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So last week we heard my lovely past client Amber's beautifully remeptive VBAC birth story (episode 17 if you haven't listened yet!), but today, I wanted to focus on HOW to have a VBAC.

Something that should be so straightforward, is unfortunately anything but that.

Today, Sammy and I unpack it all and hopefully you'll have a much clearer understanding of what you can do to improve your odds!

Enjoy! Hope it's helpful!

PS. Please remember that absolutely none of this is to be taken as medical advice, rather this is just information to supplement your own research and conversations with a midwife or healthcare provider that you know and trust.

References:

• AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare). (2021). Australia's Mothers and Babies 2021: Summary Report. Canberra: AIHW.
• ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists). (2017). Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (Practice Bulletin No. 184).
• Dahlen, H., Tracy, S., Bisits, A., Brown, C., & Thornton, C. (2011). Rates of obstetric intervention among low-risk women giving birth in private and public hospitals in NSW: a population-based descriptive study. BMJ Open, 1(1), e000002.
• Guise, J. M., Denman, M. A., Emeis, C., et al. (2010). Vaginal birth after cesarean: new insights. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 191.
• Hodnett, E. D., Gates, S., Hofmeyr, G. J., & Sakala, C. (2013). Continuous support for women during childbirth. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (7).
• McKenzie, C., & Toohey, J. (2022). Home Birth and VBAC: A review of outcomes in Australia. Australian Midwifery Journal, 35(2), 17-23.
• Shorten, A., Shorten, B., Keogh, J., West, S., & Morris, J. (2018). Making choices for childbirth: a randomized controlled trial of a decision-aid for informed birth after cesarean. Birth, 31(1), 28-36.
• Simkin, P., 2021. DONA Birth Position Paper, DONA.org. Available at: .
• Klaus, M. H., Kennell, J. H., & Klaus, P. H. (1993). Mothering the mother: How a doula can help you have a shorter, easier, and healthier birth. Addison-Wesley.
• Kenneth J. Gruber, Susan H. Cupito, Christina F. Dobson, Impact of Doulas on Healthy Birth Outcomes, J Perinat Educ. 2013.
• Nursing The System (n.d.) Health policy is not evidence-based. Available at: https://www.nursingthesystem.com/post/health-policy-is-not-evidence-based
• American Academy of Family Physicians (1999) ‘Clinical policies: Are they evidence-based?’, Family Practice Management, March 1999. Available at: https://www.aafp.org/pubs/fpm/issues/1999/0300/p28.html 
• Black, N. (2004) ‘Evidence-based policy: Proceed with care’, Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 10(2), pp. 239-244. Available at: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1120888/ (
• Balas, E.A. and Boren, S.A. (2000) ‘Managing clinical knowledge for healthcare improvements’, Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 9, pp. 65–70. Available at: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3241518/ 
• Melanie the Midwife (2024) ‘Hospital policy vs. eviden

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