EP12 - Olivia's HBAC (public hospital, induction, emergency caesarean, T-incision, special scar, PTSD, homebirth, private midwife, PROM, BBA)

Australian VBAC Stories · Mar 14, 2024 · 1h 22m

In this episode, we invite you to listen to Olivia’s powerful story of her two very different births.

Olivia is from a large family, and was introduced to birth from a young age when she attended her mother’s homebirth of her younger sibling at 10 years of age.

Olivia was diagnosed with oligohydramnios (low amniotic fluid) at a routine scan at 41 weeks and was recommended an induction. After being told her baby was in distress, Olivia ultimately had an emergency caesarean, despite feeling a very strong urge to push, even as she was being prepped for surgery. With her baby so low down, there…