Episode Details

We have received so many messages and emails from you requesting more VBAMC stories and today, we are giving you just that. Susana joins us from Mexico sharing her VBAC story after five Cesareans!

Each of Susana’s Cesarean experiences was unique in their own way, but the dream of a vaginal birth never left her heart. When she found a supportive midwife and doctor during her VBA5C pregnancy, Susana knew this was her chance to finally achieve that goal. 

With her husband by her side encouraging and supporting her, Susana powerfully pushed her baby out. The hospital staff and community buzzed with shock and amazement over what she had achieved!

“That moment was unlike any other moment in my life.”

ACOG Article: Dr. Angelica Glover

Evidence-Based Birth: The Evidence on VBAC

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How to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for Parents

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Meagan: Women of Strength, this is the moment so many of you have been waiting for. We have a VBA5C so for anyone who doesn’t know what that means, it is a VBAC after 5 Cesarean story for you today. This has been requested so much. We received emails in our personal email. We have gotten it on social media saying, “Please, can we get some stories that have VBAC after more than 3 Cesareans?” We know so many people out there don’t know that this is an option or they know it’s an option but they don’t find the support or they can’t find the support. 

They are few and far between but we have our friend Susana today who is going to be sharing her VBA5C story. Welcome, Susana. How are you?

Susana: Hi. Thank you so much for inviting me. I’m so excited. 

Meagan: Oh my gosh. I am so excited. 

Yes. I am so excited and you are in Mexico, correct? Is that where your VBAC was? 

Susana: I’m sorry? 

Meagan: Was your VBAC in Mexico?

Susana: Yeah, but it was a very, very hard way. I’m going to share what I did. 

First of all, I can’t separate this way from my faith because I prayed so much for this and I trusted so much and also, I trusted so much in the process and in the body and those things 

But okay, I’m going to tell you what happened with me and why I had five C-sections. 

First of all, I got pregnant in 2009. My pregnancy went very healthily with no problems at all. I was 41+5 weeks and I had a doctor who was– well, he said he was for natural birth. I don’t know how to say it. He was pro-birth. 

Meagan: Yeah, that he’s pro. He’s supportive. 

Susana: Supportive. Yeah, that’s the word. But in reality, he was more C-section-supportive. While we were passing a very difficult part of our life because my father-in-law passed away exactly on my due date. We were very emotional and very sensitive. Labor wasn’t starting so the doctor said, “No, baby is not engaged. You are only 3 centimeters. I can say that baby is not going to birth naturally. I say that it is better for you to go directly to the C-section.” 

I was disappointed because I was walking so much every day, but for the situation for my husb