Episode Details

Aisha’s first baby was a scheduled Cesarean for a breech presentation during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though she was symptom-free, Aisha tested positive for COVID and was not able to be with her husband or her baby right after birth. Her surgery was routine and uneventful, but the isolation left her devastated.

Aisha moved and was living in Oregon during her second pregnancy. She deeply desired a home birth and found a midwife to support her who also happened to be trained in vaginal breech delivery. Aisha went into labor sooner than expected but handled it beautifully. When it was time to push, surprisingly, feet started coming out first! Her team stayed calm and ultimately brought her baby earthside safely. Aisha is so proud of what she accomplished!

Evidence-Based Birth Article

The VBAC Link Blog: ECV Explained

The VBAC Link Blog: How to Turn a Breech Baby

The VBAC Link Podcast: Chelsey's 2VBA2C Breech Babies

Needed Website

How to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for Parents

Full Transcript under Episode Details 

03:31 Review of the Week

06:10 Aisha’s first birth

11:16 A COVID-positive Cesarean

14:38 Third pregnancy

20:02 Planning for a home birth

22:51 Breech workshop with Dr. Stu

24:57 Labor begins

31:25 Pushing out an unexpectedly breech baby

35:29 Reviving baby

40:53 Vaginal breech birth is possible

49:39 Adding to the supportive provider list

Meagan: Hey, hey everybody. Guess what? We have a breech VBAC, actually, it’s a breech HBAC coming your way today. We have our friend, Aisha, with us and she is going to be sharing her amazing journeys. We know that when it comes to breech, it is difficult to find support. It is difficult to find the evidence in that and this is one of the number one reasons for Cesareans in the first place. If you have gone through our podcast, we have over 300 episodes at this point, you will probably hear quite a bit that, “Oh, my baby was breech. We tried an ECV and it didn’t work so I had a C-section,” or “My provider didn’t even offer that and I had a C-section.” 

This is one of the number-one leading reasons for a C-section and it doesn’t always have to be that way. Aisha is living proof of that. Welcome to the show, love. How are you today? I’m so excited for you to be here. 

Aisha: Yeah, thanks. I’m so excited to be here. It’s like a dream come true. It’s wild. 

Meagan: It was so fun. Before we started recording, she said that not long after she had her baby, she was like, I’ve got to get my submission into The VBAC Link. 

Aisha: It was bathtime earlier this week when I saw the email and I was freaking out like, Oh my gosh. It was cool because my daughter is going to be a year old soon, so it was fun to think about her birth and I almost felt guilt because I was like, Oh my gosh, I haven’t listened to The VBAC Link in a minute, but how much this podcast blessed me and strengthened me to go on to have a VBAC, specifically a breech VBAC which was not planned for. It was wild and I’m just really grateful for my provider. 

Meagan: Yeah, absolutely. I cannot wait to dive into this s