
Cesarean vs. VBAC: A Dramatic Difference
4 months ago
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1. Cesarean vs. VBAC: A Dramatic Difference
4 months ago
Watch how a baby is delivered in a cesarean birth and see the dramatic difference of what both the mother and baby experience in a home water birth after cesarean.
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My wish would be that all children could come into our world the way JoJo was born - in such an incredibly loving environment. So fathers, when your daughter decides she wants to have a home birth, listen to her heart, listen to her soul. It is literally an opportunity of a lifetime for all concerned.
Thank you, Alex, for that gift!! Thank you!! Thank you!! We will never, ever forget the joy and the loving family setting you and John created. John was there for you and JoJo in a way that was so incredible - so loving.
Alex, your video with your brother’s music playing in the background is just so beautiful - it brings a tear to my eye every time I watch it. I Love You, Dad
Thank you for sharing
Tammy,
5 VBAC's and counting!
The footage of your second Cesarean is gruesome, I had to look away many times, but I'm really glad you showed all the nitty gritty details. I think too many people believe that all Cesareans are like how your first one looked - cut a slit in the belly, pull out the baby, la dee da! In reality, they are graphic, almost violent, and very shocking to both baby and mom's body. The look on Maddie's face said it all when she was fully born and holding her arms out. "WTF just happened to me?!" How much did she weigh, BTW? (Curious if she was as terribly big as they feared!)
I'll be sharing this video on my blog. Feel free to stop by anytime. You can read my HBAC story there too, by clicking the photo that says "My Triumphant HBAC" on the right. keyboardrevolutionary.blogspot.com Thanks again for being an inspiration! You are awesome!
I was lucky with my secong babe that the Ob 'missed' his size, he was born 10lb 15oz. My third birth was a Home Birth and he was 11lb 0oz.
Thank-you again for sharing :) I just also want to ask how you feel about the midwife doing all that suctioning in you HB?
This is priceless. Congratulations and thank you.
I am a Grandmother weighing in...I birthed nine children,8 in the hospital, one at home. Largest newborn was 10 lbs 8 oz.Long labors,shorter ones,many 3 weeks overdue..most in fact.That was how our(babe and I) bodies worked.
I have been a childbirth educator and as I prepare to semi- retire as a psychotherapist I hope to doula and to provide professional help to women and babes traumatized by birth experience.
Most difficult experience of late was to watch 2/3 daughetrs have unplanned, unwanted c -sections that I cannot walk away from and say were necessary.Being at their births in the capacity of birth attendant,mother and grandmother was like having my mouth duct taped by a system that was condescending,self serving and..well, worth the time to find brief and succinct articulation.I'll try again later after it assimilates better.
My daughters still cry and as a family or as women, have not been able to REALLY talk about it yet(babes are 2,3,4 months)That makes a 50%section rate in my family of 5 sisters and that is too much!!
Some of these women will not have the opportunity to birth again and they are left to make sense of their experience and I think it is an emotional and mental bind!! I believe your share will help. I am so glad you did have this opportunity you powerful woman you.!! And your effort to share with other women...thank you.It needs to be spoken and SHOWN!!
I would like to learn more from you as I seek to serve this " cause" and our women and our people.
peace, pamela
so to a certain extent I think you are right, but then I think maybe OB's should look at the ACTUAL rules
my mum actually refused to come to the hospital with me for my second birth, said that it scared her, she was terrified of doing that again (my mother has 5 children, all but one homebirthed), so she not only supported my decision to homebirth, she totally encouraged it, she helped me convince my husband, she helped me face the world when i told anyone that i was going to homebirth!
once again THANKYOU!! amazing to see, not just from a parent but from her father!!! WOW
I am sitting at my desk frantically trying to wipe the tears from my eyes so no one will see me! This is quite possibly the most heart-wrenching (c/s) and most triumphant (homebirth) thing I've ever witnessed! Thank you so much for sharing this with us and I applaud you.
Thank you!
Unfortunately in Arizona we can't VBAC at home unless we want to go unassisted. While I know my body can birth this baby, I'm not willing to go without a midwife. So, sometime next month, I'll have my baby in the most VBAC-friendly, NCB-friendly hospital in the Phoenix area with my husband, midwife, and doula by my side. I chose a midwife practice that delivers in hospitals that has a very high VBAC rate. I'm glad I at least have choices in this large metropolitan area.. some women are not so lucky in Arizona. In fact, there is a woman in Page who has to drive down to Phoenix for her VBAC (a 5-hour drive) because her hospital doesn't even allow them. It's a shame that Arizona law doesn't allow midwives to do HBACs. Basically we're forced to choose between no medical expertise at all vs. hospital.
I know my body can do this, and I truly appreciate you for posting your video. Every day I try to watch or read a VBAC success story; I have developed tremendous confidence from them. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your video is inspiring.