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[quote=Anonymous]I had a csection after 20 hours of labor with first.  With the second i was determined to VBAC, since I felt like there was no good reason I should have had a Csection, other than stubborn baby position and laboring too long (water had broken, meconium leaking, minor distress).  The C-section was very emotionally traumatic for me, a painful recovery, and also led to some secondary infertility issues.  Did not want to go through that again.  So I started prepping from the moment I became pregnant with second, including changing OB, finding a doula, reading all I could about birthing, going to a crunchy birth class, and visiting a prenatal chiropractor throughout pregnancy to help with baby position.  Visited the hospital with the doula and interrogated all the nurses.  Asked my provider tons and tons of questions.  Got all my ducks in a row and made sure I had the right support team in place.  It was a lot of work and time, but I'm thankful I did it.  Had a successful VBAC in a hospital with no interventions (which was key for me - my goal was no help from the hospital other than catching the baby).  It was hard, but wonderful, and I learned so much through the process.  My recovery was great and it made life with a newborn so easy compared to my other experience.

With all that said, I have a family member have a successful VBAC at home with a midwife, but she basically became a midwife herself in the research process.  She was fine.  I personally would not be comfortable doing it outside of the hospital setting.  As others have written, a lot could go wrong.[/quote]

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