11 | Rebecca’s VBAC: Private Hospital, Obstetrician, Breech, Posterior, Induction, GBS Positive, PROM, Private Midwife, Miscarriage
Description
In this episode, we're joined by Rebecca (she/her). Rebecca lives in Melbourne with her fiancé Dwayne, two young sons (22months) and (7months) and two step daughters (13) and (11) years old.
Rebecca is a confident, outgoing secondary school teacher but unfortunately has crippling hospital anxiety after watching her Mum pass away from cancer when she was 25.
After a difficult road to getting pregnant and despite desperately wanting a vaginal birth, Rebecca’s first birth resulted in a C-Section due the baby being breech. Although she had a great recovery and a perfect little boy, the saying, “Once you hold that baby it won’t matter how they came out” unfortunately did not ring true for Rebecca and she started to suffer severe anxiety about birth in her next pregnancy which was only seven months later.
Rebecca was obsessively focused on educating herself in order to achieve a VBAC, for personal reasons she chose the same private OB and a private midwife.
All was going well until at 37.4 Rebecca’s waters broke with no labour which the OB would later described to Dwayne as one of the worst case scenarios for achieving a VBAC.
This is Rebecca’s story which includes a special relationship with a private OB and why her VBAC was a wonderfully healing experience for so many reasons.
To see some photos of Rebecca and her family, follow us on instagram @definitelybabypodcast.
The Definitely Baby theme music was written by Hagan Mathews and produced at @sleeplessfootscray.
The photo in the podcast logo was taken by @maki.levine.
This episode was recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri Wilam and Boon Wurrung/Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation. Australia always was and always will be the land of the First Peoples. Every month, I Pay The Rent and so can you - click here to learn more.
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