I probably shouldn’t have watched this first thing in the morning, because it has me sobbing. This woman went through TWO unnecessary c-sections and ended with a VBAC homebirth in the water. It’s beautiful. The pictures shown at the end really got to me… I have nearly the exact same picture from after my cesarean – my first time […]
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) released a new guidelines today on VBACs (vaginal births after cesareans). While I was getting prepped for my c-section, the nurse told me I’d probably never have a vaginal birth (after I asked, sobbing). The clinic where my OB works does not allow VBACs. In fact, there is only one clinic […]
I know I just posted about c-sections and sometimes I wonder how much babble about it my readers can handle, but I’ve been meaning to write about these issues for awhile and I wanted to address some of the comments on my last post… so I decided now was a good time for this post. Thanks for putting up with […]
As most of you know, I had an unnecessary c-section and I’m still dealing with my feelings about it (mainly anger at this point… and still some huge disappointment in myself). Many people have suggested I write a letter to my OB about it. Whether I actually give it to her or not, just writing it will be healing. […]
Alright, I stopped by the hospital today and picked up a copy of my medical records. I got there at like 5 minutes to 5pm so I was just glad they took my request when the office was closing soon.
I asked for everything. She said, “from the whole hospital stay when you were here for the birth?” I said yes. She […]