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Your baby's labor and delivery is like no other in the world. Let others know what your experience was like.

• Simple VBAC
  My first child was a breech Cesarean section. She almost killed me from pre-eclampsia.
• Successful VBAC, No Drugs
  With my first baby I was in labor for 30 hours and ended up with a Cesarean section for failure to progress. This time around I wanted to have a VBAC and spare myself the long recovery and feelings of inadequacy I had the first time.
• Devastating End to a Perfect Pregnancy
  My first child was in the breech position and had to be delivered by Cesarean section. I became pregnant with my second child nine months after my first delivery.
• Four Great VBACS
  My first son was an unnecessary Cesarean section that was treated as an emergency at the time. I have been left with an ugly scar but a wonderful son who is 11 years old.
• Abnormal Alfa Fetal Protein Test, VBAC
  As my first pregnancy had been, my second son's pregnancy was sheer torture with hyperemesis (unable to keep anything down, including water) and a lot of pain. When we did the alpha fetal protein test, it came back with a weird level.
• My Second Successful VBAC Story
  My pregnancy and birthing history starts with my first daughter. She was born by Cesarean section because she was in the breech position.
• All-natural VBAC
  At 3 a.m.
• Unmedicated Hospital VBAC
  On Wednesday night, June 5, I started having some light contractions, but definitely not Braxton Hicks. I was a week overdue.
• Easy VBAC
  My first child was born five weeks early by Cesarean section due to pre-eclampsia, so when I found out that I was pregnant again, I was nervous, but hopeful. I had planned a natural childbirth the first time, so I decided to try again.
• First C-section, Two More as VBACs
  All three of my children were full term and born on or very near their actual due date. My first child, a boy, was delivered by emergency Cesarean Section at 40 weeks.
• Uterine Rupture and VBAC
  I am publishing this story on the Web in an attempt to disseminate information about the downside of a VBAC. I had two previous Cesarean Sections because of failure to progress and an attempted VBAC with my third baby.
• RN has Successful VBAC
  I had to have a Cesarean Section with my first child due to pre-eclampsia and fetal distress.
• Staying Home in Early Labor, Sudden Late Dilation
  I had my first daughter in 1993. I had a Cesarean Section, due in part to a cascade of medical interventions (see that story elsewhere on this site).
• VBAC, No Drugs
  With my first child, I had an old male doctor who came from the era where if you had a Cesarean Section once, you had one again. I was also young and uneducated about giving birth.
• Third Son, VBAC
  Let me take you back to the birth of my first son Doug, born June 17, 1982. I was 19 years old at the time.