{"id":147,"date":"2013-07-04T20:06:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T20:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icanofhuntsvilleblog.wordpress.com\/?p=48"},"modified":"2013-07-04T20:06:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T20:06:05","slug":"chosing-a-vbac-care-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/huntsville\/2013\/07\/04\/chosing-a-vbac-care-provider\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a VBAC Care Provider"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pro-VBAC Providers<\/strong><\/p>\n

How can you tell if your provider is going to support your desire for a vaginal birth after cesarean? Below is a list of basic guidelines and\/or questions to ask when you interview providers.<\/p>\n

What a Pro-VBAC Provider does NOT do:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Pro-VBAC providers do not schedule cesareans without a valid medical reason that is supported by science and evidence example: a previous cesarean, suspected big baby (macrosomia), and post-dates are not necessarily considered valid medical indications for an elective cesarean surgery<\/p>\n

\u2022Pro-VBAC providers do NOT induce labor without a valid medical reason
\nsupported by science and evidence<\/p>\n

\u2022Pro-VBAC providers do NOT force (or suggest without real cause) unwanted
\ninterventions and procedures on a pregnant or laboring mother (these
\ninclude rupturing membranes, internal monitors, electronic fetal monitoring, pain medication, epidurals, pitocin, catheters, IV’s, and other interventions.)<\/p>\n

\u2022Pro-VBAC providers do NOT use scare tactics or threats to influence a
\nmother to make decisions about her care.<\/p>\n

\u2022Pro-VBAC providers do NOT practice “defensive medicine.”<\/p>\n

\u2022Pro-VBAC providers do NOT question a mother’s emotional or physical need
\nto have a vaginal birth, and do not make comments to the effect of “all
\nthat matters is a healthy baby” or tell a mother that cesarean is “just the same as VBAC.”<\/p>\n

\u2022Pro-VBAC providers do NOT rush the birth process, and do not put time
\nlimits on labor absent any valid medical reason.<\/p>\n

\u2022Pro-VBAC providers do NOT make you feel like you are wasting their time, or asking too many questions. It is their job to LISTEN to your questions, concerns, and needs. <\/p>\n

What a Pro-VBAC Provider DOES do:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Pro-VBAC providers DO present all the risks AND benefits of both a VBAC
\nand repeat elective cesarean without bias or influence toward a repeat
\ncesarean delivery absent a valid medical reason<\/p>\n

\u2022Pro-VBAC providers DO allow a mother to eat, drink, and move freely
\nduring her labor absent a specific medical indication otherwise<\/p>\n

\u2022Pro-VBAC providers DO support the emotional and physical well-being of a
\nmother both during the pregnancy, during the delivery, and in the
\npost-partum period.<\/p>\n

\u2022Pro-VBAC providers DO encourage mothers to have labor support, and to be educated about the birth process.<\/p>\n

\u2022Pro-VBAC providers DO support a mother’s choice to utilize natural and
\nnon-invasive pain management techniques (such as water, massage, vocalization, movement, counterpressure, Hypnobabies, Bradley, Lamaze, etc) before the use of chemical methods which carry their own risks.<\/p>\n

\u2022Pro-VBAC providers DO allow pregnancy and labor to progress naturally without overactive management, absent any true medical indication otherwise.<\/p>\n

Do your research!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Just because a provider has had patients who have had VBAC’s does NOT necessarily mean they are “VBAC-Friendly or Pro-VBAC. <\/p>\n

\u2022Ask their statistics! C-Section rate, VBAC rate, induction rate, rate of those women who have a TOLAC (trial of labor after cesarean) that have successful VBACs.<\/p>\n

\u2022Don’t be afraid to print and bring research to back up your requests, or to ask your provider for research\/statistics to back up theirs!<\/p>\n

\u2022In addition to all of the statistics, questions, and plans… USE YOUR INTUITION! If it feels like your provider is not being honest with you, has a less than stellar attitude about your care, or does not have faith in your ability to birth…. <\/p>\n

Get the heck out of there.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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