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Caitlin’s VBAC Birth Story

Bysyracuse May 6, 2021May 6, 2021

This is the VBAC birth story of my second-born child. With my first birth I had midwifery care throughout my pregnancy but none of the midwives were able to attend the birth. For this VBAC I switched providers where I knew there were always midwives on rotation at the hospital.  I started having mild sporadic…

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Caitlin’s Cesarean Story

Bysyracuse April 5, 2021

This is the birth story of my firstborn child. I went into labor on Thursday, October 5, 2017, with losing my mucus plug at 12pm then at 4:30 pm started having regular contractions. Around 8 pm we called the midwife and she told us to head to St. Joseph’s Hospital. We didn’t rush. We packed…

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Lindsay’s Cesarean Birth Story

Bysyracuse January 7, 2021

I’d had a couple of friends that had children, but none that I intimately discussed prenatal, or labor and delivery care with. I started doing my research and realized that I wanted a doula present for my birth. I was worried about the so-called cascade of interventions that often happens with hospital births. I was…

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