I don’t know who needs to hear this, but…

You do NOT have to be induced at 39 weeks to have a vaginal birth. 

You CAN have an induced VBAC. 

Your cervix DOESN’T have to dilate by 40 weeks.

Home birth is just as SAFE as hospital birth, even for VBAC.

Your pelvis is PERFECT. 

You are capable of doing MORE than you even know.

Tune in to today’s hot episode to hear Meagan and Julie dive deeper into these topics and many, many more!

Additional Links

The ARRIVE Trial and What it Means for VBAC

Home Birth and VBAC

Brittany Sharpe McCollum - Pelvic Biodynamics

Needed Website

How to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for Parents

Full Transcript under Episode Details 

Meagan: Hello, hello everybody. We are already a month into 2024 and we are ending the month off with a nice, spicy episode. I think it will be a little spicy. Julie is with me today. Hey, Julie. 

Julie: The bringer of the spice. 

Meagan: The bringer of the spice. You know, ever since you stopped doing doula work as well, you have picked it up a notch in your spice. 

Julie: Because I’m tired of watching people get railroaded by the system. 

Meagan: I know. 

Julie: I have picked it up a little bit, yeah. 

Meagan: I know. 

Julie: You have to deal with the backlash by yourself if there is some backlash. 

Meagan: Seriously. No, this episode is going to be a good one. Women of Strength, I think that this episode is going to be very empowering. Yes, it is going to be spicy. We are going to have passion because if you haven’t noticed over all of the years of Julie and I recording, we have passion. When it comes to like Julie was saying, people not being railroaded by the system or not taken advantage of and really knowing what information is true and not, we are pretty passionate about it. 

So today, we have an episode for you that is going to be amazing. It’s titled, “I Don’t Know Who Needs to Hear This, But…” We are going to be telling you all of the amazing things. 

Review of the Week

We have a Review of the Week so we are going to get to that and then we are going to kick it up a notch. 

Julie: Perfect. All right, yeah. I’m really excited about this episode inspired by all of you really, all of us, and everybody in the birth community around the whole entire world. Anyways, this review is from Apple Podcasts and it’s titled “Highly Recommend.” It says, “Thank you, Meagan and Julie, for creating this podcast. It holds space for mothers with so many different birth stories and as we know, representation matters. After an unexpected emergency Cesarean with my first daughter, I found myself seeking stories similar to my own. I literally binged your show. It  helped me process my own trauma and was incredibly healing. I have since become a labor and delivery nurse and I find myself recommending this podcast to my patients regularly.” 

What? That’s awesome.