Эпизоды
-
In today's episode we meet Katherine and she shares her five birth stories. Katherine’s first cesarean was scheduled due to breech presentation, but when the cesarean was actually performed it was discovered that baby was no longer breech. During Katherine’s next two pregnancies she planned for a VBAC and VBA2C, but ended up scheduling her second cesarean because of the hospital and her third cesarean due to no longer feeling comfortable pursuing a VBA2C. Katherine’s next birth was a VBA3C in the hospital, followed by a UBA3C.
Join us as Katherine shares her birth stories, her varying experiences in healing emotionally after each of her births and 3 miscarriages, and the huge difference it can make to feel heard and respected during labor and birth, regardless of the birth outcome. We also discuss listening to your intuition as a mother, the difficulty in not knowing if you’ve made the “right” choices, struggling with postpartum depression and anxiety, talking to older generations of women about their birth experiences, the inability to advocate your way out of abuse, everyone having the right to share their own lived experiences, how each pregnancy and birth experience can lead you to make different decisions, getting out of extreme mindsets and into more of a journey-based mindset, and the importance of every woman being able to make decisions that align with her and her desires in pregnancy and birth.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Alicia, who is a mother of two. Alicia was raised not to fear birth and always knew that she wanted to have a home birth, but when her baby flipped breech right before her estimated due date, Alicia’s home birth plans turned into a cesarean. She went on to plan another home birth with her second baby and had a redemptive HBAC.
Join us as Alicia shares her birth stories, the emotional toll that planning a home birth and then having a cesarean can have, why she chose to labor for as long as possible with her first baby even though she knew she was going to have a cesarean, the stigmas and shame that often accompany cesarean sections, and how essential oils played a vital role in her pregnancy and birth. We also discuss battling self-doubt, intrusive thoughts and fear during pregnancy, the importance of who you invite into your birth space and how those present can make you feel pressure to perform or meet certain expectations, getting into the right headspace for birth, how important the language used to present information to pregnant women and mothers is, and the impact that compassionate and respectful care can have during the transition to motherhood.
You can find Alicia on Instagram, here.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
Пропущенные эпизоды?
-
In today's episode we meet Coffee, who is a CRNA and mother to five children. Coffee’s first birth was a cesarean after being drug through the cascade of interventions, followed by a scheduled repeat cesarean. When she was pregnant with her third child, the OB she was seeing was unable to support a VBA2C but gave her a recommendation for a local home birth midwife. Coffee then went on to have three HBA2Cs with her next three children.
Join us as Coffee shares her birth stories and how her beliefs about birth have evolved throughout her journey. We also discuss the lack of humanity and compassionate care that often comes with routine hospital procedures such as cesareans, how transactional a scheduled repeat cesarean can feel, how much more involved our husbands can be when having a home birth, the lack of bonding that can occur when you don’t experience labor (and the mom guilt that comes with that lack of bonding), feeling confident in the choices you make, exploring the question, “but what if my baby dies?”, and how the good OBs seem to be the ones that end up leaving the field because of how much their hands are tied.
Check out Coffee's blog by visiting www.howtobourne.blogspot.com, where she shares her birth stories in detail, along with other pregnancy and mothering related things.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Brittany, who is a homeschooling mom of eight. Brittany’s first two births were cesareans, followed by an unmedicated hospital VBA2C with a 10lb 2oz baby. With her fourth pregnancy, Brittany had another cesarean at 32 weeks with a special scar, followed by an HBA3C with an unlicensed midwife and three UBA3Cs, one of which was with a 11lb 4oz baby.
Join us as Brittany shares her birth stories, her varying postpartum experiences, how she navigated planning for a VBAC with a special scar, and what ultimately led her to give birth to her last three babies at home with just her family present. We also discuss bait-and-switch tactics and the lack of informed consent and respect in hospitals, how disruptions in labor and birth can happen at home, the intelligent design of both mother and baby in pregnancy and birth, the importance of support and community, the fear of being reported for making choices that go against the norm, and the importance of rest and recovery postpartum.
If you’re looking for more information about special scars, check out the Special Scars Special Hope website, Instagram and Facebook page. To be added to their private Facebook group, follow the instructions on their website.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Morgan, who is a traditional midwife and mother of five. Morgan’s first birth was a cesarean after she experienced the typical cascade of interventions in the hospital, and her second birth was a hospital VBAC that left her feeling like there was still something missing. Morgan then went on to have 3 unassisted births, each of which were vastly different.
