“Why Have Black Women Do VBAC?”

There's a huge discrepancy in the United States which revolves around race, its actually is also present in the labor and delivery rooms of hospitals and facilities across the country. Statistics verify time and time again Black women have the highest rates for a Cesarean Section or surgical birth than any other race or ethnicity in the United States. Many of these women do not receive access to education on how to try for a vaginal birth after the first surgical one. Many Black women testify they don't understand why they had to have a surgical birth, or they were given very extraneous rationales on why they had to have a surgical birth. This results in birth trauma that is mental, spiritual, and physical, along with the feeling of anticlimactic and many times ends up as PTSD.

Black women need their space amongst their own, to share their stories, to recover, and to be empowered to continue their journey. Black Women Do VBAC, a new organization is here to do just that. On this website, you will find resources, education, testimonials, and trained birth professionals who are ready to support and serve Black women who are facing surgical births, and who are seeking to have a VBAC.

It's important the VBAC birth team are all working in unity, respect, and education to provide the best birth experience possible thus changing the negative Black birth narrative one birth at a time. Here at Black Women Do VBAC, resources will also include: facilities and providers who are VBAC friendly across the nation as well as blogs and brief videos, providing helpful tips and encouragement.

We know Black women face more “Unnecessarians” than any other race or ethnic group. And we know Black women have the least access to resources to empower a VBAC attempt in their birthing futures. It's time to educate birth, workers, and families who are Black or BIPOC in order to dispel this disparity and reduce the staggering statistics. For Us, By Us.