Yesterday, we shared the fourth part of Rose Homme’s HBA2C story. In this five-part series, she shares her journey to home birth: the emotional ups and downs, the pain of her first births, and how believing in herself and her body guided her through. Here, you can read (and watch) the HBA2C birth story of her daughter, Penelope! “I woke and…
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Supported VBAC after T-Incision {Pictures and Video}
Get your tissue. Seriously. Brooke with Peace Love Babies sent me a few pictures and tear jerker video of this gorgeous mama’s birth. She had a VBAC after a previous cesarean birth with a T-incision. It is rare to find support to VBAC after one, but she did. Brooke says, “I wanted to share a birth film I made recently…
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Faith Centered Hospital VBAC
The following are exerpts from one mother’s VBAC journey. “…I had always been a little disappointed that I had to have a c-section with Travis. For no other reason than pride I think. I knew that I was a mother no matter the method of delivery and that no gold stars are handed out based on how they came out…
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A VBA2C Home Birth Transfer to Hospital, Waters Broken and Stall in Labor
There are so many things I want to write about when it comes to my pregnancy and birth. I think a lot of these things are keeping me from finishing my birth story. I created a document for it the night Maris was born, and I’ve been picking away at it for the past almost 6 weeks, but it just…
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VBAC: “I’M NOT BROKEN!!!”
“I delivered my second daughter on December 18, my due date and her older sister’s second birthday! We started the birth at home and was planning on delivering there, but complications in pushing took landed me in the hospital. Thanks to the ride there, I was able to have the VBAC I wanted – six pushes and she was on…
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Home Birth After 2 Cesareans (HBA2C), Baby Born in the Caul
Angus’ Birth Story by Jenna Roberts Home birth after two C-sections 9th of October 2011 3.95 kilos Lucas My first son was born via planned C-section a day before his EDD. I developed pre-eclampisa and he was posterior. I didn’t know at the time that both of these issues did not make a c-section necessary, so I happily agreed. His…
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A VBA3C: Fused Sacrum, Needed Interventions and Pure Determination
The birth of Ava Sophia…A VBA3C You know that definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Yep, that one. I’ve gone over that saying so many times in my head. Am I crazy? Why do I even want this so badly? Am I willing to go through hours and hours, maybe days, of…
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A 42 Week, 10 lb VBAC Baby after a Previous Cesarean due to Breech
This was my second child, the first was born at 37 weeks via c-section for breech presentation. I knew immediately that if we had more children I wanted to have a VBAC. My original OB was not a big fan of VBACs and after 30 weeks of hearing her horror stories, I switched to a VBAC and Natural birth friendly…
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VBAC Birth Announcement…Born at Home!
“Just wanted to send a huge thank all of you for your support over the last few months! On December 1st at 2:41 am, I gave birth at home to a beautiful baby boy. He weighed in at 8lbs 9oz and we are all doing great. You all were an integral part not only in having a successful (and fulfilling!)…