Episode 274 "I Don't Know Who Needs to Hear This, But..."

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but… You do NOT have to be induced at 39 weeks to have a vaginal birth.  You CAN have an induced VBAC.  Your cervix DOESN’T have to dilate by 40 weeks. Home birth is just as SAFE as hospital birth, even for VBAC. Your pelvis is PERFECT.  You are capable of doing MORE than you even know. Tune in to today’s hot episode to hear Meagan and Julie dive deeper into these topics and many, many more! Additional Links The ARRIVE Trial and What it Means for VBAC Home Birth and VBAC Brittany Sharpe McCollum - Pelvic Biodynamics Needed Website How to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for Parents Full Transcript under Episode Details  Meagan: Hello, hello everybody. We are already a month into 2024 and we are ending the month off with a nice, spicy episode. I think it will be a little spicy. Julie is with me today. Hey, Julie.  Julie: The bringer of the spice.  Meagan: The bringer of the spice. You know, ever since you stopped doing doula work as well, you have picked it up a notch in your spice.  Julie: Because I’m tired of watching people get railroaded by the system.  Meagan: I know.  Julie: I have picked it up a little bit, yeah.  Meagan: I know.  Julie: You have to deal with the backlash by yourself if there is some backlash.  Meagan: Seriously. No, this episode is going to be a good one. Women of Strength, I think that this episode is going to be very empowering. Yes, it is going to be spicy. We are going to have passion because if you haven’t noticed over all of the years of Julie and I recording, we have passion. When it comes to like Julie was saying, people not being railroaded by the system or not taken advantage of and really knowing what information is true and not, we are pretty passionate about it.  So today, we have an episode for you that is going to be amazing. It’s titled, “I Don’t Know Who Needs to Hear This, But…” We are going to be telling you all of the amazing things.  Review of the Week We have a Review of the Week so we are going to get to that and then we are going to kick it up a notch.  Julie: Perfect. All right, yeah. I’m really excited about this episode inspired by all of you really, all of us, and everybody in the birth community around the whole entire world. Anyways, this review is from Apple Podcasts and it’s titled “Highly Recommend.” It says, “Thank you, Meagan and Julie, for creating this podcast. It holds space for mothers with so many different birth stories and as we know, representation matters. After an unexpected emergency Cesarean with my first daughter, I found myself seeking stories similar to my own. I literally binged your show. It  helped me process my own trauma and was incredibly healing. I have since become a labor and delivery nurse and I find myself recommending this podcast to my patients regularly.”  What? That’s awesome.  “I’m happy to say that this podcast gave me the courage and confidence to TOLAC and I had the most empowering and beautiful VBAC in November. Thank you a million.”  That is incredible. I love it.  Meagan: That is incredible. I love hearing when labor and delivery nurses or providers will hear the podcast and recommend it to their patients and their friends and their family. That makes me so happy. If you are like our reviewer and you would recommend the podcast, if you wouldn’t mind doing us a solid, pause right now but come back because it’s going to be great. Pause right now and leave us a review. Go to wherever you are– Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or if you are just listening on our website which you can at thevbaclink.com. You can even just Google “The VBAC Link” and leave us a review and recommend us there because your recommendations and your reviews are what help other Women of Strength find this and find these amazing stories and find the information like what we’re giving today.  Meagan & Julie Meagan: Okay, Julie, I am so exci