EP55 | Emma - 18 days of rupture of membrane before labour began, freebirth - second VBAC

<p>In this episode, we meet Emma a mother of three who lives in South Coast, NSW.</p> <p>Emma joins us to talk briefly about her first birth which ended in a surgical birth. She was induced at 40 weeks due to a late diagnosis of GD and expected "big baby" 8 pounds and over. &nbsp;</p> <p>26hrs of labour, 12 hrs on pitocin, and baby and mum were both in distress. Ended in an emergency cesarean and baby was born a tiny 6lb 1 baby in special care for 8 days.</p> <p>With her second baby she researched VBAC and fought for her right to have a vaginal birth in the system. <br> <br> Her baby was born by episiotomy, vacuum delivery and the baby was taken from Emma straight away after birth as they couldn't get a trace on baby as she was so low. &nbsp;They said she wasn't breathing properly. They rushed her from the room just to realise she was fine and brought her straight back.&nbsp;</p> <p>Pulling on the placenta causing a hemorrhage. &nbsp;</p> <p>When Emma fell pregnant with her third baby she was determined to have a better experience. And apparently, he was determined to make it memorable!</p> <p>It made much more sense to her and she trusted her body's ability to birth safely and intuitively at home.&nbsp;</p> <p>Emma chose to register with her local hospital for antenatal care which was helped by the timing of Covid meaning that a lot of appointments were canceled which meant she didn't need to go in often.&nbsp;</p> <p>Even though Emma had vaginally birthed her last baby there was still talk of whether she would be "allowed" to vaginally birth this third baby. &nbsp;Which just helped cement her choices to freebirth.&nbsp;</p> <p>As Emma approached 40 weeks her waters broke in the middle of the night (so much so that her husband was walking behind her cleaning up the waters on the floor). &nbsp;</p> <p>Waiting a full 18 days before going into labour with her third babe and many interesting conversations and visits/ phone calls back and forth with the hospital this episode is not to be missed!!&nbsp;</p> <p>I hope