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Sarah's VBA3C

12/8/2014

As promised, Benjamin Isaiah's birth story.

Ok so I woke up having irregular contractions on 20th of November so my husband and I went for a 2nd sweep which was scheduled for 4:30 on the 20th.. Immediately after the sweep, my contractions started to regulate themselves. So we went out for our last meal together before the baby came. I couldn't stay out long so we went back home....By 12, contractions were 7 minutes apart & I decided I needed gas & air, so we went to hospital.

The first midwife they saw refused to give me G&A; she said I must wait to see a doctor. This made me very upset, but it only got worse. The first doctors came and told me that I should have the baby cut out, but I refused. More doctors came and one tried to force us by threatening us with all sorts--from baby was in distress and going to die and it'll be my fault...to hospital solicitors {lawyers}. This went on the whole time I was in labor, even while I was contracting, but my husband and I remained a team. He kept saying to me, "Baby I love you, you can do this, and I would say, "I can do this, thank you for your faith in me."

By 6 o'clock I was 6 centimeters. The pain was too intense for me to pay any attention to them so they worked on my husband, but he didn't budge..

By 7, I was ready to face these awful people. I started pushing, and it took me awhile but I got there. All those people who doubted me were now telling me how impressed they were with me.. I screamed & my husband cried as my baby was born at 8 on the dot! He weighed 8lb 4oz.

After the baby was born, things went wrong with my placenta...they started pulling at it very hard and I started losing a lot of blood; my husband was so scared. I was taken away and given a blood transfusion, but by the grace of God, I am recovering well and the baby is nursing beautifully. My husband has a smile from ear to ear...

I would like say that I am so happy with all the advice given to me by all the beautiful mummas on this forum. If it wasn't for you all, I would never have had the courage to fight the system.
You don't need luck ladies, you're all blessed with knowledge...stay blessed, all of you. Hope your journeys are peaceful ones...bless you all...

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Jenerra's Home VBA3C

10/11/2013

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My VBAC journey began with me looking on “YouTube." Believe it or not, I was originally looking up maternity clothing hauls, instead it ended up leading me to a VBAC video. That’s how I found out that it was possible. I truly believe that this was an act of God.

I was always told by my doctors that because I had my first c-section that I would have to keep having them, even though my first c-section was the result of an induction gone wrong. There was no medical reason that I couldn’t have a vaginal birth, so when I discovered that women were having vaginal births after c-sections I was angry. I felt lied to, and when I found out how much doctors got paid for c-sections versus vaginal births, I felt manipulated. So I set out to find a doctor that would allow me to have a trial of labor; I couldn’t find one. So then I started looking for a midwife (I was hoping to find one that worked at a birthing center). I had some trouble with that. Because I was already 16 weeks, I started going to the “TriHealth Nurse Mid-Wives." They told me that I would have to have a c-section through their doctor. I did however let them know that I wanted to have a VBAC, and If I found a doctor that would allow me to have a trial of labor, I would switch.

So I started attending their practice. They told me that later in my pregnancy I would need to see their doctor to schedule surgery. I knew that was not what I wanted, so I never said anything. I talked with the doctor one time. He told me that he would not allow me to have a trial of labor. Needless to say I didn’t want to talk to him again. God somehow allowed me to slip through the cracks. The nurses forgot or somehow overlooked me. They didn’t catch the fact that they wanted me to schedule a c-section until a week before my due date. They scheduled an appointment for me to talk to the doctor on Monday, and the doctor had my c-section scheduled for the next day. I told the doctor that I was a stay at home mom with three children, and I needed more time. He basically told me tough. He said he was booked, and tomorrow was the only time he could get me in. To make a long story a little shorter, I didn’t go.

I got on the computer, and started looking for anyone one that could possibly help. I found someone with ICAN in another city, by the name of Julie. Julie gave my information to a woman near me named Melissa (a doula). Melissa hooked me up with a midwife named Julie, who works with another midwife name Felicia. Long story short all of these wonderful women came to my house and helped me deliver my baby. And I will love them forever.

I went in to labor at exactly 41 weeks. My labor was 14 hours long, and I only pushed for 30 minutes before my 7lb15oz baby was born.

YES IT HURT! BUT I AM NOT A BROKEN WOMAN!....AND NOW I KNOW IT!!! THANK GOD!!!

P.S Shame on all the doctors that got paid off of my ignorance. Never again. And YES I CAN!!

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