Birth Story 18: Angela’s Positive C-Section and VBAC

In today's birth story, Angela shares about her first birth, a Cesarean birth, and how she then went on to have a VBAC (or a vaginal birth after C-section) for her second birth. Angela was really passionate about wanting to share her story because she had a really positive C-section experience, and she wanted others to know that it is possible to have a good experience, even with something that can feel scary, like a Cesarean birth!

In this episode:

0:00 Introduction

02:02 How to demystify C-Sections

05:55 Angela’s C-section birth 

13:24 Angela’s second pregnancy & prep for VBAC

16:48 Angela’s VBAC birth 

20:51 Similarities between the two births

22:20 Advice from Angela 

23:12 Final words of advice from Gina 

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