#273 | Special Q&A Featuring Nancy Wainer on VBAC and More

Down to Birth

Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum, Midwives, Alternative Health, Home Birth, Society & Culture, Newborn, Documentary, Hypnobirthing, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Breastfeeding, Pregnant, Birth, Maternity, Motherhood

4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In last week's episode (#272) you met legendary midwife-author Nancy Wainer. Well she's back today for Part II, where she joins us in a Q&A-style episode to answer our listeners' questions. Nancy experienced the first planned VBAC in the United States and she coined the acronym itself in her first book, Silent Knife, published in 1983. She has over 40 years of birth experience and has supported women through some incredible births that almost certainly would have resulted in surgery in an...

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0:00.0	Hi, ladies, this message is for Nancy Wainer.
0:06.0	The question is, what were the common characteristics that you saw among women who had successful
0:11.0	V-backs?
0:12.0	Thank you.
0:13.0	Hi, Cynthia, Tricia, and Nancy.
0:14.0	I recently finished Dula training, and a friend asked me if it is still safer and healthier
0:18.0	to have a V-back just 13 months after a Cesarian birth or not.
0:23.2	What are your thoughts?
0:24.1	No, a man's penis changes shape in order to get the baby in, and a woman's body changes shape
0:32.0	to get the baby out.
0:33.3	My question for Nancy is, is a classical incision truly a contraindication for feedback?
0:41.8	Babies have been coming to the planet since the beginning of time.
0:45.5	And if you are here, then you come from really good stock.
0:53.3	I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of Hypniburthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum
0:58.6	support specialist.
1:00.3	And I'm Trescia Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified lactation
1:05.4	consultant.
1:06.4	And this is the down-to-birth podcast.
1:11.0	Childbirth is something we're made to do, but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:18.1	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:29.7	Hi.
1:30.7	Hello.
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