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

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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 any other environment. Today, she takes questions from our community including:
1. What are the common characteristics of women who have had successful VBACS
2. Is it still safer and healthier to have a VBAC if it has been less than 18 months since your cesarean?
3. Is a classical cesarean incision truly a contraindication to VBAC
4. How much impact does the shape of a woman's pelvis have on her labor?
5. Is there ever an indication to break a woman's bag of water in labor?
We are honored to have her wisdom and advice to share with our community and this won't be the last time you hear from her!
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Chapters

1. #273 | Special Q&A Featuring Nancy Wainer on VBAC and More (00:00:00)

2. What are the common characteristics of women who have had successful VBACs? (00:01:57)

3. Is it still safer and healthier to have a VBAC if it has been less than 18 months since the cesarean? (00:09:00)

4. Is a classical cesarean incision truly a contraindication to VBAC? (00:14:13)

5. How much impact does the shape of a woman's pelvis have on her labor? (00:15:49)

6. Is there ever an indication to break a woman's bag of water in labor? (00:27:36)