“I just wanted to say thank you! I loved being able to read so many wonderful birth stories and encouraging and supportive advice along my journey to a VBAC. It really helped me to know that my body wasn’t “broken” just because I’d had a cesarean, and the confidence and trust in my body was exactly what I needed. I…
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11 Wicked Blog Posts {11/5-11/10}
I wonder if you all (that’s part Texan) can keep up with the number of posts we’re putting out! Here’s a summary for you. Organized and pretty in one place. 1. Three rad weeks of NO Facebook! Not exaggerating. It’s been awesome. Here’s why. 2. These incredible pictures and video of a mother being supported in a VBAC after a…
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Baby Pees on Everyone Right After Born {Cesarean Birth of a Rainbow Baby}
Sent in by Jillian. She says, “This was the birth of my son, Avery Reed. He is my rainbow baby. I had attempted a VBAC but decided to get a repeat c-section after a bad reaction to an epidural that left me weak and feeling pretty sick. It was a difficult delivery, and a long hospital stay after, but it…
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Different Choices…Different Birth {VBAC}
“My first birth was 4.5 years ago with a mainstream doc. She stripped my membranes at 39 weeks without asking me, due to a “big baby” (9 lbs, 7 oz, 22.5 inches). My water broke the next day with no dilation or effacement, so I went to the hospital and walked, had Cervadil, Pitocin, and had 2 epidurals (1st one…
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Pure Delight…VBAC Mom and Baby
VBAC mom at her home birth of her healthy 8lb 6 oz boy! Image shared with permission from {mh} Birth Photography.
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VBAC Ban? Say What?
Mandy took this fun, messy picture of her 3 year old, who is not only adorable, but was also her VBA2C baby. So why not add a caption to make a point? 😉 “There is a VBAC Ban in the hospital of the town we just moved to last week. It happens to be the same hospital where I ended…
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Against All Odds, A Surprise VBAC!
Aila’s birth story begins on Good Friday, the 22nd of April. I began having contractions 15-20 minutes apart sometime in the morning, timing them quietly on my phone. They were quite mild, but really, about the same intensity as the contractions I had during labour with Liam. However, these were painful in front, unlike with Liam, where I felt most…
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Natural Pain Relief Techiniques and Determination in VBAC Hospital Birth
It was a Friday. Baby hadn’t moved well in the morning and I got a really strange dizzy spell at lunch time, so we went in to the hospital for monitoring in the afternoon as I’d only felt a few very tentative movements.True to form, as soon as we got on the monitor she started kicking away so we went…
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Birthday Celebration of a VBAC
So last night, I get this email from the beautiful Mae Burke, “Tomorrow is my friend, Chelsea’s, baby girl’s birthday. Her first was an unneccesarian, and the second was an HBAC. January, every single day she got on BWF, scowering the pages for info.” So I of course click on the links she sent me and literally got goosebumps from…