “Woah! Thats where the milk is, right!? I have been waiting nine months for that!”
BEDBUG & MOUSE
Wow! What wonderful pictures and those tats!! I’ve never really cared for them but after seeing how beautiful they looked on you, I’ve changed my mind. Happy all turned out well for you.
Abbey
Beautiful photos!!! Beautiful birth!! I had a VBA3C and I had to fight like no body’s business for it! My story was shared here a few weeks ago…sounds much like my 2nd birth…malpositioned baby, 9 cm, cervical swelling and me at the end of my rope. Congratulations on your precious baby!
megan
Beautiful pictures <3
sesch
That. Is a most seriously. cute. baby. Thank you for sharing these pictures.
Cindy B
Absolutely gorgeous pictures. I especially love the one showing the top of her head and her back.
Crystal
Absoultely beautiful pictures and what a beautiful blessing! Congratulations!
Jess wheatley
very stunning photos hun, im due in 6wks and makes me feel alot more comfortable seeing these it sure does help alot, photos can say a thousand words to me and yours have said more than that, i can feel like i can have a birth without fear with my 3rd im just nervous, im also thankful to u for sharing these knowing you were comfortable in doing so 🙂 wow is what im goin to say im speechless
char
Awesome
Cowgirl
Stunning photos, they illustrate perfectly the power of a woman in labour!
Massive congratulations on the birth of your beautiful baby!
Much love
x
jennifer leaves
thank you so much for sharing your story. it is rare to hear of a vbac attempt with a csection birth. I truly honor your journey with this birth, I too went for a vbac, actually 2 times and ended with csections. It is amazing to go into the birth with holding the vision and laboring naturally, yet difficult to accept the birth not going naturally. for me the midwives and, I call her the nearly natural, OB, say it was true mismatch of babies head to my pelvic size. each vbac I pushed for 6 then 4 hrs… Either way when I made the choice to transfer I was sure it would be the only way. Looking back is when it feels so isolating and hard to accept. Anyway it is really good to hear a story where the vbac efforts transfer.
Gail
It was still a healing birth in some ways. I’ll still try to VBAC again should we be blessed a third time. 🙂
Cathryn
that baby is so adorable!!
c0wbunny
Absolutely Beautiful pictures 🙂
Mae Redmond
I love that first picture of baby with eyes wide open. So cute!
Linda
Ahhhhhh sooo ADORABLE!!!
Made my day 🙂
Alyssa
While I’m not bothered by tattoos, I’m also not especially interested in them but the tattoo on this mama’s right shoulder is BEAUTIFUL!
Gail
Thank you. It’s actually a work in progress I just need to be not pregnant or nursing long enough to finish the full piece.
Kimberly Lopez
So beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
Marcia
Yeah, I think it is harder when they’re in a weird position and the water breaks–I think usually they won’t move to a much better position once the water is broken. The pics are beautiful! So proud of you. God bless.