Becca share's her birth stories which include stays in NICU, gestational diabetes, GBS and navigating evidence, research and trusting her instincts. We also discuss Vaginal Births After Two Caesareans, VBAC birth culture and our thoughts as birth workers and parents who have navigated the system.

This episode is honest, raw and if you are feeling reflected, can open you up to difficult but important discussions around the choices we make which shape our our birth stories.

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💛 The VBAC Hub is building evidence based resources, training, community spaces and conversations for people navigating birth after caesarean. Every listen and share helps us grow this work.

Rhiannon talks openly about the contrast between her work in the maternity system and the path she ultimately chose for her own birth. We explore the philosophy behind her decision, the difference between fear and intuition, navigating evidence gaps, and what it means to take responsibility for your birth experience when the system doesn’t always offer balanced or personalised care.

This episode is thoughtful, honest and reflective - a story about autonomy, context and the many ways people find their way to birth after caesarean.

Listen to Rhiannon’s original freebirth story

✨ Connect with The VBAC Hub: Instagram: @thevbachub TikTok: @thevbachub

💛 The VBAC Hub is building evidence based resources, training, community spaces and conversations for people navigating birth after caesarean. Every listen and share helps us grow this work.

Supported by an independent midwife, Lucy gave birth in water at home. A calm, connected experience that looked very different from her first birth. Her story is one of deep trust, personal growth, and the power of having the right team around you.

We talk about the difference continuity of care can make, how individualised support changes everything, and what it really means to feel seen and held through birth.

A grounded, joyful episode that celebrates autonomy, trust, and the quiet confidence that comes from being truly supported.

Follow Lucy:📸 Instagram — @newbeginnings.hypnobirthing

✨ Connect with Shannon:Website: www.moonstonerosebirth.comInstagram: @moonstonerosebirthTikTok: @wildhoodmotherhood

✨ Resources and Links:

• Read the latest National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (2025): https://maternityaudit.org.uk/
• Follow The VBAC Hub CIC on Instagram: @thevbachub
• Follow The VBAC Hub CIC on TikTok: @thevbachub
• Support our work: Crowdfunder – Support The VBAC Hub CIC with start-up costs

💛 The VBAC Hub CIC is building evidence based resources, training, and community spaces for families and birth workers navigating VBAC and repeat caesarean birth.

If you’d like to help us grow this work, through sharing, donating, or simply tuning in, thank you! Every listen, every share, every conversation helps shift the culture of birth, one story at a time.

After a previous caesarean, Gaby spent months preparing, asking questions, building her knowledge, and surrounding herself with the right support. Her birth unfolded calmly and smoothly in a hospital birth pool, showing what’s possible when trust and preparation come together.

In this conversation, we unpack the power of information, continuity, and confidence in navigating VBAC within the maternity system, and how Gaby’s experience highlights the importance of evidence based preparation and supportive care.

✨ Listen if:

• You’re planning a VBAC or supporting someone who is.
• You want to hear what a calm, physiological hospital birth can look like.
• You’re curious about what kind of preparation really makes a difference.

Connect with Gaby:Instagram: @pure.perinatal

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We unpack the latest findings from the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA 2025), to make sense of what that 14.2% VBAC rate really means in practice.

These numbers are useful, but they don’t tell the whole story. They reflect a system, not a person. Your circumstances, your body, your care, your support all matter so much more than population data.

In this episode, April explores what that national figure represents, how the VBAC rate has changed over time, and what we can take from it without getting lost in percentages. She also shares a few simple, evidence based ways to tilt the odds in your favour, including:

• Debriefing your previous birth
• Finding continuity of care
• Building your support network and allies
• Protecting your physiology

Resources mentioned:

📊 National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA 2025 – covers 2023 births):https://maternityaudit.org.uk/pages/reports

🩺 RCOG: Birth After Previous Caesarean Birth (Green-top Guideline No. 45, 2015)https://www.rcog.org.uk/guidance/browse-all-guidance/green-top-guidelines/birth-after-previous-caesarean-birth-green-top-guideline-no-45/

📘 NICE Caesarean Birth Guideline (NG192, 2021):https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng192

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Support our Crowdfunder 💜We’ve launched a Crowdfunder to help get The VBAC Hub CIC off the ground, creating accessible, evidence-based, trauma-informed resources for people planning birth after caesarean.

Your donations go directly towards:– Developing free VBAC information resources– Building our community platform– Funding our first education and support pilots

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