Join us as Morgan shares her birth stories, how her varying birth experiences led her to stand up for herself and now provide the type of care and support she offers to women as a traditional midwife, and one of the impactful experiences she had while supporting a mother pursuing an HBA3C who gave birth 8 days after her water broke. We also discuss how emergency situations often occur because of unnecessary interventions, how interferences during and immediately after labor and birth disrupt a mother and baby’s natural flow of hormones, how laws, restrictions and licensure for midwifery vary from state to state and have actually harmed women and taken away their choices, how the system specifically targets certain populations of women, being confident in your birth plans even if it means no one else is on board, and how healing yourself can help others to heal.
Connect with Morgan on Facebook here, or on Instagram here.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Ashton, who shares her four birth stories. Ashton’s first baby was born via cesarean at 37 weeks due to her doctor estimating that he would be a big baby. Her next two births were hospital VBACs, followed by an HBAC with her fourth baby who was over 10 pounds.
Join us as Ashton shares her birth stories, how she involved her children, specifically her son, in her home birth, and how traveling down the rabbit hole of researching physiological birth can lead to lifestyle changes as a whole. We also discuss how different the perception of VBAC can be between providers or in different areas of the country, the lack of discussion of risks surrounding interventions, inductions and cesareans, the importance of honest and straight forward conversations with your care team, being in control of your choices during pregnancy and birth, how difficult it can be for husbands to witness their wives in pain during labor, and the importance of sharing the home birth stories that aren’t totally serene and peaceful.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Reba, who shares her four birth stories, as well as her experiences with stillbirth and an ectopic pregnancy which resulted in losing an ovary and a fallopian tube.
Join us as Reba shares her birth stories, the trauma she has endured, how it has shaped her into who she is and has influenced the decisions she makes for herself and her children, including her choice to birth unassisted after a cesarean twice. We also discuss if there is a true necessity for an induction if it is being scheduled around someone else’s schedule, how failed inductions are presented as a problem with a woman’s body instead of a problem within the medical system, how your mind and body protect you during and after birth, the problems associated with active management of the birth of the placenta, the intentionality and responsibility behind the choice to freebirth, how hospital policy is often built around provider liability and what is going to protect them from a potential lawsuit, obstetrical abuse and rape, common perceptions of those who choose home birth and unassisted birth, and how prenatal care differs between mainstream OB care, midwifery care, and doing all of your own care.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Lily, who is a mother of three. Her first birth ended in a cesarean after her water broke and the hospital wanted to speed up the labor process, which resulted in interventions that caused her son distress. Lily’s second birth was a hospital VBAC, followed by an HBAC for her third.
Join us as Lily shares her birth stories, how she made the switch to plan a home birth in the middle of her third pregnancy, and the things that she has learned about how her body likes to give birth. We also discuss safe co-sleeping, the importance of having support postpartum, what the Fetal Ejection Reflex (FER) feels like, the importance of actually waiting for the urge to push, the fact that just because you’re dilated to 10cm doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s time to start pushing, how family-centered midwifery care can be, involving your older children in the labor, birth and postpartum time, how unrealistic it is to expect women to meet a deadline to go into labor, and the importance of education and knowing your options.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Melanie, who is a mother of two. Melanie experienced the cascade of interventions after an induction for being “overdue” with her first pregnancy, and after her birth trauma and a difficult postpartum time, beginning with her son spending some time in the NICU, she immediately knew that she wanted something different the next time. For her next pregnancy, Melanie went on to plan an HBAC and gave birth to her baby at home.
Join us as Melanie shares her birth stories, how connecting with and talking to other women who have gone through similar experiences has helped heal her birth trauma, and the emotions she has experienced when looking back at her first birth after having her HBAC. We also discuss the importance of every woman having options and choices in regards to where and with whom she gives birth, the differences between OB and midwifery care, how prodromal labor can actually be beneficial in preparing your body for labor and birth, the difference between contractions produced via Pitocin vs. natural contractions, the importance of having a supportive provider and birth team, how hospitals are set up to make the doctor look like the authority in birth and give the illusion that women cannot say “no” to anything, and how belittling and diminishing the saying “at least you have a healthy baby” is after experiencing birth trauma.
***As a disclaimer, Melanie does discuss some of the birth trauma that she experienced with her HBAC. It is very important to bring awareness to and provide support for the fact that birth trauma can occur with any type of birth, however, if this is upsetting to you it may be best to skip over.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Courtney, who has had a wide variety of birthing experiences. Courtney had a cesarean with her first baby after going through the cascade of interventions that started with an induction for a suspected “big baby,” and then had a hospital VBAC, a birth center VBAC and an HBAC.
