Tag: cesarean

Do I Need A C-Section Birth Plan?

Do You Need a C-Section Birth Plan? Short answer: YES! If you don’t want to do any grunt work, just download my birth plans! Get a FREE C-Section birth plan with an included VBAC birth preferences checklist. Want to know what exactly you should have on a C-Section birth plan? …

7 Things You Need to Know about Gestational Diabetes & C-Sections

Recently diagnosed with gestational diabetes? Failed the glucose test so horrendously they instantly put you on insulin? Or did you just barely fail? I’ve been there, and want to save you from the overwhelm and confusion I felt after my gestational diabetes diagnosis. In this post, we focus on one …

Stitches or Staples for the “Crunchy” C-Section

  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 …

Finding Peace with C-Sections as a Crunchy Mom

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 …

Quest to VBAC

  Last post I talked about the heartbreak I felt after the birth of my firstborn. Since it ended in a C-Section, I was determined to have my unmedicated, all-natural birth the second time around. *Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. This means that, at no added cost to …

The Heartbreak After The C-Section

  My son wailed in the heated bassinet a few steps away, and the nurses were running around trying to find a heated blanket so they could lay him on my chest. I felt like an incubator that was no longer useful. I did not feel like a mother. This …