Valiant Birth

If you don't know me personally, I am sure you are asking this question.  There are many pregnancy journals  out there on the web if you are just looking for general stories of pregnancy, birth and babies.  As I already mentioned in the beginning, this is the story of a journey to VBAC, or vaginal birth after cesarean. Even more so, it is the story of VBAMC, or vaginal birth after MULTIPLE cesareans. Even in states that are relatively VBAC friendly, VBAMC falls into a category all it's own.  Multiple c-sections are defined as more than two.   Discussions about VBAC typically break them down into categories, VBAC, VBA2C (after two c-sections), or VBAMC.  While not the norm anymore in this country, you can generally find a doctor or midwife to attend a VBAC within a reasonable distance from your home.  Finding one to support you in a VBA2C becomes more difficult, and you may be more likely to find a willing midwife than a physician.  Once you move into VBAMC territory, finding a willing obstetrician is like finding a needle in a haystack, and finding a midwife even becomes complicated.  Since I am in that last, elusive, category, my choices appear to be a) travel out of state to one of the OB's that might be willing to support my birth choices, and of courses that includes the big "IF" they are indeed even willing to accept me as a patient, or b) hire a willing midwife, which will mean an underground midwife in my home state, or again traveling to a legal midwife in another state.
And people believe we are in charge of our own health care choices..........