EP17| Hazel Keedle - Midwife & VBAC Matters Researcher & VBAC Story

<p><strong>You can now download your FREE VBAC Homebirth Guide</strong></p> <p><a href="https://themotherhoodcircle.com.au/vbac-homebirth-guide/?fbclid=IwAR3IeE_CLPwBEdyXL2F7kMnWg6xt2qQdjYpGCjHPGCxw7K4jYhlYKfVyJcE"><strong>https://themotherhoodcircle.com.au/vbac-homebirth-guide/</strong></a></p> <p>In this episode, we meet Hazel Keedle.</p> <p>Hazel Keedle is a midwifery researcher and lecturer at Western Sydney University and a PhD candidate. Hazel has worked in midwifery group practices, an aboriginal medical service, a variety of hospital settings and as a privately practising midwife in both city and regional locations. &nbsp;</p> <p>Hazels passion for VBAC followed her own experience of having a VBAC with her daughter in 2008 and since then has published research on women's experience of having a homebirth after caesarean and on her PhD work exploring women’s experiences of planning a VBAC in Australia.&nbsp;</p> <p>Hazel's Facebook Page is: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VBACmatters/">@VBACmatters</a></p> <p>Hazel had her own VBAC which has made her super passionate about supporting mamas on their VBAC journey. &nbsp;&nbsp;She also shares her own C-section and VBAC story.&nbsp;</p> <p>We discuss Hazel's latest study and find out why VBAC women choose to have a VBAC at home. &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Women’s reasons for, and experiences of, choosing a homebirth following a caesarean section - </strong><a href="https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-015-0639-4?fbclid=IwAR2dztD74Vcx827tsVRCTs5Q1CTIO5q6kxqfa6NIOsXrFSIwiVz-bGxbQ6Y"><strong>find here</strong></a></p> <p>We also discuss why more women successfully achieve a VBAC when birthing at home v's in hospital. &nbsp;Why active birth will help you achieve your vaginal birth and more on continuity of care.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>MORE STUDIES FOR YOU TO CHECK OUT THAT WERE DISCUSSED DURING THE INTERVIEW -&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>A narrative analysis of women's experiences of planning a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) i