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The C-section rate in the United States is hovering around 35%, which means VBAC preparation is becoming more important than ever. As a labor & delivery nurse and birth doula, VBAC is one of the most common concerns moms bring to me.
In this episode, I’m sharing my top, experience-backed tips to help you feel informed, empowered, and confident as you prepare for a vaginal birth after C-section. We talk honestly about the real risks of a VBAC, how to choose a truly supportive provider, and why your mental and emotional preparation matters just as much as the physical side of birth.
Whether you’re still deciding between a VBAC and a repeat C-section or you’re already committed to your VBAC journey, this episode will help you cut through fear-based messaging and focus on what actually improves your chances of a positive birth experience.
In this episode, I cover:
Mentioned in the episode:
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Resources:
🕊️ FREE LABOR POSITIONS GUIDE
🕊️ THE HOLY CONFIDENT BIRTH COURSE
🧺 SHOP MY MOTHERHOOD FAVES
Be assured of my prayers as you prepare for one of the most powerful experiences of your life. You were made for this!
About Me
Hi, friend! I’m Eve—a Catholic mom, Registered Nurse, Doula, and Childbirth Educator. I help women reclaim God’s design for childbirth and prepare for natural, faith-centered birth experiences they’ll love. On this podcast, we’ll explore birth, faith, and natural motherhood with Jesus at the center.
Want to learn more? Visit holyconfidentbirth.com.
Disclaimer
This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider for personalized care.
Subscribe & leave a review to help more women discover this countercultural, Christ-centered birth education
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One of the most frustrating things I see as a doula and labor and delivery nurse is how often women are making birth decisions based on fear instead of facts. When it comes to VBAC specifically, many women are told it’s “too risky” without ever being given real numbers or full context.
In this week's episode I walk through the actual risk of a VBAC using real data, current research, and what I’ve seen firsthand working with pregnant mamas. I break down why uterine rupture is so often misunderstood, how risk is commonly misrepresented in provider conversations, and why the risks of repeat C-sections are rarely discussed alongside VBAC.
If you’re pregnant after a previous C-section and trying to decide between a VBAC and a repeat C-section, this episode is meant to help you understand the data clearly so you can make a confident, informed decision - not one rooted in fear.
Covered in this episode:
Resources:
Study mentioned: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14520209/
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Be assured of my prayers as you prepare for one of the most powerful experiences of your life. You were made for this!
About Me
Hi, friend! I’m Eve—a Catholic mom, Registered Nurse, Doula, and Childbirth Educator. I help women reclaim God’s design for childbirth and prepare for natural, faith-centered birth experiences they’ll love. On this podcast, we’ll explore birth, faith, and natural motherhood with Jesus at the center.
Want to learn more? Visit holyconfidentbirth.com.
Disclaimer
This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider for personalized care.
Subscribe & leave a review to help more women discover this countercultural, Christ-centered birth education
✨ Download The FREE Speedy Birth Blueprint Here
🕊 The DIY Doula Guide For Catholic Moms
🕊 Join The Holy Confident Birth Course
This week, I'm sharing natural, at-home ways to encourage labor to begin without immediately relying on medical induction. These are evidence-based, natural methods that may help encourage labor when the body is truly ready, while also emphasizing discernment, prayer, and nervous system regulation in the final weeks of pregnancy.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
Resources:
🕊️ FREE LABOR POSITIONS GUIDE
🕊️ THE HOLY CONFIDENT BIRTH COURSE
🧺 SHOP MY MOTHERHOOD FAVES
Be assured of my prayers as you prepare for one of the most powerful experiences of your life. You were made for this!
About Me
Hi, friend! I’m Eve—a Catholic mom, Registered Nurse, Doula, and Childbirth Educator. I help women reclaim God’s design for childbirth and prepare for natural, faith-centered birth experiences they’ll love. On this podcast, we’ll explore birth, faith, and natural motherhood with Jesus at the center.
Want to learn more? Visit holyconfidentbirth.com.
Disclaimer
This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider for personalized care.
Subscribe & leave a review to help more women discover this countercultural, Christ-centered birth education
✨ Download The FREE Speedy Birth Blueprint Here
🕊 The DIY Doula Guide For Catholic Moms
🕊 Join The Holy Confident Birth Course
In this episode of Holy Confident Birth, I share six proven strategies to help reduce the risk of an unnecessary C-section during birth. Many healthy, normal births end up in surgery due to common practices in today’s medicalized birth culture, but there is so much that expectant moms can do to stay informed, empowered, and confident in their choices.
While acknowledging that C-sections can be life-saving in certain situations, this episode focuses on education, preparation, and advocacy to help support natural labor progression whenever possible.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
Resources:
🕊️ FREE LABOR POSITIONS GUIDE
🕊️ THE HOLY CONFIDENT BIRTH COURSE
🧺 SHOP MY MOTHERHOOD FAVES
Be assured of my prayers as you prepare for one of the most powerful experiences of your life. You were made for this!
About Me
Hi, friend! I’m Eve—a Catholic mom, Registered Nurse, Doula, and Childbirth Educator. I help women reclaim God’s design for childbirth and prepare for natural, faith-centered birth experiences they’ll love. On this podcast, we’ll explore birth, faith, and natural motherhood with Jesus at the center.
