EP110 | Julz - Beautiful, Supported Rural HBAC

<p>In this episode, I speak with Julz and she shared with me her story of a beautiful, supported rural HBAC. </p> <p><br></p> <p>It took Julz over 12 months to conceive her first baby, and while she was going through that journey she was working in a corporate job. </p> <p><br></p> <p>It was fairly normalised to book in with an OBGYN during pregnancy for care. She didn&#39;t put much consideration into birth, as a first time mother, like so many first time mothers she was more interested in the pram and organising baby things. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Julz was at the park with her partner swinging on a swing when her waters broke. She ended up going into hospital that night to start an induction process the next morning, although labour started on it&#39;s own. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Labour was pretty intense for Julz, and she didn&#39;t have any mindset support like breathwork, positive affirmations, deep breathing or meditation to help her work through this in a positive way. </p> <p><br></p> <p>She was given Fentanyl to help with the pain Intravenously. She was mostly sitting on the bed, trying to work through the pain while being supported with the Fentanyl.</p> <p><br></p> <p>After coached pushing for three hours the OBGYN called it that she needed to go off to surgery, and her first baby was born via surgical birth. </p> <p><br></p> <p>When she was pregnant with her next baby she had planned to have a VBAC and went back to the same hospital as where she had her first baby. </p> <p>She also had a subchorionic hematoma and some bleeding. </p> <p>More information on subchorionic hematoma: A subchorionic hematoma (also called subchorionic hemorrhage or subchorionic bleeding) is when blood forms between the wall of your <a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/22467-uterus" target="_blank">uterus</a> and the chorionic membrane during <a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/11585-pregnancy-ovulation-conception--getting-pregnant" target="_blank">pregnancy</a>. The chorionic membrane is the oute