About this episode

Abby shares her VBAC birth story and the challenges she faced with provider behavior during labor and delivery.

In this episode, Abby shares her VBAC birth story following an emergency cesarean. Determined to experience a vaginal birth, she prepared carefully while navigating limited provider options in Alabama. What unfolded during labor and delivery underscores how provider behavior, rather than maternal physiology, often determines birth outcomes. Abby describes how a manual vaginal extraction caused a nearly catastrophic fourth-degree tear, requiring three subsequent surgeries in the months that fo...

Topics covered

• VBAC
• birth story
• emergency cesarean
• provider behavior
• maternal health

Keywords

• vaginal birth
• birth outcomes
• fourth-degree tear
• surgery

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