12/15/2025
VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER C-SECTION (VBAC) 🤍
My son is five months old now, and I’m still trying to put my feelings about his birth into words.
I didn’t put a lot of pressure on myself during pregnancy to have a “successful” VBAC. If you know me, you know I’m very go with the flow—a true “whatever happens, happens” kind of person.
I was really lucky to have prenatal care at a hospital with doctors who supported a VBAC from the start. I was a great candidate. I never went into labor with the girls, so my body had never actually labored and then “failed.”
I was also totally okay with needing another C-section. I can honestly say that one was not harder than the other—because neither is the “easy way out.” They’re just so different.
My VBAC ended up being really healing. I still can’t fully explain why—whether it was the birth itself, having a singleton instead of multiples, my circumstances, or all of it combined (probably this one).
I get asked all the time for VBAC advice, and the truth is I’m still processing the experience myself. A lot of the time, I don’t even know what to say yet—and that feels okay.
What I do know is that I’m thankful I got to experience both. And more than anything, I’m grateful that all of my babies got here safely.
Because birth—no matter how it happens—is pretty bad-ass. 🤍