Want to learn more? Visit holyconfidentbirth.com.
Disclaimer
This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider for personalized care.
Subscribe & leave a review to help more women discover this countercultural, Christ-centered birth education
✨ Download The FREE Speedy Birth Blueprint Here
🕊 The DIY Doula Guide For Catholic Moms
🕊 Join The Holy Confident Birth Course
In this episode of The Holy Confident Birth Podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Stuart Fischbein—community obstetrician, breech and twin birth specialist, and co-host of the Birthing Instincts podcast—for an honest conversation about breech and twin pregnancies.
So many women are told they are automatically “high risk” when they discover their baby is breech or they’re expecting twins—often without clear explanations or real options. Dr. Stu breaks down why that label is often misleading, how fear-based counseling shapes birth decisions, and what women deserve to know to make truly informed choices.
We talk through the real risks and benefits of vaginal breech and twin birth, why these skills have largely disappeared from hospital obstetrics, and how confidence, education, and provider skill play a critical role in birth outcomes.
This episode is essential listening for any woman navigating a breech or twin pregnancy—or anyone who wants a deeper understanding of informed consent and autonomy in birth.
Mentioned in the episode:
Dr. Stu's Birthing Instincts Podcast
100 Sets of Twins at Home Research Paper
Reteach Breech
Resources:
🕊️ FREE LABOR POSITIONS GUIDE
🕊️ THE HOLY CONFIDENT BIRTH COURSE
🧺 SHOP MY MOTHERHOOD FAVES
Be assured of my prayers as you prepare for one of the most powerful experiences of your life. You were made for this!
About Me
Hi, friend! I’m Eve—a Catholic mom, Registered Nurse, Doula, and Childbirth Educator. I help women reclaim God’s design for childbirth and prepare for natural, faith-centered birth experiences they’ll love. On this podcast, we’ll explore birth, faith, and natural motherhood with Jesus at the center.
Want to learn more? Visit holyconfidentbirth.com.
Disclaimer
This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider for personalized care.
Subscribe & leave a review to help more women discover this countercultural, Christ-centered birth education
✨ Download The FREE Speedy Birth Blueprint Here
🕊 The DIY Doula Guide For Catholic Moms
🕊 Join The Holy Confident Birth Course
In this episode, I share the 10 biggest lessons I wish I had known before my first natural birth. This is wisdom gathered from my experience as a labor & delivery nurse, doula, and mom. If you're planning a natural birth or just want to understand how birth unfolds when it's undisturbed, this episode will leave you feeling informed and empowered.
Resources:
🕊️ FREE LABOR POSITIONS GUIDE
🕊️ THE HOLY CONFIDENT BIRTH COURSE
🧺 SHOP MY MOTHERHOOD FAVES
Be assured of my prayers as you prepare for one of the most powerful experiences of your life. You were made for this!
About Me
Hi, friend! I’m Eve—a Catholic mom, Registered Nurse, Doula, and Childbirth Educator. I help women reclaim God’s design for childbirth and prepare for natural, faith-centered birth experiences they’ll love. On this podcast, we’ll explore birth, faith, and natural motherhood with Jesus at the center.
Want to learn more? Visit holyconfidentbirth.com.
Disclaimer
This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider for personalized care.
Subscribe & leave a review to help more women discover this countercultural, Christ-centered birth education
✨ Download The FREE Speedy Birth Blueprint Here
🕊 The DIY Doula Guide For Catholic Moms
🕊 Join The Holy Confident Birth Course
In this episode, I’m diving into one of the biggest fears I hear from moms all the time: tearing. But the truth is, tearing is way less dramatic than it seems, and there is so much you can do to lower your risk. I’m walking you through the five things that make the biggest difference - things I wish every mama knew going into labor.
What you'll learn:
Resources:
🕊️ FREE LABOR POSITIONS GUIDE
🕊️ THE HOLY CONFIDENT BIRTH COURSE
🧺 SHOP MY MOTHERHOOD FAVES
Be assured of my prayers as you prepare for one of the most powerful experiences of your life. You were made for this!
About Me
Hi, friend! I’m Eve—a Catholic mom, Registered Nurse, Doula, and Childbirth Educator. I help women reclaim God’s design for childbirth and prepare for natural, faith-centered birth experiences they’ll love. On this podcast, we’ll explore birth, faith, and natural motherhood with Jesus at the center.
Want to learn more? Visit holyconfidentbirth.com.
Disclaimer
This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider for personalized care.
Subscribe & leave a review to help more women discover this countercultural, Christ-centered birth education
✨ Download The FREE Speedy Birth Blueprint Here
🕊 The DIY Doula Guide For Catholic Moms
🕊 Join The Holy Confident Birth Course
Is a pain-free birth really possible? In this week’s episode, we’re diving into the neuroscience of labor—what actually causes pain, and how your brain and hormones are designed by God to help block it. You’ll learn how to work with your body’s design instead of against it, why fear is the #1 cause of unnecessary pain in labor, and how to create the conditions that make birth calmer, more efficient, and even less painful.
