hey there guys it's Alice Turner here I am a doula a childbirth educator and I'm here to spend the
big wheel of birth and see what childbirth the topic we're gonna talk about today let's do it
okay today we're talking about VBAC so VBAC stands for vaginal birth after cesarean so
VBAC is what we call when someone is looking to have a vaginal birth after they've had a
cesarean so this might be their so for their second baby third baby fourth baby whatever it
is that means they've had a cesarean previously and this next birth is a vaginal birth so VBAC
is can be used to explain a birth after it's already happened like oh I had a VBAC or maybe
some might someone might say are you planning to have Abby back so are you planning to go
for a vaginal birth or are you going to schedule a c-section so there's lots of information out there
on VBACs right now but from all of the research that I've seen and everything that I know about
me backs that if you are interested in having a VBAC if you're interested in having a vaginal
birth after you have one cesarean birth there's one main thing that's really going to indicate
your success that doesn't have to do with your physical body and that is your care provider so
finding a care provider that also is supportive of the backs a care provider that has done a lot
of you backs is important and also a facility that is supportive of VBACs and encouraging a
VBAC is very key if you are interested in having a feedback so what I suggest is that if you are
in this position where you are looking to have a vaginal birth for a after a cesarean
birth that you really do your homework early in your pregnancy talking to different providers so
it could be that you're with the provider that is the best for you the the person that you've
already gone to that might be the best person but what I would do is even if this person is
whoever you're with whoever your care provider a midwife or doctor that you're seeing for your
prenatal care your care make sure that everyone that they practice with everyone there's a chance
that we'll be catching your baby that they all feel the same way and really ask your questions
early on that way if you find that there isn't a good match between you and your care provider
are you and the facility where you're planning on giving birth that you'll have time to make
adjustments it really just hurts my heart as a doula when I find people find out that their
care providers aren't supportive of VBACS and they're so late in their pregnancy that it's
hard to switch or they're unable to switch so ask your questions really early I would really
want to know if what percentage of their patients are having VBACs so do or do they have a lot of
clients that are having me back because when they are working with a lot of the back clients they
feel a different level of comfort and experience and knowledge than care providers that don't have
much experience working with VBAC patients so I would want to try to find if possible a care
provider that has a lot of experience that is very supportive and the second question I would ask is
are there any kind of restrictions or special treatment that is done with a VBAC so what I've
seen in the past is I've seen sometimes hospitals have policies maybe on monitoring labor monitoring
contractions and fetal heart rate monitors I'm in labor for the bag patience I've seen differences
in that where maybe they're requiring a continuous monitoring instead of intermittent monitoring I've
also seen practices that have a deadline as to when someone can go into labor or has to go into
labor by a certain date gestation if they would like to try for a VBAC birth so maybe you know
the provider might say if you don't go into labor by 40 40 weeks by your due date then we'll have
to do a scheduled c-section so are there any any little um not little but are there any regulations
and special treatments that come along with VBAC definitely find those out when you're doing your
interviewing when you're looking for your care providers and I also would recommend if you
are having a VBAC to consider looking for VBAC education whether that's an in-person class or
whether that's an online class because it's good to have some extra education when it comes to just
some of the differences that come with the back birth I'm sometimes you'll hear called trial of
labor as well trial of labor means that you are going for me back we just don't know what if it
will be a feedback or not so you might hear that terminology as you start down this path so be back
as you can tell by the name Bachelor birth after cesarean it does mean that not every cesarean
birth means that you have to always have cesarean births so it really depends on the person the
situation and the care provider and what's going on with your body so if you're interested in this
please talk to your care providers as early as possible in pregnancy ask all of those questions
that I mentioned and I would love to hear what you think about be back put some information in
the comments below if you have questions if you have experiences I'd love to hear them give us
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