Join us as Courtney shares her birth stories, as well as her experience with having a miscarriage and her family’s journey in fostering and adopting. We also discuss feeling dehumanized and like you’re part of an assembly line when giving birth at the hospital, how cesareans can affect family planning, having a people-pleasing personality and experiencing pushback when making choices that go against the mainstream narrative, how having high expectations can affect the labor and birth process, entering labor and birth with an open mind, how different each and every pregnancy can be, the differences between having a VBAC at the hospital, at a birth center and at home, and the growth that you go through as a mother when you stop caring what other people think and feel confident in the decisions that you make for yourself and your children.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Rachael, who is a mother of two. Rachael had a scheduled cesarean at 36 weeks during her first pregnancy due to placenta previa. This left her with a difficult postpartum period due to baby being early. Before the scheduled cesarean even took place, Rachael knew that she would be pursuing a VBAC during her next pregnancy. When she got pregnant she planned an HBAC and gave birth to her next baby at home.
Join us as Rachael shares her birth stories, how alone and anxious she felt after her cesarean, and the importance of going into labor with an open mind to accept birth however it may unfold. We also discuss the perspective shift of being excited for labor instead of fearing pain and discomfort, the importance of breath work and how it can impact labor, the fear and doubt that can creep in during transition, the “birth high” after having a home birth, having your older children around during labor, and keeping your birth plans private and not discussing them with those who may not be supportive.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Jaimie, who is a mother of four, as well as a doula and lactation consultant. Jaimie had a cesarean after her first baby flipped breech between 38 and 39 weeks. After being led to believe that she would have a “gentle cesarean” but none of her preferences actually being honored, she knew she wanted something different the next time. Jaimie then went on to have a hospital VBAC with a 9lb baby and 2 HBACs, both of which were with 10lb babies.
Join us as Jaimie shares her birth stories, her journey through learning about pregnancy and birth, how she started advocating for herself and the impact it had during her VBAC birth in the hospital, and how she supports other moms today in her role as a doula. We also discuss the “protest-despair” response in babies who are immediately separated from their mothers after birth, how hospitals often seem to focus on paperwork and policies rather than the human beings they are working with, variations of normal in labor, our body’s innate wisdom and the ability of our body and baby to work together during labor and birth, our intuition as mothers and how it can lead us to support our babies in ways we may not understand in the moment, the image we create in our minds of how birth “should be” vs. how it actually is, the importance of processing through our births regardless of the outcome, the mental and emotional battles that often come with pregnancy, and the impact that true surrender in pregnancy, birth and motherhood can have.
Connect with Jaimie on Instagram, here.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Jen, who is a mother of two. Jen had a cesarean with her first child after a long labor and very little support in the hospital. Feeling dehumanized and traumatized by her experience, she began to look into other options and hired a home birth midwife as soon as she realized that she was pregnant with her second child. Jen then went on to give birth to her 10lb pound baby at home.
Join us as Jen shares her birth stories, the feeling she experienced during and after her cesarean of being the one giving birth but not mattering to anyone in the room, and the difficulty in navigating mainstream prenatal care when you don’t know the right questions to ask or that there are other options. We also discuss how quickly people are to say that VBAC and home birth are risky and the importance of remembering that repeat cesareans also come with risks, how home birth and birth centers only vary in regards to location, the difference in prenatal care from a midwife vs. an OB, the importance of taking the time to heal from previous birth trauma, how having your other children present at your birth will impact them and their perception of birth, the importance of taking time to rest in the postpartum period and process through your birth experience regardless of if it was traumatizing or not, and how motherhood can look different than you envisioned, especially if you start making choices that go against the mainstream.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Megan. Despite Megan’s desire for a natural birth, her journey to motherhood began with an ectopic pregnancy and the discovery of autoimmune issues which left her feeling shaken and like maybe home birth wasn’t for her after all. When she got pregnant again, Megan sought out care from the OB who had performed the surgery for her ectopic pregnancy and ended up having a cesarean due to breech presentation. Immediately after her cesarean, Megan knew that she definitely wanted to have her next baby naturally at home and started meeting with midwives before she was even pregnant again. Megan then went on to give birth to her next baby in the comfort of her own home.
