I don't know if this is of interest to you or not, but BC Women's Hospital in Vancouver has put out a few VBAC decision-making guides, available here: http://www.powertopush.ca/info-for-professionals/patient-information-and-forms/ as part of their "Power to Push" campaign. They're written in super-simple language, and might be overly simplistic for where you're at in your thought processes, but they also include excellent reference lists.
It absolutely makes sense to be both relieved and intimidated. I think all the women I've worked with (as a student midwife, in my admittedly limited experience, but still) have felt all kinds of conflicting feelings toward VBAC. Some opted for VBAC, others chose repeat sections. Some ended with beautiful vaginal births, others ended up with beautiful cesarean births. I think (hope!) that everyone ended up with a birth experience that they were happy with. It can be a difficult choice, but I think sometimes in life we're faced with choices where there really is no "right" or "wrong" but only what's best for you at the point you're at.
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Date: 2011-03-30 01:12 am (UTC)I don't know if this is of interest to you or not, but BC Women's Hospital in Vancouver has put out a few VBAC decision-making guides, available here: http://www.powertopush.ca/info-for-professionals/patient-information-and-forms/ as part of their "Power to Push" campaign. They're written in super-simple language, and might be overly simplistic for where you're at in your thought processes, but they also include excellent reference lists.
It absolutely makes sense to be both relieved and intimidated. I think all the women I've worked with (as a student midwife, in my admittedly limited experience, but still) have felt all kinds of conflicting feelings toward VBAC. Some opted for VBAC, others chose repeat sections. Some ended with beautiful vaginal births, others ended up with beautiful cesarean births. I think (hope!) that everyone ended up with a birth experience that they were happy with. It can be a difficult choice, but I think sometimes in life we're faced with choices where there really is no "right" or "wrong" but only what's best for you at the point you're at.