My origin story

My first pregnancy “was a dream” and assumed that childbirth would be the same. I was the “perfect patient”, meaning never questioned anything the doctor’s or hospital told me, and like 1 in 3 women in America, this resulted in a c-section.  The operative report from c-section references my weight as the reason I couldn’t give birth vaginally, which was hurtful and felt wrong.  My body couldn’t be the problem – I’ve always been athletic and strong physically, despite any pregnancy weight.  It lit a fire in my heart to figure out how it all happened, with the intent of making my next birth a VBAC.

I spent almost a year researching, joining groups, attending therapy, and reading everything I could get my hands on about vaginal birth and c-sections.  All that work paid off and I’ve gone on to have TWO successful VBAC births, and most importantly – healed my birth trauma.