Join us as Megan shares her birth stories, the importance of discussing the realities of it sometimes taking several months to get pregnant once you begin trying, and the importance of paying attention to early red flags from your provider. We also discuss the sensations and feelings that come with having a cesarean and healing afterwards, the cascade of interventions and potential consequences of forcing labor to start before your body is ready, the stress of having strangers present during a hospital birth, the differences in the overall relationship and environment associated with a home birth and midwife compared to an OB in the hospital, finding the right balance between consuming positive VBAC/HBAC stories but still being aware of the risks and possibilities associated with birth, the importance of setting boundaries with people in your life regarding your birth plans, not allowing unsupportive people into your birth space, the stigma around home birth and the lack of education around home birth and birth in general, and that your birth support doesn’t have to come from a certified doula.
HBAC vs. hospital VBAC study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33583048/
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Kara, who is a mother of two. At the end of Kara’s first pregnancy, she was told to go in for an induction while her blood pressure was normal rather than waiting for it to get high again, despite only having had one high blood pressure reading several weeks beforehand. What her provider had said would be a “gentle induction” quickly cascaded into a cesarean. When Kara became pregnant again, her hospital VBAC plans turned into HBAC plans when covid hospital restrictions became widespread. When Kara’s water broke she didn’t experience any contractions for almost 2 full days, but being fully supported by her birth team, she went on to give birth to her baby in the comfort of her own home.
Join us as Kara shares her birth stories, how her experience as an athlete and powerlifter carried her through labor, the differences in the care that she received during her pregnancies, how she learned to say “no” during pregnancy, and how healing her HBAC was not only for her, but also for her husband after he got to catch and be the first person to touch his daughter. We also discuss the lack of informed consent when interventions are presented as something that needs to be done, discrepancies in due dates and how they can have a negative impact when scheduling inductions and cesareans, the importance of connecting with your birth team and interviewing multiple midwives and doulas when possible, and the way that postpartum depression has become normalized and dismissed in our society.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Callie, who is a mother of four and a holistic doula, lactation specialist, placenta encapsulator and un-schooler. Callie had a cesarean with her first baby after being put on a clock at the hospital. She was then scared into a scheduled repeat cesarean with her second after a third trimester ultrasound showed that her baby was “too big.” During her third pregnancy, Callie planned for a hospital VBAC, but then experienced a bait-and-switch from her provider and fired them when she was around 8 months pregnant. She planned to just labor at home due to not being able to find another provider, but ended up with a third cesarean after experiencing intense fear and going into the hospital for pain management during labor. For her last pregnancy, Callie planned an unassisted home birth from the start, addressed her fears and gave birth to her UBA3C baby in the comfort of her home.
Join us as Callie shares her birth stories, her journey as a doula and how she supports women now, how she decided to take responsibility for her choices in birth, and the process she has gone through of forgiving herself for previous choices that had been made out of fear. We also discuss the process of facing our fears in pregnancy and birth, how fears and the inability to feel safe can stall labor, the feelings of self-doubt when there are so many outside influences that sabotage a mother’s intuition and make a profit when the natural way doesn’t work out, all of the gadgets and devices that are marketed to mothers as things they need to have during pregnancy and in motherhood, the potential ramifications of inductions and scheduled cesareans when due dates are inaccurate, making choices based on intuition and self-empowerment, not compromising what you want during pregnancy, birth and postpartum, and how birth is just as much of a normal, biological process as having a bowel movement.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Kori, who is a mother of two and currently lives on the island of Maui. Kori is a wealth of knowledge and has her own platform, podcast and online course where she teaches women how to restore their metabolism, vitality and food freedom of their youth. Kori’s first pregnancy ended in a cesarean due to her son being transverse when her water broke. She had been receiving prenatal care at a birth center in Florida, and had a poor experience when they needed to transfer to the hospital for a cesarean. Kori immediately knew that she would be pursuing an out-of-hospital VBAC for her next pregnancy, and she and her family made the move to Maui in between her pregnancies, where she then planned an HBAC with a midwife. After not progressing past 4cm for the first 32 hours of labor, Kori persevered and fully dilated the remaining 6cm within 40 minutes, immediately felt the urge to push and gave birth to her 9lb 7oz daughter two contractions later at 42 weeks exactly.
Join us as Kori shares her birth stories, how defeated she felt during her HBAC labor and how she reflects on and perceives the experience now, the importance of sharing difficult labor and birth stories, and the feelings surrounding an unplanned cesarean, not experiencing yourself give birth to your baby and seeing your baby for the first time when they are on the other side of the room. We also discuss honoring your intuition as a mother and allowing ourselves to trust our instincts despite the constant unsolicited advice mothers receive, the taboo conversations around bedsharing and co-sleeping, differing opinions on what “safety” is in birth and how it impacts our choices, taking responsibility for our bodies and health, how trauma can expose itself during birth, that our babies can also undergo birth trauma, our body’s wise, built in protective mechanisms, the importance of communal female relationships before, during and after birth, the current trend of “pain free births” whether at home or in the hospital with an epidural, and the huge rise we are seeing in the surgical method of addressing oral restrictions.
