Breana’s first birth was not only an emergency Cesarean at 24 weeks due to severe preeclampsia, but she was also given a classical incision and told that under no circumstances would her body be able to tolerate labor in the future. The news broke Breana’s heart as she longed deeply for a natural, unmedicated birth. Breana researched extensively and found a community of women who also had special scars. When birthing unassisted seemed like her only option, Breana found Amish midwives who were willing to attend her birth. Her VBAC was triumphant, restorative, and wonderful in every way.When our bodies are properly fueled and nourished, our birth outcomes are better and our babies are healthier. Breana is a perfect example.We’ve always been told that preeclampsia has no known cause, but what if there WAS something we could do to prevent it? Additional linksSpecial Scars, Special HopeSilent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC)My Homebirth after Preterm Classical Cesarean - Issue 47, Natural Mother MagazineThe Brewer Pregnancy DietBlue Ribbon Baby PagesThe VBAC Link Blog: Birth After Premature CesareanC-Section Incision Types: Learn More About Special ScarsFull transcriptNote: All transcripts are edited to correct grammar and to eliminate false starts and filler words. Julie: Welcome, welcome. It is Women of Strength Wednesday and you are listening to The VBAC Link podcast. This is Julie and Meagan is here with me today. We have a really neat story for you today. It’s been a while since we have had somebody on our podcast with a special scar, which is a scar that is different than the low, vertical incision or the bikini cut scar that most parents have when they get a Cesarean.Meagan: More horizontal, you mean?Julie: Yeah. Did I say vertical?Meagan: Yeah.Julie. Oh, well.Meagan: That’s okay.Julie: Different than the low, horizontal incision that most parents get when they have a C-section. There are lots of different types of special scars. This type that we are talking about today is a classical incision which means it’s over the top of the uterus and it goes vertical down the belly, or down the uterus rather. Sometimes it’s vertical on the belly and sometimes it’s not It just depends. But I’m really excited because Breana, our guest today, is from Pennsylvania. I’m actually just going to read her bio and what she wrote.Before I go into that and introduce her, I want to have Meagan share a Review of the week with us.Review of the WeekMeagan: Okay. This is from Gaby and she is on Apple Podcasts and her subject is “Hopeful for a VBAC.” She says, “I feel so lucky to have the time and space each evening (after my littlest has gone to bed) to listen to the meaningful and beautiful birth stories on The VBAC Link. I am hopeful for a VBAC in early September after having a traumatic birth story with my first child. Whatever this new story holds, I will be able to handle it better because I educated myself with this podcast. Thank you for sharing these stories with us all.”I am assuming that was-- let’s see. That was July 4th of last year, so she has had her baby by now.Julie: Are we going to stalk people?Meagan: Yeah, I was going to say. We are either going to have to stalk her on The VBAC Link Community on our Facebook. If you are not on that, definitely tune in to that on Facebook. Just search The VBAC Link Community, answer the questions, and we will make sure to get you in there. It’s an amazing community and yeah, Gaby. If you are still listening, email us. We would love to hear how things went and yeah. I’m going to turn the time back over to you, Julie.Breana’s storyJulie: All right. Here we go. Breana is really, really incredible. Her story is really awesome and I am just going to read her little bio for you because I don’t think I could say it better myself. She says, “My name is Breana and I am a wife and stay-at-home mom of two girls. In April 2018, my first daughter was delivered at just 24 weeks d