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Episode 280 Arianna's VBA2C + Far Travel, PPROM, Short Interval & Gestational Diabetes
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“Birth is birth and we just want our babies here safe, but I also think that we all deserve to be empowered to have the birth that feels right.”
One night, a few months after her second C-section, Arianna had a dream that she was giving birth vaginally to a sweet baby boy and pulled him right up to her chest. The next morning, she took a pregnancy test and it was surprisingly positive. Coming from a small town in Wyoming, she already knew from her second pregnancy that VBAC was not allowed locally. But at that moment, Arianna knew she was going to do whatever it took to have her VBA2C.
Arianna traveled 2.5 hours each way for routine midwife and OB appointments in Montana to have VBAC-supportive providers. She faced many roadblocks including a short pregnancy interval, gestational diabetes, preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM), a medical induction, other interventions she wasn’t planning for, and slow progress. But her team was patient and encouraging, Arianna felt divinely watched over, and her VBA2C dream literally came true!
The VBAC Link Blog: What to do When Your Water Breaks
The VBAC Link Blog: VBAC With Gestational Diabetes
The VBAC Link Facebook Community
How to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for Parents
Full Transcript under Episode Details
01:44 Review of the Week
03:52 Arianna’s first birth story
07:04 Requesting a C-section
08:34 Arianna’s second birth
11:36 VBAC preparation
15:37 Signs of preterm labor
20:34 Going to the hospital
24:04 First cervical check
27:10 Slow effacement
31:05 Catching her baby
33:59 Importance of support
36:35 Dual care tips
44:56 Traveling tips
Meagan: Hello, Women of Strength. We are on episode two of the week and I am just so excited that we are doing this. It is so fun to bring double doses of VBAC, CBAC, and educational stories to inspire and encourage you during your journey.
Today, we have our friend, Arianna, and she is from Wyoming. Is that correct?
Arianna: Yep.
Meagan: Yes, Wyoming. Where in Wyoming?
Arianna: Buffalo. It sits under the Big Horn mountains.
Meagan: Awesome. You guys, she actually traveled quite a distance to find her provider and that is something I think we get often in our community where it’s like, “I don’t know how far is appropriate to travel.” I think the answer literally depends on what’s appropriate for your family and your living situation and your needs and everything like that.
But Arianna– I just started butchering your name. Did you travel 2.5 hours?
Arianna: About 2.5 up to Montana.
Meagan: Okay, so we are definitely going to want to talk about that because I know this is going to be something that people are going to be interested in. Also, you had gestational diabetes.
Arianna: Yes.
Meagan: Yes. So okay, you guys, any story right? But if you are looking for knowing how to travel or gestation