“Why Have Black Women Do VBAC?”

There's a vast discrepancy in the United States, which revolves around race; it is also present in the labor and delivery rooms of hospitals and facilities across the country. Statistics verify time and time again that 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 that they don't understand why they had to have a surgical birth or were given extraneous rationales on why they had to have a surgical birth. This results in birth trauma that are mental, spiritual, and physical, along with the feeling anticlimactic and many times ends up as PTSD.

Black women need space to share their stories, recover, and 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 ready to support and serve Black women who are facing surgical births and seeking a VBAC. The VBAC birth team must work 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, 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 Black families or BIPOC to dispel this disparity and reduce the staggering statistics. For Us, By Us.