As a nurse, doula, and mom who’s experienced a pain-free birth, I’m sharing what I’ve learned from science and experience about how your brain chemistry, mindset, and environment all shape your experience of labor.
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
Resources:
🕊️ FREE LABOR POSITIONS GUIDE
🕊️ THE HOLY CONFIDENT BIRTH COURSE
🧺 SHOP MY MOTHERHOOD FAVES
Be assured of my prayers as you prepare for one of the most powerful experiences of your life. You were made for this!
About Me
Hi, friend! I’m Eve—a Catholic mom, Registered Nurse, Doula, and Childbirth Educator. I help women reclaim God’s design for childbirth and prepare for natural, faith-centered birth experiences they’ll love. On this podcast, we’ll explore birth, faith, and natural motherhood with Jesus at the center.
Want to learn more? Visit holyconfidentbirth.com.
Disclaimer
This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider for personalized care.
Subscribe & leave a review to help more women discover this countercultural, Christ-centered birth education
✨ Download The FREE Speedy Birth Blueprint Here
🕊 The DIY Doula Guide For Catholic Moms
🕊 Join The Holy Confident Birth Course
In this week’s episode, I’m sharing the three biggest reasons I see birth plans fall apart (and how to fix them before you’re in labor). Drawing from my experience as both a nurse and a doula, we’ll talk about what it really means to have a rightly ordered relationship with your provider, how to restore trust in your body’s God-designed ability to give birth, and why “winging it” can leave you disappointed in your birth experience.
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
Resources:
🕊️ FREE LABOR POSITIONS GUIDE
🕊️ THE HOLY CONFIDENT BIRTH COURSE
🧺 SHOP MY MOTHERHOOD FAVES
Be assured of my prayers as you prepare for one of the most powerful experiences of your life. You were made for this!
About Me
Hi, friend! I’m Eve—a Catholic mom, Registered Nurse, Doula, and Childbirth Educator. I help women reclaim God’s design for childbirth and prepare for natural, faith-centered birth experiences they’ll love. On this podcast, we’ll explore birth, faith, and natural motherhood with Jesus at the center.
Want to learn more? Visit holyconfidentbirth.com.
Disclaimer
This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider for personalized care.
Subscribe & leave a review to help more women discover this countercultural, Christ-centered birth education
✨ Download The FREE Speedy Birth Blueprint Here
🕊 The DIY Doula Guide For Catholic Moms
🕊 Join The Holy Confident Birth Course
For this week's podcast, I sit down with Flo, The Catholic Nutritionist — a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and FEMM Instructor — to explore how our relationship with food and our bodies is intertwined with our spiritual lives. Flo vulnerably shares her journey from disordered eating to food freedom and how God redeemed her understanding of nourishment, health, and holiness.
Together, we discuss the beauty of the female body, especially in pregnancy and motherhood, and how learning to care for our bodies can become an act of worship and stewardship. This episode is a must-listen for Catholic women seeking to reconnect their physical health with their spiritual life.
You’ll hear about:
Mentioned in the Episode:
Flo’s program: Made Good – a women’s health program integrating faith and functional nutrition
Flo's Instagram: @thecatholicnutritionist
Made Good Podcast – available on Apple and Spotify
Recommended protein powders: Promix and Equip
Book mentioned: Good Energy by Dr. Casey Means
Resources:
🕊️ FREE LABOR POSITIONS GUIDE
🕊️ THE HOLY CONFIDENT BIRTH COURSE
🧺 SHOP MY MOTHERHOOD FAVES
Be assured of my prayers as you prepare for one of the most powerful experiences of your life. You were made for this!
About Me
Hi, friend! I’m Eve—a Catholic mom, Registered Nurse, Doula, and Childbirth Educator. I help women reclaim God’s design for childbirth and prepare for natural, faith-centered birth experiences they’ll love. On this podcast, we’ll explore birth, faith, and natural motherhood with Jesus at the center.
Want to learn more? Visit holyconfidentbirth.com.
Disclaimer
This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider for personalized care.
Subscribe & leave a review to help more women discover this countercultural, Christ-centered birth education
From the publisher's feed
Do you dream of a natural birth but secretly wonder if you'll actually be able to do it when labor gets intense?
Do you believe God designed your body for birth, yet struggle to…
On this podcast you’ll learn how to:
✅ Understand the brain’s powerful role in labor and birth
✅ Overcome fear and cultivate confidence through truth and preparation
✅ Navigate interventions and the medical system wisely and protect the birth you desire
✅ Use labor positions, movement, and mindset to work with your body
✅ Recover and thrive postpartum through nourishment and rest
✅ Embrace motherhood through an intentional, natural, and authentically Catholic perspective
If you are ready to…
Feel EQUIPPED to knock your birth out of the park,
EMPOWERED in your ability to make confident, informed decisions,
and EXCITED for the Spirit-led, fear-free birth you’ve been dreaming of…
Then make yourself a coffee (or a red-raspberry leaf tea) and cozy up. Let’s jump in!
*Disclaimer: this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not personal medical advice.
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