Category: Vaginal Birth After Cesareans (VBAC)
Can a woman give birth vaginally after a C-Section? Absolutely! Learn more about vaginal birth after Cesareans to feel informed and empowered going into your next birth. To get personalized guidance, join the waitlist for Take BAC Your Birth, the comprehensive program designed to lead to your best pregnancy & birth experience.
Part 7 of 9 in the postpartum mental health series. Keep reading to learn about working out after a C-Section This post builds on itself. But if you want to jump straight to a timeframe, here are your options: Exercises to Avoid for 6-12 Months Postpartum How to “Exercise” Before …
I have had 2 C-Sections and a VBA2C! It took a lot of hard work (5-days of labor work!), but with a lot of help, we made it happen. Get the full scoop on how I did it with this incredible interview from The VBAC Link! If you are looking …
Does your C-Section scar feel numb, itchy, tingly, tight, or achy? Do you have back pain, headaches, constipation or bladder problems? You would benefit from scar massage! *Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. This means that, at no added cost to you, I may receive compensation for products …
What are guided meditations? Guided meditations are mental exercises to help relax your brain and body. It is one way to use hypnosis, aka meditative states. You experience meditative states all the time. Scrolling through social media for “10 minutes” and looking up to find 2 hours have passed, or …
Having any birth after a C-Section comes with its rollercoaster of emotion. Wanting to have a vaginal delivery after one or more C-Sections when no one thinks you can/should do it? Phew. That’s a whole ‘nother layer of awesome. (sarcasm) All you need to be focusing on right now is finding …
Can a Woman Have a normal, vaginal birth after a C-Section? *Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. This means that, at no added cost to you, I may receive compensation for products you purchase through links found on my blog. (Thank you, thank you!) This in no way affects …
After three pregnancies, I’ve realized there is always more to learn to prepare for labor and delivery. There is so much information, and so many differing views swirling around. It gets confusing to sift out the important things. Hospital vs birthing center vs home; hypnobirthing vs Lamaze vs “bear down …
Affirmations are amazing! I didn’t really know about them during my first pregnancy. If I heard of them, I probably thought they were as unnecessary as reading books to prepare for birth (don’t worry, I have since repented- here is my list of the 3 best books to read during …
There are many things you need to learn to prepare for a Cesarean Section. An often neglected topic that can drastically improve your C-Section recovery, is deciding how you want your incision to be sealed. Even if you have had a C-Section before, TALK to your doctor about your …
Welcome to the final part in a three part series about finding peace with C-Sections. After going through the process I detailed in my first two posts (first & second), I still felt like Cesarean Sections were necessary evils. I was mostly telling myself I would be accepting of a …