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Erica Fleischer’s Birth Stories Erica Fleischer lives in Chicago and is a mom to two girls ages 4.5 and 21 months. Her first daughter was born via c-section and Erica had a difficult emotional recovery from it. She quickly found ICAN and 3 years later had a successful unmedicated VBAC. With both babies she suffered from […]
Paige Aaron shares the story of her baby’s planned C Section birth due to a breech position.
Katie Vigos of Empowered Birth Project shares the stories of her three births: the first in a hospital, the second a homebirth and the third a planned unassisted homebirth turned emergency C section.
After her first birth resulted in an unplanned c-section, Kacey felt that so much was missing from her birth experience. It wasn’t until she found out that she was expecting again that she realized just how traumatic that experience was and how badly she wanted to have a vaginal birth the second time, if possible. Kacey and her husband went on an educational and eye-opening journey toward eventually having a highly transformative, drug-free VBAC experience. Kacey and her husband, Adam, live in Lincoln, NE raising their two beautiful boys.
Christina was diagnosed with gestational hypertension in the final trimester of her pregnancy and placed on bedrest. She was advised to induce labor at 37 weeks and had to consistently advocate for herself to make it as long as possible before doing so. She eventually agreed to an induction at 40 weeks and 4 days. After […]
Anni’s first pregnancy was healthy and routine, and over the pregnancy she grew excited for labor and giving birth. Much to her disappointment, she ended up planning a c-section when she learned their daughter was breech at their 36-week appointment. Postpartum was consumed with learning how to breastfeed, and planning for a cross-country military move […]
Julie’s first pregnancy was normal and healthy until week 35, when her baby was diagnosed as Intrauterine Growth Restricted (IUGR). Due to this diagnosis, her providers suggested an induction at 37 weeks. The induction was challenging. The baby did not tolerate labor and the various interventions well, and it ultimately ended in a c-section. She […]
Leslie’s VBAC was both challenging and redemptive. After a traumatic emergency c-section with her first birth, she was determined to try for a VBAC with her second birth nearly four years later. She surrounded herself with a team of women (The Birth Hour’s Know Your Options course, an all-women’s provider team of OBs and midwives, […]
Things went smoothly for Anna during her first pregnancy so she was surprised in Labour when everything stalled at the 10cm. After almost 5 hours at 10cm Anna was given an emergency c-section.After the birth Anna’s daughter Elara was very unwell with dangerously low blood sugars. Eventually she was diagnosed with hyperinsulinism. Anna and Andy […]
Kacey has experienced a wide range of births including a planned C-section for a Breech presentation and three VBACs, 1 medicated and 2 unmedicated. Kacey’s first pregnancy was smooth and uneventful up until the 32 week mark when they discovered that her son was in the breech position. The next 7 weeks were spent researching […]
