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01/05/2024

December came and went with three births, (such awesome mammas!) a last minute trip to the beach, and Christmas to come home to!! I’d say a pretty good month to wrap up 2023. ❤️

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06/22/2023

What a special birth to witness! This couple had the most beautiful and well written birth plan. They spent so much time talking to their provider to make sure they were all on the same page. Day of the birth, everyone is supportive and this supper woman of a mamma brings her perfect baby into the world. She was listened too, she was cheered on, and she birthed her baby the way SHE felt was right. So so so proud of Her!!! ❤️

08/21/2022

When you go to a birth a get to work with one of your most favorite midwives. 😘 MamasMidwife.com

08/18/2022

I cannot say enough about this beautiful family and their strength. Constantly having to adjust to new plans and switch courses because labor does not always go the way we want it to. I am so incredibly proud of them and so thankful to have been apart of their birth journey.

Also they gave me a kombucha mushroom!!!!! That’s when you know you have the best clients 💕

Shared with permission of course ❤️

06/20/2022

We support the need for more midwives in Indiana, and across the world!

“Relative to current coverage, universal coverage of midwife-delivered interventions would avert 67% of maternal deaths, 64% of neonatal deaths, and 65% of stillbirths, allowing 4·3 million lives to be saved annually by 2035.”

“If increased coverage of midwife-delivered interventions can be achieved, health systems will be better able to provide effective coverage of essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and adolescent health interventions.”

📖 Nove A, Friberg IK, de Bernis L, et al.
Potential impact of midwives in preventing and reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and stillbirths: a Lives Saved Tool modelling study.
Lancet Glob Health. 2021; 9: e24-e32
https://doi.org/10.1016S2214-109X(20)30397-1

04/20/2022

You read that right.

Per the American College of OB/GYN's 2019 VBAC guidelines, the risk of maternal death during a planned vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is 0.0019%.

Expressed another way, that is a risk of 1 in 52,600.

Did you have any idea the risk was that low?

Whereas the risk of maternal death with an elective repeat cesarean after one cesarean is 0.0096% or 1 in 10,000.

Again, both really small numbers but the risk of maternal death is five times higher in a repeat cesarean.

This is why when pregnant people are threatened with "you could die if you plan a VBAC," it falls flat.

But it is often really successful in coercing someone into a repeat cesarean... as well as eroding patient autonomy and any trust when the birthing person learns the facts.

As a L&D nurse told us, "There is no real informed consent anymore."

This is just yet another example.

ETA: Some people asked in the comments about the risk of fetal death. We discuss that here: https://vbacfacts.com/2012/04/03/confusing-fact-only-6-of-uterine-ruptures-are-catastrophic/

Others have asked about vaginal birth after classical cesarean: https://vbacfacts.com/2021/08/10/vbac-after-classical-t-j-incision/

… or after two cesareans: https://vbacfacts.com/vba2c

… or after three or more cesareans: https://vbacfacts.com/vba3c

Also, you can download our free resources including:

- a report debunking the top 5 uterine rupture myths: https://vbacfacts.com/report

- a handout busting the top 3 VBAC myths using national guidelines: https://vbacfacts.com/acogmyths

- and a VBAC planning checklist: https://vbacfacts.com/checklist

12/21/2021

That special time after birth is priceless.
No one has ever worked harder for it then this woman.

P.s. I think I found my new favorite birth team. 😉

12/19/2021

This picture captures it all! ❤️

Birth is hard, but it can be beautiful, empowering, and joyful. What a gift it is to witness couples support each other and advocate for one another.

09/03/2021

Hi there!
If you are trying to get ahold of me, the best way is through email or go straight to my website and fill out my intake form. I check my email several times a day so I will be more likely to respond quickly.

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Batesville, IN
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+18127171463

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https://www.gentlebabydoula.com/

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