Positive Birth Story I had a lot of pre-labor before I actually gave birth. Saturday Night (October 15th), I was up a lot with pressure waves. I ended up not going to church and trying to rest on Sunday. Of course they slowed down during the day. Sunday night I had more of the same […]
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I had been having pressure waves forever it seemed. When Dr. Kaminskas checked me at 37 and 38 weeks I was only dilated to a 1 or 1 1/2 and not much effaced. Nothing was really happening but I would still go hours when I was having consistent pressure waves every 5-7 minutes for a
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Shannon called me at 2PM on Thursday and said her water had broken not long after her induction massage! I was happy to hear she was having some pressure waves already. She was going to get ready and have her parents come over for the big kids and head over towards the hospital. (She lives
VBA2C happens 5 hours before scheduled cesarean! Read More »
Hypnobabies has some great tools that are so beneficial for VBAC moms. There are 2 different products to help. Hypnobabies created VBAC Hypnobirth Tracks This wonderful two-track MP3 was created for all our moms who understand that their body knows just how to birth a baby. It is dedicated to the amazing women that are
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As we got closer and closer to her due date I got more and more nervous. Here were my conflicting feelings. I trusted Shannon’s body. I knew that she felt great about the VBAC, so I felt that if she was unhindered she could have a great birth. I am a VBAC mom and I
Attending Shannon’s Birth Ended up Being Amazing! Read More »
Shannon took my Hypnobabies Class while planning on a VBAC a few years ago. She enjoyed the classes and hired a free doula in training. Her OB ended up scaring her into a repeat cesarean due to “low fluid”. Her doula in training called to tell me that the OB said, “low fluid, you can
No, you may not hire me! (VBA2C story: Part 1) Read More »
Hypnobabies was so helpful in my VBAC. I know it may sound silly to use hypnosis, but I feel like it made a big difference in my birth experience. I never intended (or even wanted) to have a pain-free birthing experience. What I wanted was to clear my mind of the self-doubt that comes from
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4 AM ?!?! Wow, things were just moving right along! A little while later, I was resting between contractions and I started wondering if someone had turned off the pitocin again because I felt like several minutes had gone by without anything happening. Literally, as I was finishing this thought, I heard Nichole say (to
Inspiring VBAC – She’s Here! Read More »
Sat, 5/14/2011 – 40w5d About 12:10 AM, the nurse started my pitocin @ 2 milliunits. I was standing next to the bed when she did this (because sitting kept throwing off the monitors and, honestly, just wasn’t very comfortable) and instantly found myself leaning over the bed as a contraction hit me. The first two
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I want to start this year with an amazing VBAC birth story, shared by a mom on the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group. It is a few posts long, with great pictures. Enjoy! Wed, 5/11/2011 – 40w2d I noticed that “Waffle” was more active than usual as we watched TV and got ready for bed. I started
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I had been experiencing prodromal labor for 3-4weeks which was just taunting me because my OB had told me I wasn’t allowed to go past 40 weeks if I wanted an intervention free VBA2C. I had done everything possible to naturally speed things along to no avail…spicy foods, intimacy with dh, sitting/swaying on the birth ball
VBA2C Mom tells Anesthesiologist to Bugger Off Read More »
I absolutely loved reading this birth story about a mom who had 2 very different birth experiences. Her friend called her a “birth outlier” I also cannot have imagined 2 entirely different labors, as the first was a 42-hour ordeal ending in a c-section, and this one was about 42 minutes of intensity before the
Baby Versus Turd – great VBAC story! Read More »
Guest Post by Erin, a mom from the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group The HBA3C of Titus James (Home Birth after 3 Cesareans) You may need your BOP towards the end as my birth wasn’t completely comfortable, but I still believe Hypnobabies totally worked for me. I woke up early on Thursday morning with a few mild
Planned HBA3C turned UBA3C Read More »
This is a guest post by one of my doula clients, Shannon. You may remember reading my version of her birth story, which spanned several posts. It was just that good of a birth story! First I told her she couldn’t hire me! Then after seeing how hard she was fighting for her VBA2C, I
Baby Born Vaginally after 2 cesareans, 5 hours BEFORE Scheduled Cesarean! Read More »
I am a VBACtivist (one who supports VBACs) I have had 2 VBACs. I love being a doula at VBACs. I have lots of posts about VBACs. Here are some of my favorites. Moms who made big sacrifices, really had to stand up for themselves to have their VBACs. Moving 3 hours away for a
VBAC – Vaginal Birth After Cesarean – my favorite posts Read More »
