“It’s very fitting that this is going to come out just before Thanksgiving because I feel very, very fortunate.”Becky’s two babies were both posterior and asynclitic. They weighed exactly the same at birth, but their deliveries were very different. Becky shares her sweet experience going from skepticism around home birth to fully embracing all that it has to offer. Her first birth included residual trauma which made for a very difficult postpartum period. Her second birth was full of safety, peace, and healing which left Becky feeling so joyful, so strong, and so thankful. Happy Thanksgiving week to all of our listeners. We are thankful for your stories. We are thankful for your love for us and for each other within our VBAC Link community. Your commitment to healing, education, and better birth experiences lifts us all and makes the birth world a better place. We are thankful for YOU, Women of Strength! With love, The VBAC Link TeamAdditional LinksThe Lactation NetworkHow to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for ParentsFull Transcript under Episode Details Meagan: Hello, hello. Welcome to The VBAC Link. You guys, this is my first episode back from taking a really big break through the summer. You guys have still had episodes, but I recorded up through May right before my kids went to school and then took the summer off so I could have fun and spend time with them. I’ve got a middle schooler who went back to school today for the first time in middle school. It was bittersweet then I’ve got a fourth grader and a second grader. So they are back to school today and I figured, “All right, let’s get back to school today.” We’ve got Rebecca with us. Welcome, Rebecca. Becky: Hi. Meagan: Hi. Thank you so much for being here with us today. Rebecca is from Seattle, correct? The suburbs of Seattle?Becky: East side, yeah. Meagan: She is going to be sharing her VBAC story with us today. Her VBAC– we were just talking about this before we pressed record. It has a lot of things. We’ve got– okay. Do you want me to name it or do you want to go through it? Becky: I can name it. There was a late-term transfer to home birth with a sort of faux dual care that ended up not being dual care just before I went into labor and pushed on my back and a posterior and asynclitic baby. Meagan: Yes. Right there, posterior and asynclitic– those two together are like, whoa. It’s awesome because a lot of the time, that is a reason for a C-section. Asynclitic or posterior, but when we have an asynclitic and posterior baby, that definitely adds some things so I’m excited for you to be sharing your story with us today. Okay, so her name is Rebecca but do you like to go by Becky? Becky: Yeah, actually you can call me Becky. That’s fine. Meagan: Okay, yeah. Becky. I was going to say as I was reading through your form, I remembered seeing Becky. Yeah. Becky is a music teacher from little babies all the way to my oldest, middle schooler age. Let’s see. You do voice and Music Together and composing and all of the things. So music is definitely really, really close to your heart. I love that in your bio thing that you gave me, you talked about singing in your C-section, right? Becky: Yeah, yeah. Meagan: And how healing that was. Becky: Yeah, I think it is really important just as an idea for someone to have if it works for you because it definitely was very helpful for me. Meagan: Yeah. I love that. Well, I can’t wait to hear your story and more of the things that help. I think sometimes too when we have unplanned C-sections, or even if we are preparing for VBAC but go in for a C-section, it’s always nice to have some of those tips to say, “Okay, I can try this to see if it helps me stay calm or brings me peace.” Review of the WeekAwesome, well we have a Review of the Week as always and then we will get into Becky’s story. This is from postpartummama on Apple Podcasts and it says, “A surprisingly and valuable postpartum resource.” I love that because we are not a postpartum