Find Kori on Instagram, here.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Kelli, who is a mother of two. Kelli’s first birth ended in a cesarean after it was discovered that her baby was breech when she arrived at the hospital in labor. When she became pregnant with her second baby, Kelli discovered that this baby was also breech, but she knew that she didn’t want to have another cesarean. At 39 weeks, just 3 days shy of going into labor, Kelli solidified the support of a home birth midwife and gave birth to her breech baby in the comfort of her own home.
Join us as Kelli shares her birth stories and takes us through her journey of finding support to give birth to her breech VBAC baby at home after the intense manipulation, bullying, coercion and unprofessional behavior from the hospital, how she finally found validation in feeling traumatized by her c-section with the women she was connecting with in online forums, and how she desperately wanted someone to actually take the time to listen to her and trust her knowledge of her own body. We also discuss the mourning and grief experienced when our birth plans don’t line up with what we had pictured, the loss of not getting to watch our babies come out of our own bodies when we have a cesarean, how our memories of traumatic events can be impacted and it often feels as if we are remembering events through the photos/videos that were taken, how common it is to just take a doctor at their word and the emphasis we put on a doctor’s opinion, how the unpredictability of natural birth vs. a scheduled cesarean is perceived in the hospital, how doctors can use scare tactics to coerce women into what is easiest for their schedules, a baby’s perspective of a scheduled cesarean, how finding a community of supportive women can impact our healing, and how impactful it is for a baby’s first sensory experiences to be in the safety and comfort of their own home.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Stephanie, who is a mother of three and a physical therapist. Stephanie had a cesarean with her first baby due to a sudden and severe onset of preeclampsia, which was followed by a 3 week NICU stay for her baby and an emotionally difficult postpartum recovery. With her next pregnancy, Stephanie hired the same midwifery group, but ended up being transferred to the on-call OB during labor when none of the midwives showed up for her. Despite having a VBAC, this was followed by another difficult postpartum recovery, both physically and emotionally. For her third pregnancy, Stephanie hired a home birth midwife and gave birth to her almost 10lb baby in her bedroom.
Join us as Stephanie shares her birth stories, how OBGYNs and modern medical care have their place when there is a true emergency, and how labor and postpartum recovery can differ in a medicated vs. unmedicated state. We also discuss how our bodies will protect our babies if we feel unsafe during labor, how our perceived level of pain during labor can be impacted by our surroundings, the impact that a doula or supportive birth partner can have, and the feedback loop that our bodies are designed with in regards to all of the hormones associated with labor, birth and postpartum recovery.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
-
In today's episode we meet Dr. Sarah, who is a chiropractor and birth educator, and she shares her three birth stories. After her first pregnancy ended in a missed miscarriage, Dr. Sarah stayed with the same OBGYN group for her next pregnancy after undergoing IUI to become pregnant. Despite a voice in her head saying to just stay home, Dr. Sarah went into the hospital and had a cesarean for no reason other than falling into a cascade of interventions and her birth not following the hospital’s timeline. Immediately knowing that she needed to do things differently next time, Dr. Sarah hired a homebirth midwife when she became pregnant with her next baby, but later decided to to have an unassisted birth (UBAC) at home instead. For her last pregnancy, Dr. Sarah hired a different set of midwives and had a 2HBAC.
Join us as Dr. Sarah shares her birth stories, how her birth experiences have inspired her to connect with other women and become an advocate against obstetric violence and abuse, how obstetric violence and abuse can still occur even if your care team is “nice,” the importance of taking responsibility for your choices, knowing why you’re making the choices that you are, not blindly following what anyone says, and that doctors are just a consultant and the woman should be the final authority regarding their care during pregnancy and birth. We also discuss the Prenatal Care Workbook that Dr. Sarah is currently working on, how statistics on topics such as uterine rupture can be skewed, the role of the husband/partner during labor and birth, and the importance of preparing for postpartum and having postpartum support.
Find Dr. Sarah on Instagram, here.
Be sure to subscribe to The Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast on your favorite podcast app to be notified when new episodes are available, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-date information.
Want to share your Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC) story? Send us an e-mail at [email protected] to get in touch.
This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace advice from qualified medical professionals.
- Показать больше
